Former Washington Huskies running back Jonah Coleman capped off a productive start to the week by driving down to Renton for a visit to the Seattle Seahawks’ facility.
Since Coleman is considered a local draft prospect, he isn’t considered in the same category as one of the 30 players the NFL allows each organization to bring in before the draft on April 23-25.
RB Jonah Coleman is visiting the Seahawks training facility 👀
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— SleeperSeahawks (@SleeperSeahawks) March 17, 2026
It’s been six years since the last Husky football player heard their name called when the Seahawks were on the clock.
The last UW player selected by the local organization was linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven, a four-year letterman and 2018 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, who came off the board in the fifth round (No.
142 overall) in the 2019 draft.
Prior to Burr-Kirven, the Seahawks have only taken one player from UW—tight end Will Dissly in the fourth round (No.
120 overall)—in the draft since John Schneider was tabbed as the general manager dating back to 2010.
Coleman, who is widely viewed as one of the top running backs available in the 2026 draft class, is expected to hear his name come off the board earlier than both Dissly and Burr-Kirven did, and a case can certainly be made for why Schneider could make Coleman his third Husky draft pick.
In his four seasons combined between Arizona and UW, the Stockton, California native proved to be an all-around, every-down back in the Pac-12 and Big Ten, an element that could separate Coleman from other backs in the class.
Over 262 snaps as a blocker, Coleman allowed only three sacks his entire career, two as a freshman in 2022 and one as a senior.
Among players in the upcoming draft ranked in ESPN's top 10 running backs, only two players logged more pressure opportunity snaps this past season than Coleman: Clemson’s Adam Randall (86) and Arkansas’ Mike Washington Jr.
(78).
Both also ended the season with more rushing yards than Coleman did, due to an injury suffered in an early November loss at Wisconsin, yet the two combined to put up only three more rushing touchdowns combined (18) than Coleman did with his 15 scores on the ground.
With the Seahawks needing a younger replacement for departed Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III, Coleman could be the ideal choice in the second or third round when Schneider has two picks to use.
This article originally appeared on Huskies Wire: Former Washington Huskies Star Visits Seattle Seahawks Facility
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