The Seahawks elevated safety Jerrick Reed II and nose tackle Brandon Pili from the practice squad to the active roster for Sunday’s 1:05 p.m. game against Tampa Bay.
Reed will add depth at safety with starter Julian Love declared out on Friday due to a hamstring injury.
Reed was active and played in the 44-13 win over the Saints in Week 3 when Love was out with a hamstring injury. Reed will likely play significantly on special teams.
This is the third practice-squad elevation for Pili, who will play as part of the rotation on the interior defensive line, particularly on run downs. Pili played in the wins over the Steelers and Cardinals with eight snaps in each.
This is the last time the Seahawks can elevate Pili off the practice squad as he will have to go on the 53-man roster to play in any future games.
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The elevations give the Seahawks 55 players on the gameday roster Sunday. They will have to declare seven inactive by 90 minutes before kickoff.
Four will be those who were declared out on Friday because injury — Love, cornerback Devon Witherspoon (knee), defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence (quad) and offensive tackle Josh Jones (ankle).
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With Jones out against Arizona last Thursday, the Seahawks elevated rookie Amari Kight off the practice squad and he played three snaps as an heavy packages on offense.
Kight was not elevated for the Bucs game which means the Seahawks appear set on having rookie Mason Richman, a seventh-round pick out of Iowa, active for the first time in his career. Richman can play guard and tackle.
The other two backup offensive linemen will again be center Olu Oluwatimi and rookie Bryce Cabeldue.
The Seahawks may need to activate rookie rush end Jared Ivey to help replace some of Lawrence’s snaps.
They could decide to have receiver Cody White, tight end Nick Kallerup and rush end Connor O’Toole as the other three inactive players to get to 48.
That would again leave room on the roster for rookie quarterback Jalen Milroe, a third-round pick out of Alabama.
Milroe was inactive for a Week 2 game at Pittsburgh because of roster construction issues. In that game he served as the emergency quarterback, able to dress, but only play if Sam Darnold and Drew Lock were unavailable.
Milroe has been active for each of the other games.
He played one snap against the 49ers and Saints, each time taking a snap and keeping it, gaining one yard and three yards, respectively.
Notes
Running back Kenneth Walker III and Devon Witherspoon each received fines for taunting in the Arizona game. Each was fined $11,593. Walker was penalized on the field for his taunting, Witherspoon was not. No Arizona players drew fines.
Bob Condotta: bcondotta@seattletimes.com. Bob Condotta is a sports reporter at The Seattle Times who primarily covers the Seahawks but also dabbles in other sports. He has worked at The Times since 2002, reporting on University of Washington Husky football and basketball for his first 10 years at the paper before switching to the Seahawks in 2013.