More than 20 years after the Seahawks signed Hall of Fame receiver Jerry Rice to end his career in Seattle, the Seahawks have signed his son, Brenden, to their practice squad.
The Seahawks also signed running back Velus Jones to their practice squad.
They released two players off the practice squad — tight end Marshall Lang and cornerback Mike Reid — to create room for Rice and Jones.
Rice and Jones were two of eight players to have tryouts with the Seahawks on Tuesday.
The others: receivers Montorie Foster, Jaylen Johnson, Dymer Miller and Jalen Reagor; quarterback Hendon Hooker; and center Doug Kramer.
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The Seahawks are dealing with some injury issues at receiver with rookie Tory Horton missing the last two games with a shin injury and last week they placed practice squad receiver Tyrone Broden on injured reserve. Dareke Young was also placed on injured reserve with a hip injury before the Washington game.
Brendan Rice, who played at Colorado and USC, was a seventh-round pick of the Chargers in 2024. He appeared in three games for the Chargers as a rookie, with 10 snaps on special teams and three on offense without recording a stat, before being placed on IR in November.
Rice was waived by the Chargers at the end of the preseason this year. He was signed to New England’s practice squad on Nov. 4 and released on Nov. 11.
Rice, listed at 6 foot 3, 210 pounds, caught 111 passes for 1,821 yards and 21 TDs in four years at Colorado (the 2020-21 seasons) and USC (2022-23).
Jerry Rice remains the leading receiver in NFL history with 22,895 yards in a career that lasted from 1985-2004.
Most of that was spent with the 49ers (85-2000) and Raiders (2001-04).
But when depth issues struck the Seahawks in October 2004 — they learned Koren Robinson was going to be suspended four games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy — they worked out a trade with the Raiders to acquire Rice for the rest of the season.
The Seahawks dealt a seventh-round pick in 2005 for Rice in a move that reunited him with then coach Mike Holmgren, who had been an assistant with the 49ers early in his career.
Rice, who wore Steve Largent’s retired No. 80, played 11 games for the Seahawks in 2004 with 25 receptions for 362 yards and three touchdowns. He played in the wild-card playoff loss without making a catch — a game that was the last of his career.
Rice had one big game for the Seahawks, catching eight passes for 145 yards and a TD in a 43-39 Monday night loss to Dallas at Lumen Field.
Jones was also on the practice squad earlier this year before being released after a day.
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.