Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald during a press conference.
The Josh Jobe Seahawks contract situation appears settled, and it is a big early win for Seattle. According to NFL insider Jordan Schultz, the Seahawks are re-signing cornerback Josh Jobe to a three-year, $24 million deal, keeping one of their key 2025 starters in place as free agency opens. Seattle had Jobe scheduled to hit unrestricted free agency this week, so the timing matters: the Seahawks keep a starting outside corner before the market could push his price even higher.
Jobe’s rise also makes this one of the better development stories on Seattle’s roster. Seahawks.com previously highlighted that he went from practice-squad status to earning a starting role, and Spotrac listed him as a pending unrestricted free agent entering this offseason. Now, instead of needing to replace him, Seattle can move forward with one less hole in the secondary.
Key Points
Josh Jobe is reportedly re-signing with Seattle on a 3-year, $24 million contract.
He entered the offseason as one of Seattle’s unrestricted free agents.
The move comes as the Seahawks’ secondary is also dealing with other contract and roster questions, including Riq Woolen and the reported departure of Coby Bryant.
Josh Jobe was a UDFA and special teams gunner who’s now become a key starter for the world champion Seahawks. Awesome success story. https://t.co/6RKTbsZ4Zz
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) March 9, 2026
Seahawks Re-Sign Josh Jobe to 3-Year, $24 Million Deal, According to Jordan Schultz
Seattle did not need to wait long to get one of its cornerback answers. Schultz reported that Jobe, a former undrafted free agent, is returning on a three-year pact worth $24 million after starting 15 games last season and posting 12 passes defended and one interception. For a defense trying to keep continuity after a championship season, that is immediate value.
Seattle entered the week with multiple notable free agents, and cornerback was becoming one of the roster’s most important pressure points. Bringing back Jobe before the market fully opened helps stabilize the outside corner spot and reduces the urgency heading into the next wave of moves.
At $8 million per year, the deal lines up closely with Spotrac’s earlier market-value estimate for Jobe, which had him around the high single-digit annual range. That suggests Seattle kept a starter at a price point the market already supported.
Josh Jobe PFF: What the Numbers Say About Seattle’s Starter
If Seahawks fans look only at Jobe’s broad PFF page, the overall grade is mixed. PFF lists him with a 56.5 overall grade, a 52.2 coverage grade, and a much stronger 74.2 run-defense grade for 2025.
That is where context matters. Seattle clearly valued Jobe beyond one headline grade, likely because he held a real starting role, handled significant snaps, and fit what the staff wanted on the outside. His physicality and run support appear to have mattered, especially in a secondary that needed dependable edge support from its corners.
Riq Woolen Next?
Jobe’s deal does not end Seattle’s cornerback questions. Seahawks.com included Riq Woolen among the team’s notable free agents, and the club’s own draft coverage recently pointed out that both Woolen and Jobe were headed toward free agency, which is why cornerback had become such a logical draft need.
Now that Jobe is reportedly back, the spotlight shifts harder to Woolen. Seattle still has a major decision to make on whether it wants both starting-caliber outside corners back or whether Jobe becomes the more affordable continuity play while the front office looks elsewhere for value.