The Seahawks on Tuesday made three free-agent signings official. That included receiver Jake Bobo, who signed a two-year contract a day after it was learned the Seahawks would match an offer sheet he had received from the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Seattle also signed cornerback Shemar Jean-Charles and safety D’Anthony Bell after both reportedly agreed to deals this month.
The signings also nearly closed the book on all the known reported Seahawks agreements with free agents. All but one — linebacker Chazz Surratt, who reportedly agreed to return — has signed.
Of Seattle’s 18 unrestricted or restricted free agents, 12 have re-signed, with five joining other teams.
Bobo’s two-year deal has a base value of $5.5 million with $4.5 million guaranteed.
Bobo appeared set to return to the Seahawks when he was tendered as a restricted free agent, which would have meant a one-year non-guaranteed contract of $3.52 million. But that tender still allowed Bobo to negotiate and sign an offer sheet with another team, and the Seahawks retained the ability to match it.
The Jaguars came through with an offer sheet for a two-year deal for Bobo on Friday, giving Seattle five days to decide to match. The Seahawks didn’t need that much time, getting Bobo signed with a day to spare.
Bobo was quoted by the team’s website that his goal all along had been to stay in Seattle.
“I didn’t want to go anywhere else,” Bobo was quoted by Seahawks.com. “Obviously, it looked like there was a shot I was going to end up in Jacksonville, but in the back of my mind, I was hoping the guys upstairs would make something happen, and they did. I was incredibly thankful for that. I knew where I wanted to be, I knew where home was, and I’m definitely glad it worked out.”
The contract gives him some security for the first time in his NFL career. He played the past three seasons on the deal he signed as an unrestricted free agent out of UCLA in 2023.
Bobo quickly emerged as a popular figure with teammates and fans, giving birth to the #MoreBobo tagline on social media. Still, a 2025 season in which he battled injuries and played just 11 games with two catches — he also was declared a healthy scratch twice late in the year — left his future uncertain.
“When you think about this organization, who the guys are in the locker room, who the staff is upstairs, all of that (playing time/role) comes secondary to what’s really important, which is, I want to play for this organization, this city, and the guys in the locker room,” Bobo told Seahawks.com. “When I’m making a decision, that’s where I start, that’s what’s important. If you’re giving me the choice, I’m choosing this place 10 out of 10 times.”
Bell played 14 games for the Seahawks last year as a reserve safety and special-teams regular — getting two starts early in the season when injuries thinned the depth in the back end — before being waived and then claimed by Carolina. That meant he was not on the roster for the playoffs.
Bell, who had 15 tackles with Seattle last season and a blocked punt against New Orleans, told Seahawks.com it was tough to miss the playoff run but he was glad to return.
“It was definitely bittersweet not being able to play in the Super Bowl, but everything happens for a reason; that’s how I feel about it,” Bell said. “My time will happen when it’s supposed to happen, to get the opportunity to actually play in the Super Bowl. But I’m happy to be back and be a part of it, and I can say I was a part of a Super Bowl team, so that’s still memorable to me.”
Bell will add depth at safety with Coby Bryant having signed as a free agent with the Bears.
Jean-Charles has played in 29 games in an NFL career that dates to 2021 but spent the entire 2025 season on the practice squad.
His return means he will have a shot to compete for a 53-man roster spot. The Seahawks lost cornerback Riq Woolen in free agency to the Philadelphia Eagles.
“The Super Bowl holds a lot of weight, and outside of that, it’s a great organization, a great group of guys, and it just feels like a second home for me,” Jean-Charles told Seahawks.com. “I’m excited. Having all the guys back, that’s another year of us getting tighter as a group and just building that cohesiveness and being able to go out there and compete every Sunday.”
The signings came a day after Seattle agreed to a four-year contract extension with Jaxon Smith-Njigba to make him the highest-paid receiver in NFL history.
That signing is expected to become official by Wednesday afternoon, when the Seahawks have scheduled a news conference with Smith-Njigba.
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.