Six days after it was reported that veteran outside linebacker Dante Fowler Jr. had agreed to terms with the Seahawks, the move became official on Monday.
The Seahawks announced that Fowler had signed a contract with the team — which is reportedly for one-year and $5 million — which fills the final opening on the team’s roster.
The signing was competed as the Seahawks began week two of phase two of their offseason program.
Fowler said in a story on the team’s website that one of the main reasons he signed with the Seahawks was the presence and influence of DeMarcus Lawrence, with whom he was teammates with the Dallas Cowboys in 2022-23.
“We talked for like 30 minutes on FaceTime, just chopping it up, and after that I made my decision,” Fowler was quoted as saying by Seahawks.com.
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Fowler joins Lawrence, Uchenna Nwosu and Derick Hall in what would for now project as the team’s main four-man edge rusher rotation, essentially replacing Boye Mafe, who signed a three-year deal worth up to $60 million with the Bengals.
The Seahawks have a handful of younger players who will vie for time in that rotation as well, such as three-year vet Jamie Sheriff, second-year players Connor O’Toole and Jared Ivey and undrafted rookie free agent signees Aidan Hubbard, Devean Deal and Marvin Jones Jr.
Fowler, who is listed on the roster wearing No. 56, was the third overall pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2015 and has 58.5 sacks in 159 career games with five different teams. He had 10.5 in 2024 while playing with Washington before returning to the Cowboys last season.
Fowler played in Dallas for two seasons when Seahawks defensive coordinator Aden Durde was the Cowboys’ defensive line coach and played for Durde during a stint with the Atlanta Falcons.
“Me and him have a really great relationship going all the way back to when I was playing with the Falcons (in 2020), and when we had a really great defense with the Cowboys,” Fowler told Seahawks.com.
“So just being able to come and play for him again as a defensive coordinator is really cool. I’ve been a fan of Mike Macdonald since he was the defensive coordinator at the Baltimore Ravens, so just to be able to be a part of this defense is really special.’”
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.