The Seahawks are bringing a former Coug back to the state as they continue to fortify the spot they depleted this spring.
Seattle on Friday signed free-agent wide receiver River Cracraft, last of the Miami Dolphins. The 30-year-old veteran of seven NFL seasons has played in 53 professional games with 32 receptions for the Broncos, 49ers and the last three seasons, the Dolphins.
Cracraft began his NFL career as an undrafted rookie on Denver’s practice squad in 2017. He made his regular-season debut in 2018 playing eight games for the Broncos. He spent two seasons for Denver, then 2020 and ‘21 in San Francisco.
He also returned punts while with the Broncos and 49ers.
Cracraft had 218 catches with 20 touchdowns in four seasons at Washington State, 2013-16. That was after an all-state high school career in Santa Margarita, California.
The Seahawks signed Cracraft seven days after they signed another veteran wide receiver for a Washington state homecoming: Super Bowl 56 MVP Cooper Kupp. Kupp got a three-year contract.
Kupp signed days after Seattle added veteran deep receiving threat Marquez Valdes-Scandling on a one-year contract.
All those moves came after general manager John Schneider and coach Mike Maconald made two, seismic moves at the position.
They released Tyler Lockett, the 10-year veteran and longest-tenured Seahawk. Then they traded two-time Pro Bowl wide reveiver DK Metcalf, to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Now it’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Seattle’s record-tying 100-catch receiver last season, plus Kupp, Valdes-Scandling and Cracraft joining returning wide outs Jake Bobo, Dareke Young, Cody White and John Rhys-Plumlee as the receivers on the Seahawks’ offseason roster.
Josh Ross signs back
The Seahawks also signed linebacker Josh Ross.
Seattle claimed him off waivers from Baltimore last season then appeared in 10 games for the Seahawks almost entirely on special teams. He played 67% of the Seattle’s special-teams snaps and made four tackles in those 10 games.
Ross played for Macdonald when the Seahawks’ coach was the University of Michigan’s defensive coordinator in 2021. He was an undrafted rookie for Baltimore in 2022, when Macdonald was the Ravens’ defensive coordinator.