Eric D. Williams took over the Seahawks beat and Seahawks Insider blog in December. Williams has covered the Seahawks, Sonics and high school sports for The News Tribune since joining the paper in 2006. Eric lives in Tacoma with his wife and two children.
Tacoma News Tribune columnist Dave Boling also contributes to the Seahawks Insider blog.
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BY ERIC D. WILLIAMS
The News Tribune
The Seahawks Seahawks reached an agreement with second round draft pick Max Unger on Wednesday, and the rookie offensive lineman is expected to be signed and ready to participate in the team’s first day of camp on Friday.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it is believed that Unger’s deal is a four-year contract valued at just under $4 million, $1.95 million of which is guaranteed.
Along with signing seventh round pick safety Courtney Greene and sixth round pick quarterback Mike Teel, the Seahawks have signed seventh round pick defensive end Nick Reed, the team announced today.
With those three picks signed, that leaves first rounder Aaron Curry, second round pick Max Unger, third round pick Deon Butler and seventh rounder Cameron Morrah as the team's draft picks yet to sign with Seattle. Terms of the Reed deal were not disclosed.
With the draft now over I finally had a chance to update our Seahawks mock draft results. And we have a winner.
Schlede was the only contestant to get two of Seattle's seven picks right, correctly picking Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry's selection in the first round, and then also predicting Oregon defensive end Nick Reed's selection in the seventh round.
Others who got one pick right include: Eric Williams (Aaron Curry), Dougula (Curry), Fuzzman55 (Max Unger), Seahawklovertoo (Unger), Brosco13 (Unger), JacDG (Unger) and CamanoIslandJQ (Deon Butler).
Thanks for all who participated. And Schede email me privately so I can get a prize pack.
Check out the final results here.
The Seattle Seahawks selected California tight end Cameron Morrah with the 248th pick in the seventh round, the team's final pick in the 2009 draft.
I think that's it. We'll have comments up in a little bit from Tim Ruskell and Jim Mor
The Seattle Seahawks selected Nick Reed, a defensive end out of the University of Oregon with the 247th pick in the seventh round. One more left.
The Seattle Seahawks pick Courtney Greene, a safety out of Rutgers with the 245th pick in the seventh and final round. They've got two more left.
We are who we thought we were. And that’s not very good when it comes to correctly selecting who the Seattle Seahawks will draft.
With three picks left, only seven contestants have correctly picked at least one of the Seattle Seahawks selections so far.
They are: Eric Williams (Aaron Curry), Schlede (Curry), Dougula (Curry), Fuzzman55 (Max Unger), Seahawklovertoo (Unger), Brosco13 (Unger) and CamanoIslandJQ impressively picking Penn State receiver Deon Butler, although he had him going in the seventh round.
We’re going to give CamonoIslandJQ credit anyway, along with anyone else who correctly picks a Seahawks draft pick, regardless of where they are selected.
So now it comes down to who will correctly guess the next of Seattle’s last three picks, should they take that many.
Here’s the entire list of contestants in this excel spreadsheet. If I’ve missed someone let me know.
Local reporters just got a chance to talk to Rutgers quarterback Mike Teel, who just getting off the golf course when the Seattle Seahawks called him and let him know he had been selected.
Teel said his came to Seattle for a visit before the draft, touring the team's facility and meeting with offensive coordinator Greg Knapp.
"I knew they had a little bit of interest," Teel said. "I talked with one of my college coaches and they asked about myself a little bit. But I was just kind of keeping my fingers crossed, and I knew their pick was coming up in the sixth round, and it's just a great opportunity for me."
The Seattle Seahawks select Rutgers quarterback Mike Teel with the team's 178 overall pick in the first round.
Teel is 6-foot-3, 225 pounds and started three seasons for Rutgers.
The Seattle Seahawks' sixth round pick, No. 178 overall, is coming up. So who do you want them to select? And what position should they address? Let me know in the comments section. Also, I'm updating the results for the the mock draft contest and will post them shortly after the Seahawks select.
UPDATE: I apologize. I’m still sleep-walking a bit here and I forgot to mention in the last post that Seattle’s trading partner was the Philadelphia Eagles for a trade that was originally the N.Y. Giants third-round pick.
So here’s the trade again. The Seahawks gave up their fifth-round pick (137th overall), seventh-round pick (213th overall) and a third-round pick in 2010 in a trade with Philadelphia in order to move up and take Penn State wide receiver Deon Butler.
Butler was a bit surprised, excited and grateful that the Seattle Seahawks selected him in the third rounds.
The Seattle Seahawks continue to wheel and deal this morning, selecting Penn State wide receiver Deon Butler in the third round with the 91st pick.
The Seahawks gave up their fifth-round pick (137th overall), seventh-round pick (213th overall) and a third-round pick in 2010 in order to move up and take Butler.
I just talked to Rob Rang and he says that Butler is a Bobby Engram-type receiver who could play the slot. Butler is the all-time receptions leader at Penn State, breaking a record held by Engram. Butler is quick (4.38 in the 40-yard-dash) but small (listed at 5-11, 182 pounds).

