Seattle Seahawks free agents heading into the 2018 offseason
Published 9:31 am Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Here’s a list of the Seattle Seahawks who are free agents this offseason, along with their salary cap numbers from 2017, according to SpoTrac.com:
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS (17)
These players have four or more years of service and can sign with any team without restrictions.
| Name | Position | 2017 salary cap number |
| Jimmy Graham | TE | $10,000,000 |
| Luke Joeckel | G | $8,000,000 |
| Eddie Lacy | RB | $4,250,000 |
| Sheldon Richardson | DT | $2,513, 500 |
| Bradley McDougald | S | $1,800,000 |
| Luke Willson | TE | $1,800,000 |
| Michael Wilhoite | LB | $1,550,000 |
| DeShawn Shead | CB | $1,200,000 |
| Paul Richardson | WR | $1,178,209 |
| Blair Walsh | K | $1,100,000 |
| Marcus Smith | DE | $990,000 |
| Oday Aboushi | G | $975,000 |
| Byron Maxwell | CB | $900,000 |
| Terence Garvin | LB | $855,000 |
| Austin Davis | QB | $855,000 |
| Matt Tobin | T | $812,500 |
| Dewey McDonald | LB | $690,000 |
It’s possible Shead and McDonald, who were injured for most of 2017, won’t receive the service time required to become unrestricted free agents and will instead be restricted.
RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS (4)
These players have between three and four years of service, so the Seahawks can match offers received from other teams.
| Name | Position | 2017 salary cap number |
| Dion Jordan | DE | $640,000 |
| Justin Coleman | CB | $615,000 |
| Mike Davis | RB | $615,000 |
| Thomas Rawls | RB | $530,000 |
EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS FREE AGENTS (10)
These players have three or fewer years of service, so the Seahawks have the first option of signing them.
| Name | Position | 2017 salary cap number |
| Tyler Ott | LS | $540,000 |
| Quinton Jefferson | DE | $540,000 |
| Branden Jackson | DE | $540,000 |
| Joey Hunt | C | $540,000 |
| Phil Dawson | LB | $540,000 |
| Garrison Smith | DE | $540,000 |
| J.D. McKissic | RB | $495,000 |
| Jordan Simone | S | $465,000 |
| Tyrus Thompson | T | $465,000 |
| Josh Forrest | LB | $465,000 |
