RENTON — The joke around the Seattle Seahawks’ locker room last season was that Russell Wilson was, to use Doug Baldwin’s word, “chubby.”

A high-ankle sprain in the opener and then a sprained knee ligament two games later last September limited Wilson’s ability to run. Not just during plays in games, but in conditioning between them. He gained weight, and it was noticeable across the franchise quarterback’s midsection.

No one noticed more gleefully than Baldwin.

“Coming in and being lighter than he’s been in the past — we always made fun of him, sometimes, how he looked a little chubby,” the 28-year-old Baldwin said of Wilson, who’s also 28.

“Comes with old age.”

Sunday, Wilson looked not only slim, but splendid.

Wilson lit up the seven-on-seven passing drill and then team scrimmaging and red-zone plays on the seventh day of Seahawks training camp.

Wilson’s passes had zip through camp’s first week, and he is noticeably slimmer after an offseason of new conditioning and personal-training handlers in the wake of his injury-affected 2016. But in the first practices of this camp his passes were often off-target — such as on Friday when he threw a pass intended for Baldwin directly into free safety Earl Thomas’ chest in the middle of the end zone.

But Sunday, Wilson was the sharpest he’s looked so far.

In the seven-on-seven drills — every player but the linemen and generally all pass plays — the $87.6 million man threw a dart 20-plus yards on a line down the right sideline. Former Washington Huskies wide receiver Kasen Williams sprinted to it just past free-agent cornerback Demetrius McCray’s tight, stride-for-stride coverage. Williams dived and made a splendid catch of the exquisite throw.

On the next play Wilson put the perfect amount of loft under a throw down the opposite sideline to J.D. McKissic, who was also well-covered. McKissic didn’t catch that one for a touchdown so much as Wilson’s pass stuck into the palms of McKissic’s hands almost before the wide receiver appeared to see the ball. Wilson led the entire offense, including all the linemen, in jogging 20-plus yards to the end zone to congratulate McKissic.

In the 11-on-11 team scrimmaging that followed, Wilson sent Baldwin in motion to the inside right. That made Richard Sherman switch off coverage to Kam Chancellor. Baldwin ran inside, then sharply back outside on one of his famously precise routes, this one to the goal-line pylon. Wilson’s pass couldn’t have been better placed onto Baldwin’s hands if the QB had handed it to him.

“He’s a professional. I can’t talk highly enough about the way that he prepares himself and the things that he does to get himself ready day in and day out, season in and season out,” Baldwin said. “He’s just a consummate pro.

“It’s no different this year.”

In fact, Baldwin thinks Wilson’s better prepared than he’s been in any other preseason since he entered the league as Seattle’s immediate starter in 2012.

“He’s done a great job coming into this camp, I think, more prepared I think than he has been in the past,” Baldwin said.

It wasn’t a perfect Sunday for Wilson. Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Bennett beat rookie second-round pick Ethan Pocic on consecutive plays and tripped Wilson to the ground — somewhat, maybe accidentally — for sacks.

Afterward, Wilson did what he does almost every day following practice. He thrilled the fans with an extended autograph session from the sideline to behind the end zone on his way into the locker room. He stayed later, even though his wife Ciara and associates were waiting for him.

“OK, one more,” he said, while signing off the edge of the field to screaming fans. “Two more. Three more.”

Then he signed more than that.

Clark, Ifedi miss practice again

General manager John Schneider came up to Frank Clark as the 10-sack man from last season, with a brace on his left knee, was watching Sunday’s practice instead of participating in it for the third consecutive day. That’s since Clark dropped starting right tackle Germain Ifedi in a pass-rush drill.

Schneider and Clark shared a laugh and Clark put his arm around the GM during a defensive-line drill that went on a few yards to their right.

The Seahawks have not described any injury for Clark. He did not appear to be limping on Thursday when he was in the heated pass-rush drill, then leaped and punched the helmet-less Ifedi in the face with his right hand and dropped him during a melee in it. Nor did he appear to be limping moments after the fight, when a team staffer escorted Clark the length of the field into the locker-room after. That was after coach Pete Carroll ejected Clark from that practice.

Carroll, the team’s lone source of medical details on players, has not spoken to the media since Thursday. He is scheduled to speak publicly again Monday.

Ifedi also missed practice for the third straight day since the punch, which left him apparently bloodied from the face or mouth. The team hasn’t given an injury for him, either.

Griffin gets his chance

Jeremy Lane missed his third consecutive practice, apparently with an unknown injury. Lane had been a standout as the starting right cornerback in base defense and nickel back when Seattle went to five defensive backs in the first days of camp.

Rookie third-round draft choice Shaquill Griffin has been the first-team right cornerback in the days Lane has missed.

Veteran Neiko Thorpe, who had been the right cornerback when Lane was the nickel during offseason practices and before Lane got hurt in camp, has been the second-team left cornerback behind Sherman the last few days.

McDougald impacting

Former Tampa Bay starting defensive back Bradley McDougald continues to get himself noticed all over the field as Thomas’ backup at free safety. McDougald, signed in the offseason as a free agent, ran from the left and popped rookie third-round pick Amara Darboh with a quick, hard shoulder shot. That caused Darboh to drop the pass.

McDougald won’t start for Thomas, not with Thomas all the way back from his broken leg in December. But so far he is earning some kind of role somewhere in the defense, if not on special teams.

Extra points

After Williams’ impressive catch, he ended practice with his shoe and his sock off his left foot. Trainers were looking at his ankle and foot. Williams is trying to get on the regular-season roster for the third consecutive season, but he is in a crowded field for spots at wide receiver. … Terence Garvin was the first-team strong-side linebacker outside in base defense during red-zone scrimmaging. Former San Francisco 49er starter Michael Wilhoite was there during other team scrimmaging. The Seahawks brought back Mike Morgan this past week on a free-agent contract to join that competition. … Defensive tackle Garrison Smith, waived by San Francisco last year, broke through the second-team line to drop running back Alex Collins for a safety in team-scrimmaging from the goal line going out. … The Seahawks will conduct a mock “game” Monday. Players will go through pregame drills and timing and then game situations six days before the first exhibition game, at the Los Angeles Chargers on Aug. 13.