Then on Saturday he flew to Seattle with his parents and was asked out-of-the-blue by Schneider and coach Mike Macdonald to make the call to seventh-round pick Mason Richman, a tackle from Iowa, that he was being drafted by the Seahawks.

With Seattle Seahawks rookie minicamp getting underway on Friday, the team has wasted no time assigning their draft picks their rookie uniform numbers. The headline name and number combo is first-round draft pick Grey Zabel and No.