Breaking Down Seattle's Reported Top-30 Visits - Locked On Seahawks Podcast

With three weeks remaining until the draft, eight players have already been reported for official visits with the Seattle Seahawks. How significant are these meetings in regard to who the team drafts?

Corbin K. Smith | Apr 6, 2023

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While they only comprise a small piece of the pre-draft puzzle, top-30 visits have still remained an important aspect of the evaluation process for the Seattle Seahawks under John Schneider and Pete Carroll.

How much do these official visits matter? Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang discuss the significance of bringing prospects such as Tennessee's Byron Young into the VMAC and present recent context on players who traveled to Seattle before being drafted by the team.

Smith and Rang also answer listener mailbag questions and dish out scouting reports for 10 running backs from the 2023 draft class, including top-10 talent Bijan Robinson and a handful of day three backfield gems who could be on Seattle's radar.

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Published Apr 6, 2023

CORBIN K. SMITH

Graduating from Manchester College in 2012, Smith began his professional career as a high school Economics teacher in Indianapolis and launched his own NFL website covering the Seahawks as a hobby. After teaching and coaching high school football for five years, he transitioned to a full-time sports reporter in 2017, writing for USA Today's Seahawks Wire while continuing to produce the Legion of 12 podcast. He joined the Arena Group in August 2018 and also currently hosts the daily Locked On Seahawks podcast with Rob Rang and Nick Lee. Away from his coverage of the Seahawks and the NFL, Smith dabbles in standup comedy, is a heavy metal enthusiast and previously performed as lead vocalist for a metal band, and enjoys distance running and weight lifting. A habitual commuter, he resides with his wife Natalia in Colorado and spends extensive time reporting from his second residence in the Pacific Northwest.