Russell Okung and Seattle Seahawks Agree to Deal; How Will He Do There?

August 6, 2010   ·   Naurez Sahoo   ·   Jump to comments

Today Russell Okung and the Seahawks finally agreed to a deal! Okung was the last unsigned first-round draft pick. His deal is worth $48.5 million with $29 million guaranteed.
Okung will report to training camp immediately and he will hopefully be ready for the start of preseason and the regular season.
Okung will be the Seahawks' new left tackle who will replace future Hall of Famer Walter Jones, who announced his retirement this offseason.
Okung was the sixth overall pick in the draft, and the Seahawks hope he will meet his great hype as being a great offensive lineman.
Last season Okung only gave up two sacks in 326 pass plays with Oklahoma state. He will try to help the Seahawks offensive line, which struggled quite a lot last year trying to protect Matt Hasselbeck.
This was a very important signing and Okung will try to help the Seahawks this season and seasons to come with his great talent and his ability to not give up sacks. I think that Okung wi...

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