Bobby Wagner, who performed his first 10 NFL seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, re-signed with the staff on Saturday after spending final season with the Los Angeles Rams. Matt Patterson, Related Press
Bobby Wagner is reuniting with the Seattle Seahawks after a one-year hiatus from the franchise the place he started constructing his Corridor of Fame resume.
The eight-time Professional Bowl linebacker, who performed final season for the Los Angeles Rams, signed with Seattle on Saturday, bringing an finish to the courtship of one of many high free-agent defenders on the NFL market this offseason.
Wagner, a former Utah State star, signed a reported one-year, $7 million contract with the Seahawks, based on ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
“Maaaan! Glad to be again in Seattle! It means loads to have the ability to come again ! Let’s get to work,” Wagner mentioned on Instagram.
The 32-year-old Wagner was a franchise staple for Seattle for a decade, after being drafted by the Seahawks within the second spherical of the 2012 NFL draft.
Throughout his first stint with the staff, he amassed almost 1,400 tackles and 23.5 sacks over 10 seasons, received a Tremendous Bowl title his second yr within the league, twice was the NFL’s single-season tackles chief and was a six-time first-team All-Professional, whereas twice incomes second-team All-Professional honors.
Final yr, the Seahawks launched Wagner, and he signed a five-year, $50 million contract with the NFC West rival Rams.
In his lone season in Los Angeles, Wagner had 140 tackles, a single-season career-best six sacks, 10 tackles for loss and a pair of interceptions, all whereas incomes his third profession second-team All-Professional quotation.
The Rams launched Wagner on March 15, although, as each side agreed to mutually half methods, based on Schefter.
That put Wagner again available on the market, and now he’s again with the staff the place he developed into one of many recreation’s premier center linebackers.
On Thursday, Seahawks common supervisor John Schneider informed Seattle Sports activities 710 AM that the group had ongoing conversations with Wagner a couple of potential reunion.
“We’ve been speaking to Bobby, and what I can inform you is we’ll see what shakes out, see how this goes,” Schneider mentioned, per ESPN. “Everyone is aware of how a lot respect we've got for Bobby ... He had an incredible season this final yr. We’ll proceed to talk with him and keep in contact and see how this goes.”