Seahawks trade up in Round 2 to select Nick Emmanwori

The Seattle Seahawks selected South Carolina safety Nick Emmanwori in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft, 35th overall.

Emmanwori should bolster the Seahawks' secondary. He joins a safety group headlined by Julian Love and Coby Bryant.

Seattle traded the 52nd and 82nd overall picks to Tennessee Titans for the opportunity to land Emmanwori.

Pre-draft profile

Emmanwori isn't just the most athletic safety in this draft - he's one of the best athletes we've ever seen make the jump to the NFL. The South Carolina product put on a show at the combine, earning a perfect 10.0 on his Relative Athletic Score profile. His speed and explosiveness testing results would be off the charts for any defensive back, let alone one with his size. You might expect a player like this to lack fluidity or short-area quickness, perhaps creating a weakness in man coverage, but that's not the case. Emmanwori demonstrates the ball skills to be a playmaker in the pass game, too. He'll need better instincts in order to be a sound zone defender on the back end, and strangely, he doesn't play with the physicality or tackling consistency to match his size. But his next team will be betting it can unlock those abilities at the next level. Emmanwori has the most upside of this group if everything comes together.