Seattle Seahawks mock draft: Seahawks fill gaps with few picks

Round 7, Pick 250

This pick comes at 250 and there are only 256 picks in the draft, so this is essentially a glorified undrafted free agent that the Seattle Seahawks want to make sure they get and don’t allow to go to the open market. We went deep for this pick, going down to the Division II ranks, to find Mike Strachan from Charleston. A 6-foot-5 wide receiver that weighs in at 225, Strachan is almost the same size as D.K. Metcalf coming out of college. In fact, he’s actually an inch taller.

The Seahawks lost David Moore this offseason and while replacing him in-house is a possibility it’s an intriguing thought to add a physical clone of D.K. Metcalf to the room. Then, when you dig deeper into Strachan’s stats it becomes a scary thought.

While at Charleston, Strachan was a two-time First Team All-MEC (Mountain East Conference), being named in both 2018 and 2019. His 2018 stats are solid, but what he did in 2019 overshadows it completely.

We’ll start with the simple stats. He hauled in 78 catches for 1,319 yards and 19 touchdowns. Now for the fun stuff. He scored a touchdown in 10 of the team’s 11 games, including five touchdowns in the first three when he also logged at least 145 receiving yards in each game as well. In one game, he registered 175 yards on just nine catches, and four of those ended up in the end zone, tying the conference record for receiving touchdowns in a game.

His program records include the single-game receiving yards record (207), the single-game receptions mark (13), the single-season receptions record (78), and the single-season touchdown record (19) which had stood for over 70 years. He broke it by six touchdowns.

The accolades are impressive, but like every D-II pick, the question is if he can do it at the next level. At this point in the draft, the pick is worth finding out the answer, especially if it could mean he lines up opposite Metcalf.