Seahawks agree to three-year deal with defensive tackle Jarran Reed

Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times on Mar 9, 2025

Published in Football

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SEATTLE — On the eve of the NFL free agent negotiating period Monday, the Seahawks took care of one big piece of business, agreeing to a three-year deal worth up to $25 million to re-sign defensive tackle Jarran Reed.

A source confirmed the signing to The Seattle Times.

The 32-year-old Reed has emerged as not only one of the team’s most consistent players on the defensive line but also a leader in the locker room since returning to the team in 2023.

While full details of the contract were not immediately available, Reed appears to be getting something of a raise.

He played last year on the second season of a two-year deal he signed in 2023 that was worth up to $9.5 million.

Reed was a second-round pick of the Seahawks in 2016 out of Alabama and played five years for Seattle before moving on to the Chiefs in 2021 and then to the Packers the following year.

Reed said several times last season he hoped to stay with the Seahawks and end his career in Seattle.

Reed, who plays mostly tackle but also can play the base end position in some packages, played 680 snaps last season, the sixth-most on the defense and second-most of any lineman after Leonard Williams.

“I certainly hope so,’’ coach Mike Macdonald said last month at the NFL combine when asked if Reed would return in 2025. “I mean I’m confident on how J-Reed feels about us and he knows how we feel about him.’’

Reed is one of just three players who ended last season as full-time starters for the Seahawks who can become unrestricted free agents this week, the others being middle linebacker Ernest Jones IV and guard Laken Tomlinson.

Keeping Reed loomed as a priority given some of the other changes or potential changes on the defensive line. Seattle last week released ends Dre’Mont Jones and Roy Robertson-Harris while nose tackle Johnathan Hankins can be an unrestricted free agent.

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