Seattle Seahawks center Joey Hunt officially signed his restricted free agent tender, bringing him back into the fold for the 2020 campaign. He will make $2.13 million in 2020, assuming he makes the team, and will become an unrestricted free agent after the season unless he works out another deal with Seattle beforehand.
Hunt will return to serve as the backup center to Justin Britt, a role he has held for the past three seasons after getting selected in the sixth round of the 2016 NFL draft out of TCU.
Hunt did fill in as the starter for Seattle last season following Britt’s season-ending injury, and with Britt a potential cap casualty (the Seahawks would save $11.4M by cutting him) it’s possible he competes to start again in 2020.
Of course, the team also signed B.J. Finney and returns Ethan Pocic, and either of them would give Hunt plenty of competition for that starting role if the team decides to move on from Britt.
