The Seattle Seahawks are getting ready for another busy, exciting NFL draft. With nine picks in tow and likely more to come as the team looks to wheel and deal, general manager John Schneider decided to bring in some reinforcements.
Schneider hired two former Browns executives, Eliot Wolf and Alonzo Highsmith, as consultants for the team during the draft process, which kicks off this week at the NFL combine.
Both Wolf and Highsmith spent the last two seasons with the Browns, with Wolf serving as the team’s assistant general manager while Highsmith was the vice president of player personnel.
Wolf worked alongside Schneider for eight years in Green Bay, from 2002-2009, before Schneider took the job with the Seahawks.
Highsmith joined Green Bay in 2012 and has worked with Wolf ever since, and the pair will once again reunite – this time alongside Schneider in Seattle.
Both Wolf and Highsmith are candidates to remain with the Seahawks long term, but for now they are just on to help the team evaluate NFL draft talent in an attempt to shore up their roster – particularly along the offensive and defensive lines.
