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Bob Condotta

Seahawks select safety Marquise Blair in second round of NFL draft

The Seahawks may have confidence in the young defensive backs they took two years ago.

But Friday they showed they aren't done remaking the now-departed Legion of Boom, drafting safety Marquise Blair out of Utah in the second round with the 47th overall pick.

The 6-1, 180-pounder primarily played strong safety for the Utes, where he had two interceptions last year as a senior.

Lindy's Draft Preview listed Blair as a sleeper, noting that his stats were not "eye-popping" but that "he boasts an intriguing combination of size and speed to suggest that his best football could be ahead of him."

But before taking Blair, the Seahawks made yet another trade to move down and add more picks, dealing the 37th selection to Carolina to get picks 47, in the second round, and 77 in the third.

That means Seattle, in the last four days, has gone from four picks in the draft to 10. The trade gave Seattle three picks on the second day of the draft, with Seattle having six more on Saturday _ four in the fourth round and two in the fifth.

Seattle has made three trades during the draft to add five picks, and also got a first-rounder in the trade of Frank Clark on Tuesday.

The pick Seattle traded to Carolina had been acquired in a trade down the night before with the New York Giants, in which the Seahawks also picked up selection 142 in the fourth round and 152 in the fifth.

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