John Lynch | CHAWK TALK: Everything being said about the Seahawks

Treydan Stukes, the hot “Rams beater” prospect a lot of fans would like to see the Seahawks draft this week, was born on Sept. 11, 2001 (yes, 9/11). That means he will turn 25 two days after the Seahawks open the 2026 NFL season.

Stukes, who was called “Unc” by younger Arizona teammates, is one of the poster children for the trend of aging NFL draft classes.

As John Schneider cracked, “We have some guys who have been in school for six years. They’re called doctors.”

An apropos joke considering this overall aging of rookies is partly a product of Covid.

Schneider seems to think the trend will reverse. “It’s my understanding this should be the last year of it,” he said this week.

But other NFL execs think the aging of rookie classes will continue as long as NIL rules college football.

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John Schneider drafting Immediately after the first round of the draft, we all saw the story of Reuben Foster, former Alabama linebacker, saying he hung up on New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton because the 49ers were calling to draft him instead.

It turns out John Schneider was largely responsible for that — and he made the 49ers squirm a lot in the meantime, according to Peter King’s first-person account from the 49ers’ draft room.

The 49ers, who considered drafting Foster with the No. 3 overall pick, tried to get back into the first round for quite a while Thursday night. They talked to every team from 12 down to the Seahawks at 26. They originally offered the Seahawks their fourth-round pick to move up from 34.

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