Field Gulls
Ivey was one of the top UDFAs available. Let’s look at the former Ole Miss player’s potential to make the Seahawks’ 2025 roster.
The draft is still ongoing even after the seven rounds are over. Teams begin the process of signing their UDFAs. The Seattle Seahawks have had a lot of success with this under Pete Carroll and John Schneider, with Doug Baldwin, Jermaine Kearse, Poona Ford, George Fant, Thomas Rawls, and Jake Bobo. Last year, the team had a standout UDFA in Jalen Sundell, who surprisingly made the roster and took snaps in place of the injured Olu Oluwatimi against the Packers. George Holani was one of the team’s standouts in the preseason, and Dee Williams was (unfortunately) the team’s primary returner in the first half of the season.
This year, the Seahawks have made some very good additions among the UDFAs. That includes one of the most coveted players among the UDFAs, Jared Ivey, DL from Ole Miss. Dane Brugler and NFL.com had him as a fifth round prospect, while Bleacher Report had him rated as a third round prospect. The Draft Network rated him a Day 2 prospect as well.
Could he Make the roster for the regular season?
Jared Ivey, an Atlanta native, played baseball as a kid and began to excel in basketball, where he thought his future would lie. He weighed 175 pounds coming into high school and ballooned to 205 pounds as a senior (just FYI, his current listed weight is 275 pounds). He had offers from Coastal Carolina and Middle Tennessee State to play basketball, but after thinking about it, decided to turn them down.
Shortly after, he received his first football offer from Arizona State. There was a lot of interest in him, receiving offers from Iowa State, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Duke, Miami, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Stanford, and Colorado. He decided to go to GT and was the second highest ranked in the class behind only Jahmyr Gibbs.
After two years with the Yellow Jackets he decided to enter the Transfer Portal. The main interested parties were Miami, Oregon and Ole Miss. He decided to go to Oxford where he earned First-Team All-SEC honors in 2023 (College Football Network), Third-Team All-SEC in 2024 (Coaches) and led the team in TFLs in 2023.
As we have already said, there are a few reasons why highly ranked players end up making it to Day 3 and UDFAs. Injuries and off-field issues are the most common reasons. Ivey doesn’t have any of these issues on his record, only missing one game in 2024 due to a foot injury.
Regarding off-field issues, he’s a positive standout. His coaches loved him and called attention to his intelligence on the field. His teammates praised his charisma and his presence in the locker room.
The only thing we can think of is that his poor Combine numbers caused...
