Seahawks reportedly lose George Fant to Jets in free agency. Carroll had been seen using both a cane and a golf cart to assist him around during practices. The 2020 NFL season hasn’t started yet, but the Seattle Seahawks tight end room is already divided over one controversial topic. [6], In 2011, he was selected to Phil Steele's midseason All-Conference USA team as tight end. "He's really close," Carroll said Friday. The Seattle Seahawks have ruled out safety Jamal Adams ahead of their Week-7 battle against the Arizona Cardinals in the desert which has been flexed to "Sunday Night Football" in primetime. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. With Dissly expected to return healthy in 2020, Willson… “*When you get the call from the ’s to return #year8” reads Willson’s tweet, a pretty clear indication he’s re-signing with Seattle. Seahawks reportedly lose George Fant to Jets in free agency. So he's definitely going to play in this football game and I expect he'll play considerably.". Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll spends a great deal of time answering the media's questions about injured players, but this week he ended up in the limelight himself. [8] Willson caught a game-winning 23 yard touchdown pass with less than a minute left in week 8 against the Carolina Panthers. His position coach at Rice was former Detroit Lions tight end David Sloan. He made his 30 million dollar fortune with The Bottle Rocket & The Royal Tenenbaums. Hollister is a restricted free agent, however, and Seattle reportedly put a second-round tender on him Monday. Team: Seattle Seahawks. The veteran tight end was a fifth-round pick of Seattle in the 2013 NFL Draft and spent the first six seasons of his career with the Seahawks. He has also played for the Detroit Lions. The consensus is that it's better to wait until next week. Willson may have been a great locker room presence, but he didn’t do much on the field, hauling in eight receptions (on 10 targets) for 79 yards in eight games – missing a handful of games down the stretch with a rib injury. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. In 2011, he signed with the Toronto Blue Jays organization, but decided to return to football.[3][4]. https://seahawkswire.usatoday.com/2020/02/06/seattle-seahawks-2020-free-agent-profile-tight-end-luke-willson/, Seahawks at Cardinals: Week 7 preview and prediction, Week 7 injury report: Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery, Seahawks rookie linebacker Jordyn Brooks could start in Arizona, Pete Carroll hopeful Jamal Adams can return to practice next week, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var e in a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.getElementById("datawrapper-chart-"+e)||document.querySelector("iframe[src*='"+e+"']");t&&(t.style.height=a.data["datawrapper-height"][e]+"px")}}))}(); Seahawks reportedly bringing back TE Luke Willson for 2020 season, Luke Willson will be remaining in the Seahawks' tight end room. With Dissly expected to return healthy in 2020, Willson’s role on this team is unclear. Willson caught two passes for 17 yards in the Seahawks' 43–8 victory over the Denver Broncos.[7]. [1] He finished his junior season with 29 receptions, 313 receiving yards, and 3 receiving touchdowns.[6]. [1] He was selected to the Consensus first-team preseason All C-USA and also was selected to the first team of Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas College preseason team before his junior season. He made his 30 million dollar fortune with The Bottle Rocket & The Royal Tenenbaums. Neither are celebrities. Follow 710Sports.com’s Brent Stecker on Twitter. Willson finished his senior season in 2012 with a total of nine receptions for 126 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns,[6] which earned him a spot in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.