The Seahawks will host the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, the first matchup between the two teams since October 2020, a game that the Seahawks won 31-23 and improved to 4-0 to start the season.
A total of 61 players have suited up for both franchises; here are some of the top players to sport both uniforms across their careers.
LBs Jerome Baker & Jordyn Brooks
Though the two linebackers weren't swapped via trade, they've had inverse career stops between Seattle and Miami. Baker and Brooks have each played two games at their respective second stops in the NFL.
Brooks, a first-round selection by Seattle in the 2020 NFL Draft, quickly took his duties in stride alongside All-Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner. In 2021, just his second season, Brooks became the NFL's season-leader for solo tackles with 109. His 183 total tackles that season set a new Seahawks franchise record which was then matched by Wagner in 2023. Brooks and Wagner also share the franchise record for most tackles in a game with 20. After his rookie contract, Brooks signed with Miami in free agency. In his first two games there, he has recorded 10 combined tackles.
Miami selected Baker in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft and he became a year-one starter. Over his six seasons there, he tallied 594 total combined tackles, leading the Dolphins for three seasons from 2019-21. In January 2024, Miami placed Baker on injured reserve and he was later released in March. Two weeks later, Seattle signed him and he became a starter in head coach Mike Macdonald's defense. Through two games, he has nine combined tackles.
Other LB threads: E.J. Junior, Rodell Thomas
OL Chris Gray
Gray spent the first four seasons of his NFL career in Miami after being selected in the fifth round. The versatile interior offensive lineman made a one-season pit stop in Chicago before landing in Seattle in 1998, where he'd spend 10 seasons as a center and interchangeable guard. Gray protected quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, played a part in running back Shaun Alexander's MVP season, and started in Super Bowl XL, the first Super Bowl appearance in Seahawks history.
During his decade in Seattle, Gray set and held the Seahawks' franchise record of consecutive starts with 121 until it was broken in 2019 by quarterback Russell Wilson. Gray's 135 consecutive games played are still the third most in Seahawks history, trailing only Wilson (149) and punter Jon Ryan (159).
In 2019, Gray reunited with fellow offensive linemen Walter Jones, Steve Hutchinson, Robbie Tobeck, and Sean Locklear to reminisce and share Seahawks Stories from their playing days.
Other OL threads: Evan Brown, Norm Evans, Ronnie Lee, Connor Williams
K Olindo Mare
Mare went from undrafted free agent to league-leading, first-team All-Pro kicker in three seasons with Miami. In total, he spent 10 seasons there and rewrote Dolphins history. Mare still holds franchise records for most field goals attempted (303) and most field goals made (245).
Though he was in Seattle for just three seasons, Mare also managed to climb the charts there. He made five field goals in a single game twice, which is tied for the franchise record, and connected on 30 straight field goal attempts, a Seahawks record that stood until Jason Myers surpassed it in 2021. Mare's career field goal percentage of 88.0% is second and his 73 field goals are the seventh most in Seahawks history. He's also in the Top 10 in field goal attempts (83), PATs (89), and PAT attempts (89).
DB Byron Maxwell
During the 2011 NFL Draft, Seattle selected Maxwell in the sixth round after having selected cornerback Richard Sherman in the fifth round. The two, along with several others, would collectively become one of the scariest and most statistically dominant defenses in NFL history known as the Legion of Boom.
In his first four seasons, Maxwell recorded seven interceptions and 29 passes defensed. He, as ESPN put it in 2017, mastered the "Peanut Punch", having also forced four fumbles, one of which came during the Seahawks' Super Bowl XLVIII win over Denver. Though he wasn't initially, he worked his way into the secondary's starting lineup alongside Sherman by the 2014 season, which resulted in a second Super Bowl appearance. A month after the Super Bowl XLIX loss to New England, Maxwell would depart Seattle.
After a season in Philadelphia, Maxwell was traded to Miami where he started the 15 games he played. By the end of his stint in the Sunshine State, he had grabbed two interceptions and forced five fumbles. In October 2017, Miami released Maxwell, paving the way for a reunion with Seattle. Back home, he would add one interception and force one last fumble in his final season in the NFL.
Including playoffs, Maxwell would end his career with a fitting 12 interceptions and 12 forced fumbles.
Other DB threads: Lyle Blackwood, Justin Coleman, Corey Harris
BONUS: DeShawn Shead
While Shead didn't suit up for Miami during his playing days, the five-year Seahawks defensive back is currently on the Dolphins staff as an assistant defensive backs coach working with the likes of Jalen Ramsey. Initially, Shead started his coaching career in Seattle in 2021 as a defensive assistant and defensive backs coach, two years after concluding his time as a player.
Though Shead is "loving every minute with [his] new team and city," he will be warmly welcomed back to Lumen Field.
Five things to know about the Seahawks vs. Dolphins matchup on Sunday, September 22 at Lumen Field.
This will be linebacker Jerome Baker and center Connor Williams' first matchup against their former team. Baker, who was acquired in free agency, spent 2018-23 with Miami. Williams spent the 2022-23 season with the Dolphins. However, Baker will miss the game due to injury.
Only three players are currently on the Seahawks roster that were also on the roster the last time the Seahawks and Dolphins faced off at Lumen Field which was in 2016. Those players are Tyler Lockett, Jarran Reed and George Fant, although both Reed and Fant have played for other teams before returning to the Seahawks for their second stints.
Seattle's defense ranks sixth overall in the NFL (270.5 ypg), second in yards per play (4.0), tied for second in pass defense (128.5 ypg), while its offense ranks sixth in pass offense (235.0 ypg) and tied for ninth in points scored (24.5 ppg) through the season's first two games.
After last week, Geno Smith's nine game-winning drives since 2022 rank first in the NFL (three in 2022, franchise-record tying five in 2023, one in 2024).
The Seahawks host the Miami Dolphins at Lumen Field for the first time since 2016. The Seahawks have won the last two meetings; winning at home in 2016 and the last meeting in Miami, 31-23, on October 4, 2020.
