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Get To Know The Seahawks' Rookie Draft Class

Get to know the 11 players the Seahawks took in the 2017 NFL Draft.

Take a look back at the best photos from Junior 12s Kids Club events held throughout the 2016-17 Seattle Seahawks season. To learn more about the program, head to Seahawks.com/KidsClub.

The Seahawks added 11 new players in this year's NFL Draft, and following the League's annual selection process, we took a bit of time to get to know a little bit more about what each athlete is into off of the field.

Here's a handful of questions to help you get to know the Seahawks' 2017 rookie draft class.

DE MALIK MCDOWELL, Michigan State

Favorite Subject In School Growing Up: "Science."

Favorite Superhero: "The Hulk."

Favorite Book:"Growing up I liked The Cat in the Hat."


G/T ETHAN POCIC, LSU

Favorite Subject In School Growing Up:"Other than P.E. and lunch, I would have to say science."

Favorite Superhero: "Batman, because he's just like a normal dude."

Dog or cat person: "Dog. My family, we have a Husky. My sister has a Husky, my brother has a mutt, and I have a mutt."


CB SHAQUILL GRIFFIN, Central Florida

Favorite Subject Growing Up In School:"My favorite subject growing up was math, but that changed once I got to high school [laughter]. But it was math."

Favorite Book:"Training Camp, by Jon Gordon."

Favorite Superhero:"Definitely The Hulk."


SS DELANO HILL, Michigan

Favorite Subject Growing Up In School:"My favorite subject growing up in school was social studies."

Favorite Superhero: "I liked villains. The Joker."

If You Could Play One Position Besides Safety, It Would Be: "If I wasn't a safety, I'd be a running back."


DT NAZAIR JONES, North Carolina

Favorite Subject Growing Up In School: "Is lunch a subject? [Laughter] No, my favorite subject was math. One plus one is two, all day."

Favorite Food:"Mac-n-cheese."

City Or Country You'd Like To Visit Someday:"Paris. I want to see Paris."

WR AMARA DARBOH, Michigan

Favorite Subject Growing Up In School: "I liked English."

Favorite Book: "I like that David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell. I read that a couple months ago. That's the most recent one that I really enjoyed."

Aside From The NFL, Your Dream Job Would Be:"Working in business, and then hopefully own my own business, running some type of business. My dad owns his own construction business, so just watching him run that. I haven't found what my interest is going to be, but just running my own business, something like that."


FS TEDRIC THOMPSON, Colorado

Favorite Subject Growing Up In School:"Not really growing up in school, but in college one of my favorite classes was this criminology class I took."

Favorite Restaurant:"Probably Benihana's, or I'll say P.F. Changs. Actually, I'll stick with Benihana's. Benihana's is my favorite restaurant."

Dog Person Or Cat Person:"I'm a dog person, for sure. I don't have any pets or dogs, but growing up they were always in my household."


CB MIKE TYSON, Cincinnati

Favorite Subject In School Growing Up: "Math."

Favorite Superhero:"Thor. Thor is my favorite superhero. I love Thor."

Dog or Cat Person: "Dog. We have a dog, it's my grandma's dog. But I like Pit Bulls and Rottweilers, full-bred Pit Bulls and Rottweilers."


OT JUSTIN SENIOR, Mississippi State

Favorite Subject In School Growing Up: "Gym? [laughter] I loved science growing up."

Favorite Superhero:"Batman."

Favorite Book: "Growing up I did read the entire Eragon series. Those are great."


WR DAVID MOORE, East Central (Okla.)

Favorite Subject In School Growing Up: "My favorite subject was math."

Favorite Superhero:"Superman, for sure."

Favorite Book:"I used to read like Captain Underpants growing up."


RB CHRIS CARSON, Oklahoma State

Favorite Subject In School Growing Up:"It was science, but I switched it over to forensic science — I liked that class in high school."

Favorite Superhero:"I was a big Batman fan growing up."

Favorite Book:"I was big on those A Series of Unfortunate Events books growing up."

Photos of the 11 draft picks the Seahawks selected in the 2017 NFL Draft.

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