The Seahawks traded up four spots in the third round to select Utah linebacker Cody Barton with the 88th pick in the 2019 draft.
Barton, the second Utah player selected by Seattle on Friday along with safety Marquise Blair, led the Utes with 116 tackles as a senior and was an honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection. Barton also had 10.5 tackles for loss, four sacks, an interception and six pass-breakups.
"I'm just excited to go there and compete with the team and compete during camp and just learn as much as I can," Barton said on a conference call with Seattle-area media. "I'm honored for this opportunity and I'm very grateful."
To move up to get Barton, the Seahawks sent pick No. 92 to Minnesota, as well as a fifth-round pick (No. 159 overall). Minnesota also sent a sixth-rounder to Seattle as part of the trade, No. 209 overall. He'll join a linebacker corps that features the likes of Pro Bowlers Bobby Wagner and K.J. Wright.
"I'm looking forward to it because those are some great players and I want to learn as much as I can from those guys," Barton said of Seattle's linebacker position group. "That's a chance for me to pick their brains and learn as much as I can from those guys and become an even better player. I'm really looking forward to that."
Here's a look at what the Seahawks have done so far, as well as the picks they have left:
Round 1, 29 overall: DE L.J. Collier, TCU
Round 2, 47 overall: FS Marquise Blair, Utah
Round 2, 64 overall: WR D.K. Metcalf, Mississippi
Round 3, 88 overall: LB Cody Barton, Utah
Round 4, 114 overall
Round 4, 124 overall
Round 4, 132 overall
Round 5, 142 overall
Round 6, 209 overall
With the No. 88 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft the Seattle Seahawks selected Cody Barton, a linebacker out of Utah.
Utah linebacker Cody Barton (30) looks on after sacking BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum, right, in the second half during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in Provo, Utah. Utah won 19-13. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Utah linebacker Cody Barton (30) during an NCAA college football against Arizona State, Saturday, Nov 3, 2018, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Utah linebacker Cody Barton (30) tackles BYU running back Jamaal Williams, left, in the second half during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, in Salt Lake City. Utah won 20-19. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Washington quarterback Jake Browning (3) passes the ball as Utah linebacker Cody Barton (30) defends in the first half during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Utah Utes linebacker Cody Barton (30) in the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, in Boulder, Colo. Utah won 30-7. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Utah linebacker Cody Barton, top, tackles Colorado quarterback Steven Montez after a short run in the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, in Boulder, Colo. Utah won 30-7. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
West linebacker Cody Barton (21), of Utah, during the first half of the East West Shrine football game Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Utah linebacker Cody Barton runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Sunday, March 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Utah linebacker Cody Barton runs a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Sunday, March 3, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Utah linebacker Cody Barton runs a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Sunday, March 3, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Utah linebacker Cody Barton runs 40-yard dash during the 2019 Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Sunday, March. 3, 2019. (Perry Knotts via AP)
Utah linebacker Cody Barton runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Sunday, March 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Utah linebacker Cody Barton participates in a drill during the NFL football scouting combine on Sunday, March 3, 2019 in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
