By Curtis Crabtree
Stone Forsyth
The Seahawks completed their smallest draft class in the tenure of Pete Carroll and John Schneider by trading up to select Florida tackle Stone Forsyth with the 208th overall pick in the sixth round of the NFL Draft.
Seattle had acquired a sixth-round pick, No. 217 overall, from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by trading out of their fourth round slot earlier in the day. The Seahawks then combined that pick with their only seventh round selections to move back up in the sixth round to take Forsyth and complete their three-man class.
Forsyth is a tackle that befits his name, Stone. At 6-foot-8, Forsyth is a very large-bodied individual for the tackle position. He started 25 games over the last two seasons for Florida at left tackle after initially seeing spot duty at right tackle during his first two years in the program. Forsyth's scouting reports are varying opinions. Some tout his strong pass blocking as having been worthy of a second or third round pick. However, other reports equally pan his issues with the running game and blocking in space as reasons to downgrade him to later stages of the draft or even undrafted ranks.