Seattle Seahawks’ Pete Carroll changes his perspective on cornerbacks
Updated May 06, 2021;
Posted May 06, 2021
The Seattle Seahawks selected cornerback Tre Brown out of Oklahoma with a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NFL draft. (Seattle Seahawks)
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Seattle Seahawks’ head coach Pete Carroll has usually preferred tall cornerbacks (at least 6-feet) with long arms (at least 32 inches).
The famous “Legion of Boom” secondary consisted of cornerbacks Richard Sherman (6-foot-3, 32-inch arms), Brandon Browner (6-3 1/2, 32 3/4-inch arms) and Byron Maxwell (6-foot, 33 1/2-inch arms). More recently, the Seahawks drafted Shaquill Griffin (6-foot, 32 3/8-inch arms) in the 2017 NFL draft and they signed free agent cornerbacks Ahkello Witherspoon (6-3, 33-inch arms) and Pierre Desire (6-1, 33-inch arms) in 2021.