Carroll calls Thomas Rawls "A Real Bright Spot"
With Marshawn Lynch present for minicamp but absent from voluntary workouts, Robert Turbin rehabbing a hip he recently had surgically repaired, and Christine Michael nursing what Carroll called a "tight" hamstring, Thomas Rawls received a good amount of work in the Seahawks backfield throughout the team's offseason program.
The 5-foot-9, 215-pound running back signed with the Seahawks as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Central Michigan, where he ran for 1,103 yards and 10 TDs in 2014 despite missing four games. Carroll, who said he has studied Rawls closely, called the 21-year-old ballcarrier "a real bright spot" for Seattle.
"I love his style of running," said Carroll. "He’s really a head-knocker. He really goes after guys and when you guys get to see him put the pads on you’ll see how physical of a runner he is. He had play after play in college of just smacking people and running and breaking tackles and all that. He showed very good feet, he caught the ball well, he’s going to be a very-willing blocker.
"He was a real bright spot," the Seahawks head coach added. "I thought he really jumped out at us and he was very consistent, worked throughout the whole thing knowing that his best, maybe most exciting dimension, hasn’t even been seen yet. He had a great camp for us. It’ll be really fun to see him when we start playing ball."
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