Some more good injury news for the Seattle Seahawks, who are getting a little healthier at the right time. On Wednesday the team announced safety Rayshawn Jenkins is designated to return to practice. Jenkins was placed on the injured reserve list with a hand injury in mid-October. He missed the games against the Falcons, Bills, Rams and 49ers.
Jenkins was playing well before his injury. At the time he went on the IR list, he was third on the team in tackles, and made history with the longest fumble recovery touchdown in team history. Seattle’s defense has looked like it’s finally rounding into shape these last two games, and had an especially strong performance against San Francisco. Getting Jenkins back into the mix will only provide a boost to this secondary.
Additionally, the Seahawks made other roster moves on Wednesday as well. Seattle re-signed tight end Tyler Mabry to the practice squad. Mabry was waived from the active roster on Monday, and if he cleared waivers it was expected he would be back on the practice squad. This did in fact occur.
Joining Mabry on the practice squad is quarterback John Rhys Plumlee, who was also signed on Wednesday. It has been a bit of a journey already for Plumlee, who is now on his third team this year. After going undrafted this offseason, Plumlee signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers but was waived. He then signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars, but met a similar fate. Plumlee started his collegiate career at Ole Miss before transferring to UCF prior to the 2022 season.
Plumlee threw for 34 touchdowns against 19 interceptions during his five years playing college football.
