Training camp hasn't even kicked off for the Seahawks and they're already dealing with a hole in the middle of their defensive line. Adam Schefter broke the news that Seattle placed rookie nose tackle Deven Eastern on the physically unable to perform list, which means he can't practice or play until he's cleared, and there's no timeline attached to that yet.
Adam Schefter reported the Seahawks placed Deven Eastern on the PUP list.
Seahawks placed NT Deven Eastern on the physically unable to perform list.
Eastern was one of the lower-profile names to come out of Seattle's 2026 draft class, a seventh-rounder at No. 242 overall out of Minnesota. He's a massive presence at 6-foot-5 and 320 pounds, and he wasn't just a body filling out a roster spot in college either — he started all 39 games over 3 seasons for the Golden Gophers and picked up honorable mention All-Big Ten honors last season after racking up 38 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and a forced fumble.
That kind of college workload is exactly why some draft analysts pegged him as a sneaky value pick late on Day 3 — a true nose tackle who can eat blocks in the run game is a hard thing to find in the seventh round. Seattle's interior defensive line wasn't exactly overflowing with sure things heading into camp, so Eastern getting real reps this summer mattered, and now that's on hold.
The PUP list doesn't necessarily mean anything catastrophic — plenty of guys open camp there and get activated within weeks once they pass a physical. But it does mean Eastern loses valuable practice time in a camp battle he badly needed reps in as an unproven rookie trying to carve out a role behind Seattle's veteran linemen.
Worth watching now is whether the Seahawks lean harder into their veteran interior guys during camp while Eastern is sidelined, and how much runway he gets once he's cleared to prove he belongs on the 53-man roster. For a seventh-round pick, every practice rep is an audition, and this is time he doesn't get back.