Despite having another suitor in free agency, Jake Bobo is staying in Seattle, having re-signed with the Seahawks on Tuesday.

Earlier this offseason, the Seahawks placed the right-of-first-refusal tender on Bobo, a restricted free agent, meaning he could still negotiate with other teams, but that if he signed an offer sheet with another team the Seahawks would have the right to match that deal.

Last week, the Jacksonville Jaguars signed Bobo to an offer sheet, which gave the Seahawks five days to match the deal or let him walk, and the Seahawks elected to match that deal to keep a fan-favorite in Seattle.

"This is everything you want coming into the league," Bobo said. "I love this organization. This organization gave me a shot in the NFL. I owe my career to this organization, so to be able to stay here and build on what we've already built, it means a whole lot for John (Schneider) and the guys upstairs to put some trust in me to help this organization.

"I didn't want to go anywhere else. Obviously, it looked like there was a shot I was going to end up in Jacksonville, but in the back of my mind, I was hoping the guys upstairs would make something happen, and they did. I was incredibly thankful for that. I knew where I wanted to be, I knew where home was, and I'm definitely glad it worked out."

Even if leaving Seattle might have meant a clearer path to playing time on offense—Bobo will be battling for playing time with the likes of Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Cooper Kupp, Rashid Shaheed and Tory Horton—there was no doubt in Bobo's mind that Seattle was where he wanted to be.

"When you think about this organization, who the guys are in the locker room, who the staff is upstairs, all of that (playing time/role) comes secondary to what's really important, which is, I want to play for this organization, this city, and the guys in the locker room," he said. "When I'm making a decision, that's where I start, that's what's important. If you're giving me the choice, I'm choosing this place 10 out of 10 times."

Bobo, who signed with the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2023, made the team as a rookie after a standout training camp, and has remained on the 53-man roster in each of his first three season, appearing in 45 games with three starts, catching 34 passes for 323 yards and three touchdowns. In addition to that regular-season performance, Bobo came through with two big catches in the postseason during Seattle's recent Super Bowl run, one for a conversion on third-and-long in a divisional-round win over the 49ers, and another for a touchdown in the NFC championship game victory over the Rams.

Bobo has also been a big special teams contributor throughout his Seahawks career, and is also one of the team's best blocking receivers in the run game.

"Bobo is the man," quarterback Sam Darnold said after the NFC championship game. "He stepped up for us in other ways throughout the season blocking, doing his thing on teams, but he came up big as well last week with that third down conversion. So me, personally, and I know the coaches and other players as well, we have a ton of trust in him."

Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald added, when asked about Bobo's touchdown, "I'm not surprised. That's Jake Bobo. That's the guy we know, we love. A couple weeks ago he was a captain and shows you like the respect that he carries throughout the team and how much we appreciate him, how much we respect him. So for him to make a play in that setting, yeah, you're just fired up for the guy. Just really happy for him."