The Seahawks waived defensive tackle Malik McDowell with the non-football injury designation prior to the start of training camp Thursday morning. Cornerback DeAndre Elliott was also waived with a failed physical designation.
Filling those rosters spots are a pair of tight ends who were signed prior to the start of training camp, Kayaune Ross and Je'Ron Hamm. Ross, who played receiver at Kentucky, signed with Indianapolis as an undrafted free agent this spring. The 6-foot-5, 234-pound Ross had 19 catches for 286 yards for the Wildcats last season. Hamm, who is heading into his fourth season in the NFL, spent the past two seasons with Washington and San Francisco, appearing in a total of six games while catching two passes for 13 yards. Hamm, also a receiver in college, went undrafted out of Louisiana-Monroe in 2014 and spent that year on Washington's practice squad.
McDowell, a second-round pick out of Michigan State last year, was Seattle's top pick in the 2017 draft, but never played for the Seahawks, the result of a head injury sustained in a vehicular accident last summer. Elliott made the team as an undrafted rookie out of Colorado State in 2016, appearing in 13 games, then missed all of last season, the result of a leg injury sustained in the preseason.
Photos from the first day of 2018 Seahawks Training Camp, presented by Safeway at Renton's Virginia Mason Athletic Center.

LB K.J. Wright

QB Russell Wilson

LB Bobby Wagner

WR Brandon Marshall


DT Jarran Reed

LB Barkevious Mingo, left, and defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr.



LB Shaquem Griffin

LB Bobby Wagner

WR Brandon Marshall

Head coach Pete Carroll

RB Rashaad Penny

Assistant head coach/defense Clint Hurtt, right

Passing game coordinator Andre Curtis

DT Shamar Stephen



DT Jarran Reed

Linebackers coach John Glenn, right.

Seahawks Legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer Walter Jones

WR Doug Baldwin


Offensive Coordinator Brian Schottenheimer

FS Bradley McDougald, right


WR Tyler Lockett

RB J.D. McKissic

RB Chris Carson

FB Jalston Fowler

T Isaiah Battle

SS Delano Hill
