Cody Barton

Drafted by Seattle in the third round (88th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft.

TRANSACTIONS:

05/26/19:        Drafted by Seattle (3rd round, 88th)

NFL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Led the NFC (2nd NFL) with 16 special teams tackles. It's the most special teams tackles by a Seahawks player since Heath Farwell recorded 21 in 2011.
• Started two of 16 games played as a rookie and both postseason games in place of Mychal Kendricks (knee).

COLLEGE:

Played in 50 games with 23 starts. Recorded 234 tackles (131 solo), 23.5 tackles for a loss, 9.0 sacks and 10 pass breakups. Played as a true freshman. Was an honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection. Started all 14 games at middle linebacker. Led Utah with 116 tackles and was 10th in the Pac-12 in tackles per game (8.3).

PERSONAL:

Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News first-team all-state defensive back as a senior at Brighton HS in 2014. Played safety and tight end. Had 72 total tackles and three interceptions as a senior in addition to 27 receptions for 334 yards and two touchdowns. Son of two former Utah two-sport athletes. His father Paul played football and baseball for the Utes and spent a year in the minors with the Toronto Blue Jays' organization while his mother Mikki Kane-Barton, a member of Utah's Crimson Club Hall of Fame, was a two-time honorable mention All-America basketball player, the 1993 Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year and a three-time first-team All-WAC basketball pick. She also played two seasons of volleyball for the Utes and led the nation in blocks in 1993 while making the all-conference team. Has three siblings. Majored in economics.