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# Seahawks 90-Man Rundown: Cody White Seeking Significant Role in Retooled Receiver Corps
- URL: https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/seattle-seahawks-cody-white-90-man-rundown/
- Published: 2025-07-10T23:26:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T06:19:24.000Z
- Author: Corbin Smith
- Tags: Analysis, Seahawks, Cody White, 90-Man Rundown

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![  Seattle Seahawks receiver Cody White celebrates after making a catch against the Los Angeles Rams in a Week 9 game at Lumen Field. Credit: Cody White/Instagram  ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1d/f2/1df2f77b-83dd-4bc0-a6d2-6d1bb5df89a3/content/images/2026/10/465686991_1111764690316248_3259409335638624056_n-format-original-2.jpg)

Seattle Seahawks receiver Cody White celebrates after making a catch against the Los Angeles Rams in a Week 9 game at Lumen Field. Credit: Cody White/Instagram \[/caption\]

With their offseason program all wrapped up, the Seattle Seahawks will open training camp at the VMAC on July 23, meaning the start of the upcoming season will be here before fans have a chance to blink.

In preparation for year number two under coach Mike Macdonald, I’ll be detailing every member of the Seahawks 90-man roster over the next several weeks, dishing out fun facts, exploring best and worst case scenarios, and predicting what to expect from each player entering the 2025 campaign.

Continually delivering when he has had a chance to suit up, will Cody White finally break through and win an outright job out of the preseason as part of a revamped Seahawks receiving corps?

### Cody White

**Height/Weight**: 6-3, 227 pounds

**2024 Stats**: Two receptions, 44 yards, one blocked punt

After excelling as a multi-sport star in high school and spending his college career at Michigan State, White signed with the Kansas City Chiefs after the 2020 NFL Draft as an undrafted free agent. He was waived early on in training camp, then was with the New York Giants and the Denver Broncos before signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers in September of 2020\. He stuck around with the Steelers until final cuts of 2023, playing in 16 games for them in the previous two seasons, and then caught on with the Seahawks on two occasions before getting a futures contract after the season.

While White has mostly bided his time on the practice squad in Seattle in recent seasons, the respected veteran did suit up for four games in 2024, with his best efforts coming in a Week 9 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Rams. In that contest, he caught two passes, generated a key defensive pass interference penalty, and blocked a punt on special teams. He also added a tackle on special teams two weeks later in a road win over Arizona. Though he wasn’t brought back on a restricted free agent tender, the Seahawks re-signed him on a cheaper one-year deal early in free agency, ensuring he would have another chance to compete for a roster spot in the aftermath of the departures of DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett.

**Fun Fact**: On 10 career targets in regular season games, White has posted an impressive 80 percent catch rate with one drop, five first downs, and two missed tackles forced, according to Pro Football Focus.

**Best Case Scenario**: Building off of the success he had in a handful of games for Seattle last year, White receives extensive first-team reps in training camp and emerges as an unexpected favorite to help fill the void for Metcalf’s exit with his plus-size and underrated burst, not only making the final 53-man roster but setting himself up for a major uptick in playing time on offense.

**Worst Case Scenario**: Remaining good enough to be a fringe roster candidate but unable to do quite enough to justify staying on the 53, White winds up falling down the depth chart with a healthy Tory Horton shining as a downfield threat and Steven Sims Jr. winning kick/punt return jobs, leading to his release and another stint on the practice squad.

**What to Expect in 2025**: Since arriving in the league out of Michigan State, White has had a knack for making positive things happen when he has been able to play on Sundays, including his clutch receptions against the Rams last year. Considering the Seahawks don’t have near as much size at receiver without Metcalf, White’s height and build should give him a slight advantage over the rest of his competition, with Jake Bobo being the lone exception. He’s also been a more than respectable special teams player, demonstrated by his blocked punt last year and tackles made on kick coverage in prior seasons, which will help his cause as long as he doesn’t regress on that side of the ball.

With Macdonald speaking positively of him several times last year and White already getting some run with the first-team offense in the spring, the veteran wideout may be closer to the right side of the roster bubble than he has been since his first full season in Pittsburgh. What could hurt him, however, is that Horton offers more dynamic speed and playmaking ability along with being an outstanding kick/punt returner, and if the fifth-round pick is recovered fully from a knee/hamstring injury, Seattle will give the rookie every opportunity to prove he belongs in the receiver rotation on game day. Fellow rookie Ricky White III also has some similar skills as a pass catcher with excellent special teams pedigree, which may make the other White more likely to return to the practice squad as an insurance option the coaching staff believes in.