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# Seahawks 90-Man Rundown: Zy Alexander Banking on Length, Ball Skills to Earn Roster Spot
- URL: https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/seattle-seahawks-zy-alexander-90-man-rundown/
- Published: 2025-07-05T14:39:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T06:19:31.000Z
- Author: Corbin Smith
- Tags: Analysis, Seahawks, Zy Alexander, 90-Man Rundown

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![  Seattle Seahawks undrafted rookie cornerback Zy Alexander goes against receiver John Rhys Plumlee during a special teams drill at mandatory minicamp. Credit: Corbin Smith/Instagram  ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1d/f2/1df2f77b-83dd-4bc0-a6d2-6d1bb5df89a3/content/images/2026/10/img_4717-jpeg-format-original.jpg)

Seattle Seahawks undrafted rookie cornerback Zy Alexander goes against receiver John Rhys Plumlee during a special teams drill at mandatory minicamp. Credit: Corbin Smith/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.

Coming off two strong seasons in Baton Rouge, does long cornerback Zy Alexander have what it takes to make several veterans ahead of him sweat as he pursues a roster spot in Seattle?

### Zy Alexander

**Height/Weight**: 6-1, 187 pounds

**2024 Stats**: 33 tackles, two interceptions

A quarterback, receiver, and safety on the football team as well as a standout baseball player at Loreauville High School, Alexander only received one Division I scholarship offer, committing to Southeastern Louisiana in 2020\. He promptly found his way into the starting lineup for the Lions during the abbreviated spring season, suiting up for six out of seven games with 31 tackles. By the fall, he emerged as one of the top cornerbacks at the FCS level with six interceptions as he helped the team advance to the second round of the playoffs, earning All-America honors as well as First-Team All-Southland distinction. He returned two interceptions for touchdowns in 2022, once again garnering First-Team All-Southland honors.

Given his immense success in Hammond, Alexander hit the transfer portal after the 2022 season as one of the most coveted prospects available, ultimately choosing to stay in-state with blueblood program LSU. An injury limited him to eight games in his first season in Baton Rouge, but he still finished with seven pass breakups and two interceptions. He rebounded from the setback to start 10 out of 11 games played in 2024, picking off a pair of passes, producing a sack, and breaking up four passes. A sub-par pro day workout didn’t help his cause leading up to the NFL draft and after not being selected, the Seahawks signed him as a priority free agent to compete for a roster spot at cornerback.

**Fun Fact**: Per Pro Football Focus charting, Alexander finished a stellar 15th in opposing completion percentage allowed (43.5 percent) last season for the Tigers, ranking 15th among qualified cornerbacks with at least 271 coverage snaps.

**Best Case Scenario**: Putting the disappointment of going undrafted behind him and eager to prove skeptics wrong, Alexander gets his hands on an interception and breaks up two passes during exhibition play, outperforming second-year defender Nehemiah Pritchett and fellow undrafted rookie Isas Waxter to steal one of Seattle’s last roster spots on the 53.

**Worst Case Scenario**: Susceptible to chunk plays downfield due to below-average speed and recovery issues in coverage, Alexander allows two long catches in the preseason opener against the Raiders and after a second rough outing one week later, the Seahawks release him before the exhibition finale and he doesn’t latch on with another practice squad.

**What to Expect in 2025**: Coming out of April’s draft, after the Seahawks chose not to use one of their 11 picks on a cornerback, the position seemed like an ideal one for an undrafted rookie such as Alexander to stake claim to a roster spot. At the time, the team had just lost veterans Tre Brown and Artie Burns in free agency and had a dearth of depth behind starters Devon Witherspoon, Riq Woolen, and Josh Jobe with Pritchett being the only other cornerback on the roster offering any experience in Macdonald’s defense. For that reason, considering his ball skills, length, and pedigree as a productive coverage cornerback in the SEC, Alexander understandably drew significant attention as one of the marquee additions in the undrafted class.

With that said, Alexander’s chances of making the roster took a significant hit with the announced re-signing of veteran Shaquill Griffin, who undoubtedly will be on the roster and could even surpass Jobe for the third starting job in training camp. Now, he will likely have to beat out both Shemar Jean-Charles and Pritchett to earn a role on the 53, requiring him to not only excel in coverage but also stand out on special teams. If he can prove himself as a gunner or in kick/punt coverage while limiting big plays from the boundary, he still has a shot to make noise in August, but the path to a roster spot will be a challenging one with a return on the practice squad being the most likely outcome.