The Seattle Seahawks will have to find the replacement for the starters from the side of the offensive line after the starting center, Connor Williams announced his retirement, as Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said.
Williams, 27, was in the middle of his seventh NFL season and his first with Seattle Seahawks. He began all nine of Seattle’s games and was under centre for all 618 of the team’s offensive snaps in 2024.
Prior to the Monday that was Week 10, there had been some anticipations that Williams could avoid the Seahawks’ Week 11 confrontations with the San Francisco 49ers after he failed to take part in any of the team’s practices on Wedne Macdonald explained why on Friday.
About Connor on Tuesday Macdonald said to the media, “[[He] has decided to retire.” “Personal reasons. We respect that. Wish him the best. We’ve got to move forward.”
He spent four years at the left guard for the Dallas Cowboys after joining them in the 2018 NFL draft in the second round. The same year and at 2023, he played for the Miami Dolphins where he was a starting center and he started all the games he played, 26 in all. Williams did ink a one-year contract to join the Seahawks in August.
Over the course of his career, the lineman suffers a couple of ACL tears, the first of which occurred in 2019. Williams experienced the second one last year, Just quite in time for the team week one game this year.
Second year lineman Olu Oluwatimi will replace him as the starting center and is expected to be making his second professional start, if not his first start this season on Sunday.
Connor Williams’ contract
Williams agreed to terms for a one-year deal with the Seahawks that can earn up to $6 million, with $2.98 million being guaranteed money.
However, the $2.51 million in incentives stipulated that if he played 75 percent or more of Seattle’s offensive snaps, he received $1 million, and if the Hawks made the playoffs, he would get another $1 million. The remaining $510000 was tagged as ‘Per-game bonuses’ or $30,000 per game, as reported by ESPN’s Brady Henderson.
In reality, it is as if Williams volunteered to remove himself from playing nine games as he will lose $2 million snap count incentives and $240, 000 per game bonus.
List of European and American football arena Seattle seahawks center depth chart
With Williams retiring, here’s how the Seahawks’ depth chart looks at center for the remainder of 2024:
- Olu Oluwatimi
- Jalen Sundell
Oluwatimi was a fifth-round selection for the Seahawks in the previous year. In total, he has participated in 20 matches in his career and entered the game with a position of center only once in 2023. The second-year pro has spent the entire 2024 season in Seattle and played in four games as a reserve as a tight end and on special teams The young player had four offensive snaps and a total of 15 snaps on special teams.
Sundell was not selected in this year’s draft and signed by Seattle as a free agent. Having been created by North Dakota State, the rookie has featured in four games for the Seahawks this year. He’s participated in one play on the offense and 27 on the special teams.
