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Seahawks awarded three comp picks

The Seahawks are currently scheduled to pick 26th in the first round. The club will also pick 56th, 90th, 97th, 124th, 171st,

The NFL awarded 13 teams a total of 33 compensatory picks for the 2016 NFL draft with the Seahawks among the biggest winners, earning an extra pick in the third (No. 97 overall), fifth (171) and sixth rounds (215), giving John Schneider nine total selections.

The fifth and sixth round compensatory picks are especially key for the Seahawks as they recoups selections traded away to the Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions last summer for safety Kelcie McCray and Mohammed Seisay respectively.