Russell Okung, Seattle’s starting left tackle since being taken with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2010 draft, will have surgery soon to repair a dislocated left shoulder suffered in the divisional playoff loss at Carolina, according to Jason La Confora of CBSSports.com.
La Confora revealed the news in a series of Tweets, reporting that Okung — who is now an unrestricted free agent and plans to represent himself — informed NFL teams of the news via e-mail as he starts the process of preparing for free agency.
La Confora reported Okung said he will be recovered by June and hopes to begin talking with other teams as soon as possible — Okung technically remains a Seahawk until his contract runs out on March 9 and he cannot sign with another team until then (though he could re-up with Seattle prior to then).