On Thursday morning word came down that the Seattle Seahawks had brought suit in federal court in Michigan in an attempt to recover a portion of the signing bonus Malik McDowell received when signing his contract with the Hawks. McDowell, of course, never played a snap for the team after being selected in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft, and was released from the roster earlier this spring.
According to reports, the Seahawks took McDowell to arbitration earlier this year, and the arbitration resulted in McDowell being ordered to repay $1,599,238.