That Seahawks middle linebacker Bobby Wagner won the team’s Steve Largent Award Thursday not only accomplished what he said has been a goal for a while but also could be viewed as another sign of his increasing leadership in the team’s locker room.
The award, as stated by the team, “is voted on by Seahawks players, is given to the player who best exemplifies the spirit, dedication and integrity of the Seahawks.’’
Largent won the first award in the season he retired in 1989.
Since then, the list of honorees has been pretty much a who’s who of Seahawks football with winners including the likes of Cortez Kennedy, Jacob Green, Ricky Watters, Eugene Robinson, Mike Holmgren, Matt Hasselbeck, Mack Strong and four other current Seahawks — Russell Wilson (2012), Earl Thomas (2013), Kam Chancellor (2014-16) and Richard Sherman (2015).