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Seahawks release running back Cam Akers

By The Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks released running back Cam Akers on Monday.

The 26-year-old Akers appeared in three games last season for Seattle, which went on to win the Super Bowl. He was signed to the practice squad in November after an injury to George Holani. He returned two kicks for 54 yards in a 27-10 win over the Carolina Panthers in December.

Akers was a second-round pick by the Los Angeles Rams in 2020, and won a Super Bowl with them in 2022.

Seattle has several running backs on the roster, including rookie Jadarian Price of Notre Dame, who was selected with the No. 32 overall pick in last week’s NFL draft.

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Big Ten takes the top spot for first-rounders, while SEC sets record for total players drafted

By The Associated Press
The SEC's reign as the king of the first round of the NFL draft was toppled by the Big Ten. But the conference that coined the mantra “It Just Means More” for its dominance of college football in the 2010s remained in the top spot for the entire draft after the SEC set a record for the number of players picked over the three days. Thanks to recent national champions Indiana and Ohio State, the Big Ten led the way with 10 first-round picks, marking the first time the SEC didn't have the most players taken in round one since 2015. The SEC had only seven — down from a record 15 last year — and the lowest total for the conference since that 2015 season when the ACC and Pac-12 led the way with nine first-rounders each and the SEC had seven. The first player drafted from an SEC school came when LSU cornerback Mansoor Delane went sixth overall to Kansas City, marking the first draft without a top five SEC player since 2018 when Roquan Smith was the first taken at No. 8 overall by the Bears.
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