Seahawks Land Former Highly Touted 21-TD Playmaker Before Buccaneers Game
The Seattle Seahawks are adding some insurance at running back ahead of the team’s Week 5 matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Washington Huskies fans will recognize the Seahawks‘ latest signing.
“The Seahawks are adding former Washington standout Myles Gaskin to the team’s practice squad, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Seahawks are signing veteran running back Myles Gaskin to their practice squad,” Schefter detailed in an October 1, 2025, message on X.
The move comes despite Zach Charbonnet returning to the field and shining against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 4. Seattle now finally has both Charbonnet and Ken Walker healthy, but Gaskin gives the Seahawks a bit more depth at the position moving forward.
Here’s what you need to know about the Seahawks‘ latest roster move.
New Seahawks RB Myles Gaskin Posted 4 Straight Seasons Topping 1,200 Rushing Yards With Washington
Gaskin shined as one of the top running backs in college football as a Huskies star. Yet, Gaskin has struggled to find the same success in the NFL.
Gaskin had four straight seasons topping 1,200 rushing yards and double-digit touchdowns at Washington. The running back’s best statistical season with the Huskies came in 2017 when Gaskin posted 222 carries for 1,380 and 21 touchdowns. Gaskin also added 232 receiving yards and three TDs through the air.
Myles Gaskin Started 17 Games During His NFL Career
Despite an impressive collegiate resume, Gaskin was in danger of going undrafted before the Miami Dolphins selected the running back in the seventh round of the 2019 NFL draft. Gaskin started 17 games during his first four seasons with the Dolphins.
The running back’s most impactful NFL season was in 2021 when Gaskin posted 612 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Gaskin added 234 yards and four touchdowns while playing in all 17 games.
Most recently, Gaskin had a short stint with the Baltimore Ravens during the preseason. The Ravens released Gaskin in August as the team finalized their 53-man roster.
Prior to the Seahawks, Myles Gaskin Also Had Stints With the Dolphins, Rams, Vikings, Ravens & Jaguars
Since his time with the Dolphins ended in 2022, Gaskin has had additional stints with the Minnesota Vikings, Los Angeles Rams and Jacksonville Jaguars.
Gaskin’s NFL draft stock was not helped by his slight size of 5-foot-9, 205 pounds. The playmaker also posted a slower 40 time of 4.58-seconds compared to other running backs who are traditionally drafted earlier.
Seahawks HC Mike Macdonald Wants to See More From the Team’s Rushing Attack
Walker and Charbonnet have both flashed at times this season, but each running back has battled injuries at different points. Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald would like to see more consistency from the run game.
“There’s opportunities for us as a football team to capitalize on, and that’s how we’re executing in those moments, how we’re calling it, and our philosophy,” Macdonald noted, per Sports Illustrated.
“I don’t have the answers to that right now, but I know we’ll be looking at that and our run game. ‘Where’s our run game? What are we doing well? How can we improve?'”
The Seahawks are a 3.5-point favorite versus the Buccaneers in the NFL odds, per DraftKings.
Broncos Urged to Trade for Falcons' Former Pro Bowl TE
The 2025 NFL trade deadline (Nov. 4) is still over a month away, but Sports Illustrated already has an idea of who the Denver Broncos should be shopping for.
Proposing one potential trade for each team, SI's Matt Verderame and Gilberto Manzano proposed the Broncos acquire tight end Kyle Pitts from the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick, landing a "major upgrade" at the position.
"This would be the biggest move the Broncos could make," Verderame and Manzano argued in an article published Wednesday. "Early on, it’s been a struggle for Bo Nix in his second season, who has thrown seven touchdowns and four interceptions on 5.6 yards per attempt. Furthermore, adding Pitts would free up more space for Courtland Sutton, Troy Franklin and Marvin Mims Jr.
"Pitts is 24 years old and already has 20 catches for 205 yards and a touchdown. Although he has never reached the potential many thought he had coming out of Florida as the No. 4 pick in 2021, Pitts would still be a major upgrade for Denver."
Drafted No. 4 overall in 2021, Pitts has not lived up to his generational billing thus far in his young career. The Florida product earned a Pro Bowl nod and PFWA All-Rookie Team honors after his first season, but — for a variety of reasons — he's steadily declined ever since.
Across 65 career games (59 starts) and nearly 2,900 offensive snaps for the Falcons, Pitts has totaled 216 receptions for 2,856 yards and 11 touchdowns, with his career-high in the latter category (4) coming last season. He's caught 20 balls for 205 yards and one score this year, currently grading out as
While Pitts' situation in Atlanta does appear tenuous, it leans toward unlikely that his resolution will be the Broncos, who invested heavily in the position this offseason by signing ex-Jaguar Evan Engram to a two-year, $23 million contract.
Engram, hampered with a prior back injury, has compiled 62 scoreless yards over six receptions entering Week 5. However, the team's purported "Joker" logged a season-best seven targets and 29 receiving yards in last week's blowout of the Bengals — and with him healthy, it's difficult to justify adding another mouth to feed.
“There are certainly matchups, third down [and] red zone come to mind. With him on the field, we’re a better offense," Broncos head coach Sean Payton said of Engram on Sept. 27.
