Cortez Kennedy

Cortez Kennedy donned the # 99 for the 1992 season in honor of his friend, and University of Miami teammate Jerome Brown, who had passed away in a car accident that summer. Tez went on to earn Defensive Player of the Year honors for his dominating play, amassing 14 sacks, 4 forced fumbles and 92 tackles. Funny thing is that the Seahawks were only 2-14 that season. He returned to his customary # 96 for the remaining years of his Hall of Fame career. R.I.P Cortez.

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Bobby Joe Edmonds

Bobby Joe Edmonds’ 1987 Topps card always stood out to me as a youngster. He looked like a kid superhero to me. I also think it caught my eye for the shear amount of wordage on the front. The long name, hyphenated position designation, his hat & that iconic Topps Super Rookie banner at the bottom. The ‘87 Topps Football set was the first card set I can remember looking at as a kid. 6 or 7 years old. Bobby actually earned a trip to Honolulu & first team all-pro honors as a Rookie Kick Returner in 1986. In the final 1:30 of the 2nd quarter in a week 12 matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles, the Seahawks special teams recorded both a block punt return for a TD along with a Bobby Joe 75 yard Punt return TD. The Hawks held on for a 24-20 victory. It would be Bobby’s only career TD.

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Efren Herrera

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Efren Herrera & holder Jim Zorn pulled off one of the best fake field goals of all-time back on October 29th, 1979. It was the Seattle Seahawks first appearance on Monday Night Football as they were in Atlanta to take on an underachieving Falcons team at Fulton County Stadium. After falling behind 14-0 the Seahawks screeched back to score 21 in the 2nd quarter. One of those TD drives continued with a little help of the aforementioned trickery of Herrera & Zorn. After lining up to attempt a 54 yarder, Zorn pulled the hold as Herrera heftily scooted by him up the middle. The lefty Zorn lobbed one for a wide open Herrera for a gain of 24. Seattle held off a late Falcons comeback to take home the win 31-28.

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