The Seattle Seahawks are attempting something a bit rare in the NFL.
Former Arkansas wide receiver Tyrone Broden, who spent three seasons at Bowling Green and the final two years with the Razorbacks.
However, the Seahawks announced on Thursday that Broden will be attempting to make the transition from wide receiver to cornerback.
“Seahawks Tyrone Broden, who is moving from receiver to cornerback, also changed his jersey number to No. 31,” the team wrote on the official website.
The jersey numbers are in.
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Broden, who stands at 6-foot-5, will now try and make the switch.
Last season, Green Bay Packers player Bo Melton – a Seahawks’ 2022 draft pick – made the switch to cornerback and ended up playing in 16 games.
Broden’s best seasons came in 2021 and 2022 with Bowling Green. He had 36 catches for 596 yards and five touchdowns in 2021 and then 32 receptions for 506 yards and a career-high seven scores in 2022 before transferring to Arkansas.
Broden then went undrafted in 2025 and signed an UDFA deal with Seattle, but he remained on the practice squad.
Former Seahawks CB Tariq Woolen, who signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in the offseason, was listed as the tallest CB currently in the NFL at 6-foot-4, but Broden is one inch taller.
