Reuben Foster

Seattle moved down from #26 in the 2017 first round, adding picks in a chain that eventually produced S Lano Hill and RB Chris Carson. The Carson outcome is the reason this trade matters. A seventh-round pick became a punishing starting running back with back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons before injuries cut into his career. Atlanta got Takkarist McKinley, who flashed but did not become a franchise edge. Seattle's B grade reflects the unusual late-round payoff inside a broader trade-down sequence.

Seattle moved the 2017 #31 pick to San Francisco, which used it on LB Reuben Foster, in exchange for #34 and #111. The deal gave Seattle extra draft flexibility and the pick that became S Tedric Thompson. Seattle's side of this 2017 draft-capital exchange was straightforward: the Seahawks received 2017 second round pick (#34-Cam Robinson); 2017 fourth round pick (#111-Tedric Thompson) and surrendered 2017 first round pick (#31-Reuben Foster). The B- grade reflects the known return, while San Francisco 49ers's C grade accounts for the countervalue. The trade belongs as a standard database entry because its documented impact was real but not franchise-shaping.