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ture and play through that and prac‑ tice through that on a daily basis is pretty mentally tough to me." The Seattle Seahawks drafted Pro‑ sise late in the third round and expect to plug him in on third downs right away. With the retirement of Marshawn Lynch, Thomas Rawls is expected to handle the bulk of Seattle's backfield duties. The Seahawks, however, did not have a clear pass‑catching op‑ tion at running back … until drafting Prosise. "This is a very, very unique player, and I love talking about him," head coach Pete Carroll told The Seattle Times. "We were hoping we could get him because we have a very special role that we can put him in, and then we can go from there. He's going to do things that he's really good at, 2016 NFL Draft Recap First Round No. 6 — OL Ronnie Stanley (Baltimore Ravens) No. 21 — WR Will Fuller (Houston Texans) Second Round No. 34 — LB Jaylon Smith (Dallas Cowboys) No. 50 — OL Nick Martin (Houston Texans) Third Round No. 74 — CB KeiVarae Russell (Kansas City Chiefs) No. 90 — RB C.J. Prosise (Seattle Seahawks) Fourth Round No. 103 — DL Sheldon Day (Jacksonville Jaguars) Undrafted Free Agents DB Chris Brown (Dallas Cowboys) WR Amir Carlisle (Arizona Cardinals) DB Matthias Farley (Arizona Cardinals) QB Everett Golson (invited to the Indianapolis Colts' and Philadelphia Eagles' rookie minicamps) LB Jarrett Grace (invited to the Chicago Bears' rookie minicamp) DB Eilar Hardy (invited to the Cincinnati Bengals' rookie minicamp) OL Matt Hegarty (invited to the San Francisco 49ers' rookie minicamp) DL Romeo Okwara (New York Giants) DB Elijah Shumate (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) DE Ishaq Williams (New York Giants) Cornerback KeiVarae Russell battled through an academic suspension in 2014 and overcame a stress fracture in his foot in 2015 to become a third-round selection of the Kansas City Chiefs. He is the highest draft pick from Notre Dame at corner since Bobby Taylor went with the 50th choice (second round) in 1995. PHOTO BY STEVE SANDERS/KANSAS CITY CHIEFS