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He’ll be out until at least Week 18. Christian Haynes replaced Bradford, who has been a bit of a sieve this year, at guard. Bradford has 10 penalties and a 53.0 PFF pass block grade in 11 starts this season.

Bradford went down with an apparent leg injury in the first quarter of the Seahawks’ Week 12 game against the Cardinals. He was listed as doubtful to return. Rookie Christian Haynes entered the game for Bradford.

Seattle now have seven of their 10 draft picks under contract as OTAs open around the league. Bradford is expected to serve as a depth piece behind presumed starting left guard Damien Lewis in the coming season, but the fourth-round rookie still has OTAs, camp, and the preseason to stake his claim to a starting role to begin 2023.

Bradford (6’4/337) was a 4-star recruit, and the 12th-ranked offensive guard in the 2019 recruiting class, from Muskegon, Michigan according to 247 Sports. Bradford has an exceedingly thick lower half, especially when compared to his average upper half, that should eventually lend itself to giving a good base for anchoring or driving defenders off the ball. For now, the LSU mauler is a raw athlete with good heft at about average height. His 92nd percentile 10-yard split time turned heads considering the amount of mass that he needs to move to get going. He has good sustain on his blocks as is active on the inside always looking for work. Whenever there is a body being thrown to the turf in the trenches, Bradford is usually on either side of the exchange. With his size, a coach will clamor to select Bradford. However, he will need development getting from block to block, because once he gets his hands on a defender, he can at least survive and at most get a pancake.

Bradford (6'5/320) took official visits to both Tennessee and LSU this spring, though neither trip was widely reported. The Muskegon, Michigan, native is something of an old soul and does not maintain an active presence on social media. Nor does he own a cell phone. A big, long tackle prospect who shows plenty of moxie on his feet when moving laterally, Bradford could potentially play either guard or right tackle with the Tigers after he puts pen to paper. His upside position will likely come on the interior of the line, though. Rivals ranks him as the No. 186 overall prospect in the 2019 class.

“The way Bradford moves at [6-foot-5, 320 pounds] is remarkable, and he handled two smaller, quicker defensive ends with ease during the one-on-one session (in camp),” Helmholdt writes. While his size would seem more of a fit for the interior of the line, Helmholdt passes along that LSU plans on starting him out at right tackle. His athleticism makes that possible. On the Rivals rankings board for the 2019 cycle, Bradford ranks as the No. 186 overall prospect in the class.

Bradford (6'5/325) notched a career-best at the bar while taking part in the premiere camp in Atlanta on Thursday. His 31 reps rivaled what we saw from NFL-caliber offensive linemen at the combine in the winter. To wit, the only prospects in Indianapolis who would have topped his 31 hoists of the bar would have been Will Hernandez (37 reps), Quenton Nelson (35), Braden Smith (35) and Colby Gossett (32). That Bradford is already comparably in range with those players is impressive given that he has not yet even embarked on his senior year of high school. Rivals ranks Bradford as the No. 124 overall prospect in the 2019 class.