Seattle Seahawks Running Back Depth Chart — 2026
The Seattle Seahawks running back depth chart for the 2026 season: Emanuel Wilson at RB1, George Holani at RB2, Brady Russell at RB3. Depth order follows the current published depth chart and refreshes daily.
Seahawks running back depth chart
| Role | Player | Status | 2025 RYOE | RYOE/Att | Follow | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RB1 | Emanuel Wilson | -70.0 | -0.81 | Read | ||
| RB2 | George Holani | — | — | Read | ||
| RB4 | Brady Russell | — | — | |||
| RB5 | Zach Charbonnet | Out | — | — | Read | |
| RB6 | Robbie Ouzts | IR | — | — | ||
| RB7 | Jacardia Wright | Out | — | — | ||
| RB8 | Jadarian Price | IR | — | — | Read | |
| RB9 | Robert Henry Jr. | — | — | |||
| — | Anthony Hankerson | — | — | |||
| — | Dontae McMillan | — | — | |||
| — | Joe Mixon | Active | — | — | Read | |
| — | Justin Jones | — | — | |||
| — | Kenny McIntosh | PUP | — | — | ||
| — | TJ Harden | — | — |
Who is the Seahawks RB2?
George Holani is the Seahawks RB2 behind Emanuel Wilson, which makes him the back in line for the workload if Emanuel Wilson misses time — the handcuff.
Who backs up the Seahawks at running back?
A handcuff is the backup who inherits the starter's workload if the starter gets hurt — so the Seahawks handcuff is whoever sits directly behind Emanuel Wilson on the depth chart above. Rostering him is how you protect a starting back you have already spent a pick on. More on what a handcuff is.
Seattle used a first-round pick on Jadarian Price, so the starting job is his to take — and the reporting below has him competing with George Holani while Zach Charbonnet recovers from knee surgery. Charbonnet took 46.1% of Seattle's offensive snaps last season and 49.2% of its pass snaps.
If Jadarian Price misses time
Seattle spent a first-round pick on Price, so the carries were meant to be his. The inversion here is that the first-rounder, with no professional record, is on IR and listed 8th on the running back depth chart, while the experienced back is listed 5th.
Charbonnet has been durable when healthy, 49 of 51 team games across 3 seasons, and productive: 184 carries at +0.33 yards over expected per carry, 28th of 49 qualifying backs. The depth chart lists him 5th, behind Emanuel Wilson (1st), George Holani (2nd), Velus Jones (3rd) and Brady Russell (4th).
Emanuel Wilson is the back with a real record, earned for Green Bay — 125 carries at -0.21 per carry, 42nd of 49, and 30.7% of that team's snaps. He is listed 1st on Seattle's running back chart.
Touches with everyone healthy
Unknowable, because nobody in this room has been healthy together yet.
What last season showed is that Charbonnet was close to a lead back — 46.1% of the snaps, 28th among running backs, on 184 carries. Emanuel Wilson took 30.7% of Green Bay's.
Seattle's depth chart now lists Charbonnet fifth among the team's backs, down from fourth, while Holani has moved up to second from third. Brady Russell moved up to fourth from sixth and Robbie Ouzts to sixth from seventh, and Velus Jones now sits third. Emanuel Wilson is listed first, up from second, and Jadarian Price is listed eighth, down from first, with his status changed from Out to IR. Holani's Questionable designation has been cleared.
Is there a passing-down back?
It was Charbonnet, and whether it still is depends on a knee and on a depth chart that has moved. He has moved from RB5 to RB4 on Seattle's chart, while Holani has moved from RB3 to RB2.
He played 256 pass snaps last season, 49.2% of Seattle's, 21st among running backs, at 0.56 receiving yards per pass snap. His 24 targets in 16 games fell below the 25 needed for a receiving rate to mean much, so the snap share is the better evidence, and it says he was the back on the field when Seattle threw.
Emanuel Wilson played 166 pass snaps for Green Bay at 0.60 per snap, and he now sits at RB1 on Seattle's chart. George Holani played 9 pass snaps, far under the 100-snap line. Price is at RB8 and on IR.
If Charbonnet is cleared early, the passing-down role still has an obvious owner, and he is at RB4 on the chart. If he is not, the job is open, with Wilson at RB1 and Holani at RB2.
What the beat is reporting
What the beat is reporting, last refreshed 2026-10-04. Nothing here is measured — it is reporting, attributed and dated.
Seattle selected Notre Dame running back Jadarian Price with the 32nd overall pick in the 2026 draft (NFL.com, 2026-07-17).
The starting competition involves Jadarian Price, incumbent backup George Holani and free-agent signing Emanuel Wilson (Seahawks.com, 2026-07-17).
Head coach Mike Macdonald on Zach Charbonnet: he is not going to miss the whole year, and he will factor into the run game when he returns (Seahawks.com, 2026-07-17).
Macdonald on how Price will be used: the team runs wide zone and he runs wide zone, and in the pass game he can come alive too (Seahawks.com, 2026-07-17).
George Holani appeared in 11 regular-season games in 2025 with 22 carries for 73 rushing yards and one touchdown (Seahawks.com, 2026-07-17). He has since moved down to fourth on the depth chart, with Charbonnet moving up to second.
Zach Charbonnet opened camp on the physically unable to perform list, recovering from offseason knee surgery after tearing an ACL in Seattle's Divisional Round win (Seahawks.com, 2026-07-22).
A player who stays on the physically unable to perform list past the cut to 53 must miss a minimum of four games (Seahawks.com, 2026-07-22).
Charbonnet led Seattle with 12 rushing touchdowns last season, the first Seahawk with double figures since 2014 (Seahawks.com, 2026-07-22).
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