Seahawks Plan to Sign Terrion Arnold as NFL Faces Exempt List Decision

The Seattle Seahawks plan to sign cornerback Terrion Arnold, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on August 13, turning what began as a training-camp tryout into one of the NFL’s most complicated late-summer additions.

But signing Arnold may be only the first step toward getting him on the field.

Schefter reported that the NFL must now decide whether Arnold will be placed on the Commissioner’s Exempt List as he faces felony charges stemming from an alleged kidnapping and armed robbery case in Florida. Arnold has denied the allegations through his representatives. The former Detroit Lions first-round pick also visited the Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints and New York Giants before choosing Seattle.

Contract terms were not immediately reported.

Terrion Arnold Gives Seahawks Another High-Upside Cornerback

On football merit alone, it is easy to see why Seattle kept pursuing Arnold.

Detroit selected him No. 24 overall out of Alabama in the 2024 draft. Over his first two NFL seasons, Arnold appeared in 24 games and recorded 91 tackles, 18 passes defended and one interception.

He now joins a Seahawks secondary that already has established starters Devon Witherspoon and Josh Jobe, but entered training camp without a settled answer for its third cornerback role. The competition to provide DB depth has been  one of the team’s major camp storylines following Riq Woolen’s departure in free agency.

The Seahawks’ current depth chart lists Witherspoon and Jobe as the two starting cornerbacks, with Nehemiah Pritchett, Noah Igbinoghene and other young options behind them.

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