Drake Thomas holds the WLB · Starter spot in Seattle Seahawks’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Drake Thomas played 20 games in 2025 with a 66% snap share.

Drake Thomas is a 26-year-old weakside linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks standing 5'11" and weighing 236 pounds. Signed by Las Vegas as an undrafted free agent on May 12, 2023, Thomas was released two months later and claimed off waivers by Seattle on August 30, 2023. After playing seven games mostly on special teams in 2023 before suffering a knee injury, he appeared in all 17 games in 2024 and recorded nine special teams tackles. In Seattle's Super Bowl LX-winning season, Thomas started 14 of 17 games and all three postseason contests, finishing with a career-high 89 tackles, 3.5 sacks, and 11 passes defensed.

CollegeN.C. StateAcquiredAcquired from Las Vegas Raiders · drafted thereHometownWake Forest, NC