Dante Fowler Signs One-Year Seahawks Deal Worth Up to $5 Million

dante fowler is signing with the Seattle Seahawks on a one-year deal worth up to $5 million. Seattle gets an experienced edge rusher after losing Boye Mafe in free agency and leaving the draft without using any of its eight selections on the position.

Seattle Adds Fowler

The agreement came together Tuesday, after Fowler visited the team last month and remained a feasible target after the draft. The move gives Seattle a veteran option at a spot that needed help once Mafe departed.

Fowler arrives with 10 NFL seasons behind him and a track record that includes 159 appearances and 58 starts. He has played for the Jaguars, Rams, Falcons, Cowboys and Commanders, and he recorded double-digit sacks as recently as 2024.

Aden Durde Reunites With Fowler

There is also a familiar link inside Seattle’s staff. Fowler overlapped with defensive coordinator Aden Durde in Atlanta and Dallas, a connection that gives the Seahawks an established tie to a player who has changed teams several times but stayed productive enough to keep drawing interest.

Seattle did not wait for the draft to solve the edge rush question, and it did not solve it there anyway. With eight selections used elsewhere, the Seahawks now turn to Fowler as the veteran addition who can fill snaps without forcing the team to rely on a rookie class that never included an edge rusher.

For Seattle, the move answers the most immediate roster need with a player who has already produced in 2024 and knows Durde’s system from two previous stops. For Fowler, it is a one-year opportunity to land in a defense that needed another pass rusher and was willing to pay up to $5 million to get one.