The Seattle Seahawks announced this afternoon that cornerback Ron Parker has been placed on the injured reserve with an Achilles injury.

The 24-year-old rookie out of Newberry College was claimed off waivers (Raiders) by Seattle on Oct. 24 and played in two games on special teams. Earlier this year Parker played in three games for the Raiders on special teams before joining Seattle.

With the vacant spot on the active roster, the Seahawks are expected to sign rookie receiver Richardo Lockette off the practice squad. At 6-2, 211 pounds, the 25-year-old rookie out of Fort Valley State showed promise and explosiveness during training camp and in the preseason, finishing with one reception for 16 yards in three games.

With Lockette on board, the Seahawks now have six receivers on the active roster.

The Seahawks also released defensive end Keith Darbut out of Division III Baldwin-Wallace College from the practice squad, who Seattle signed last week. Seattle added defensive end John Graves in his place, a 6-foot-3, 286-pound defensive end out of Virginia Tech. Graves was released during final roster cuts by Houston in September at the end of training camp.

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The Seahawks placed rookie offensive guard John Moffitt on the season-ending, injured reserve on Tuesday with a knee injury that requires surgery.

And with a vacant roster spot, Seattle added offensive lineman Paul Fanaika. The Arizona State University product went to training camp with Seattle and began the year on the practice squad, but the Seahawks cut him loose last week to add receiver Patrick Williams.

Seattle head coach Pete Carroll indicated earlier this week that Lemuel Jeanpierre and Paul McQuistan would get first crack at replacing Moffitt, but Fanaika also played some right guard during exhibition play.

The Seahawks made a couple roster moves this afternoon. The most anticipated was activating receiver Deon Butler from the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP list. To make room for Butler, the Seahawks placed rookie receiver Kris Durham on season-ending injured reserve with an unknown injury. Durham, a fourth-round choice in this year’s draft, was active for three games, finishing with three catches for 30 yards.

Seattle also released defensive tackle Al Woods and signed rookie seventh-round draft choice defensive lineman Pep Levingston off the practice squad to the active roster.

The Seahawks also cut offensive guard Paul Fanaika off the practice squad and brought back receiver Patrick Williams, who was with Seattle during training camp. I believe Seattle still has one spot available on the practice squad.

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First reported by Danny O’Neil of the Seattle Times, the Seattle Seahawks are expected to activate receiver Deon Butler from the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list today.

The Seahawks have not announced the move, or who they intend to release to clear a spot on the active roster for the Penn State product.

Butler started training camp and the regular season on the PUP list, as he rehabbed from a compound fracture he suffered in the final minutes of the San Francisco game on Dec. 12 last year.

Butler finished second on the team in receptions …

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The Seattle Seahawks waived offensive lineman Tyler Polumbus this afternoon, creating an available roster spot to bring back defensive back defensive back Roy Lewis or receiver Deon Butler off of the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list.

The Seahawks received the University of Colorado product in a trade with Detroit in August 2010 for a seventh round pick in the 2012 draft. Polumbus started five games at left tackle and three games at left guard last season, including two playoff games.

Heading into this season, Polumbus was expected to be the swing tackle behind Russell Okung and James …

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As expected, the Seattle Seahawks made a couple roster moves to shore up their depth heading into Sunday’s contest against Cleveland.

Seattle released defensive tackle Jason Shirley and linebacker Stephen Franklin from the active roster. Both were recent additions and had short stays in Seattle.

And with the two free spots, the Seahawks brought tight end Cameron Morrah off the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list to the active roster, and also added safety Chris Maragos from the practice squad.

The Morrah move was somewhat expected because Seattle had only one healthy tight end with Zach Miller still out, but …

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The Seattle Seahawks announced this morning they have placed defensive end Dexter Davis on the season-ending injured reserve list because of a hip issue.

Head coach Pete Carroll had mentioned during Friday’s talk with reporters after practice that the team had a decision to make with Davis, who had struggled throughout training camp with the injury and never seemed to get right.

The Seahawks re-signed cornerback Kennard Cox to replace Davis on the 53-man roster. Cox was one of Seattle’s better special teams players last year, and with the team’s struggles on the field and with injuries to guys like …

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With fullback Michael Robinson unavailable for Sunday’s game at Pittsburgh because of a second degree ankle sprain, the Seattle Seahawks signed fullback/tight end Eddie Williams to the 53-man roster, first reported by KXLY TV in Spokane.

In order to make room for Williams on the roster, the team waived tight end Dominique Byrd.

Williams was on Cleveland’s practice squad to begin the season this year.

The Idaho product was a tight end heading into the 2009 draft, selected by Washington in the seventh round.

Williams spent the first seven weeks of the season on the Redskins practice squad …

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