The run of defensive players continues for the Seattle Seahawks, with the team selecting Kentucky strong safety Winston Guy in the sixth round at No. 181 overall.

Guy likely will compete for a backup job behind Kam Chancellor at strong safety for Seattle, along with contributing on special teams.

Guy ran a 4.53 40-yard time at his pro day, posted a 36-inch vertical jump and a 9-8 broad jump.

Seattle now has two picks left in the seventh round at 225 and 232.

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The Seattle Seahawks select yet another defensive player, 6-0, 190-pound cornerback Jeremy Lane out of FCS school Northwestern State.

Ran a 4.48 40-yard time.

Lane has experience in press coverage and is a track athlete, so he continues the trend of the Seahawks adding speed defensively. The Seahawks have now selected five defensive players in this year’s draft.

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Hawks selected Idaho linebacker Korey Toomer with the team’s 154th overall choice in the fifth round

Toomer’s a freakish athlete. He ran 4.53 and 4.55 40-yard times at his pro day, and posted a 42-inch vertical jump.

Seattle has now selected two linebackers in this year’s draft, and continues to improve the speed at that position.

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The Seattle Seahawks add depth along the defensive line, selecting Florida defensive tackle Jaye Howard. At 6-3, 301 pounds, Howard should serve as depth at both nose tackle and 3-tech.

The Seahawks next selection is in the fifth round at No. 154 overall.

The Seattle Seahawks select a developmental quarterback to compete for the No. 3 job with Josh Portis by drafting Russell Wilson with the No. 75 overall pick in the third round.

Wilson is the first quarterback Seattle head coach Pete Carroll has selected since he’s been with the team, and the first quarterback Seattle has selected since taking Rutgers quarterback Mike Teel in the sixth round of the 2009.

Seattle is done for today unless they trade back up in the end of the third round.

The Seattle Seahawks select Utah State linebacker Bobby Wagner with the No. 47 pick in the second round.

Seattle originally had the No. 43 pick in this round, but traded four spots down with the N.Y. Jets, picking up a fifth rounder (154 overall) and a seventh rounder (232).

Wagner, at 6-0, 241 pounds, can play both inside and outside linebacker, and gives Seattle a player to compete at inside linebacker with Barrett Rudd.

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Bruce Irvin isn’t ashamed to admit he dabbled in drugs and crime as a teenager.

His mother kicked him out of the house and he dropped out of school.

He only played three games at wide receiver his sophomore year, and was ineligible the next two years at Stockbridge High in Atlanta, Ga.

But Irvin eventually cleaned himself up, earned his GED and made his way to Mt. San Antonio Junior College, where he developed into one of the best pass college pass rushing prospects.

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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll wanted the best pass rusher in the draft, and he believes he got him in West Virginia defensive end Bruce Irvin.

At 6-3, 245 pounds, Irvin finished with 22.5 sacks in 26 games at West Virginia, including 14 in 2010. Irvin was an All-Big East Conference first-team selection by the league’s coaches as a senior.

Carroll said he recruited Irvin while at USC and developed a relationship with the 22-year-old from Atlanta, Ga.

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