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Seahawks’ top pick Malik McDowell likely to be cut without playing a snap

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EAST LANSING, MI - NOVEMBER 28: Malik McDowell #4 of the Michigan State Spartans intercepts a pass and returns it for the touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Spartan Stadium on November 28, 2015 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)

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Last year the Seahawks used their first pick in the draft, No. 35 overall, on defensive tackle Malik McDowell. Now they’re likely to release him, before he has played a snap in the NFL.

McDowell missed his entire rookie season because of injuries suffered in an ATV accident, and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports that the Seahawks are likely to cut McDowell soon.

It is unclear whether McDowell will ever recover sufficiently to be able to play in the NFL. It is also unclear whether the Seahawks are going after any of the money they’ve already paid McDowell, as teams sometimes do when a non-football injury prevents a player from playing.

Last year McDowell was arrested for disorderly conduct, in an incident that likely didn’t do anything to endear McDowell to the Seahawks’ brass.