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TE Luke Willson, Seattle

The second-year tight end from Rice has developed into an important player for Pete Carroll’s team.

Willson is one of the biggest tight ends at 6-5 and 252 pounds, and his ability to get physical in the running game and finish his blocks is a big key to the Seahawks’ ability to run the football at key moments in the game. He has the ability to pin the outside linebacker and keep a hole open just a fraction of a second longer open then most tight ends, and Lynch can clearly take advantage of it.

Willson is not one-dimensional. He can go downfield and make key third-down catches. He can get open and he will not drop the ball. Willson may not have big numbers — 22-362-3 during the 2014 regular season — but Carroll is not afraid to have Wilson go his way.

Willson caught the two-point conversion vs. Green Bay that allowed the Seahawks to go up by three points late in the fourth quarter.

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