Rayshawn Jenkins' lone season with the Seattle Seahawks was a rollercoaster. He began the season as the team's starter, missed more than a month of the season with a hand injury and then filled the team's third safety role upon his return. Now, he's been released as a cap casualty.

Safety Rayshawn Jenkins, who joined the Seahawks last March on a two-year deal, has been granted permission to seek a trade, a source confirmed to ESPN.

The Seattle Seahawks have released two former Jacksonville Jaguars defenders after just one season. According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Seahawks released a few players on Tuesday, including safety and former Jagaurs defenders Rayshawn Jenkins and Roy Robertson-Harris.

Seattle released Jenkins on Tuesday, John Boyle of the Seahawks' official site reports. In his lone season with Seattle, Jenkins lost his starting spot to Coby Bryant midway through the campaign and averaged fewer than 22 defensive snaps over the last seven games.

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The Seahawks, who still have work to do to get under the salary cap, will allow safety Rayshawn Jenkins, who lost his starting job, to seek a trade.

Seattle released Jenkins on Tuesday, John Boyle of the Seahawks' official site reports. In the veteran's first season with Seattle, Jenkins lost his starting spot to Coby Bryant midway through the year,

Roster transactions were expected from the Seahawks, given their salary situation. Before the moves, Seattle had one of the worst cap situations in the league as one of the few non-playoff teams already over the limit. The Seahawks now have roughly $16.4 million of cap space to use in the 2025 offseason.

However, Jones never lived up to his hefty contract, totaling just 8.5 sacks during his two seasons in Seattle. He was set to carry the fourth-largest cap hit of any Seahawk in 2025 at roughly $25.6 million, per OverTheCap. Jones will still carry a cap hit of just under $14.1 million in dead money in 2025.

Lockett spent a decade with the Seahawks, ranking second behind Steve Largent in career receptions, receiving yards and TD catches.

The team has announced it is releasing Dre’Mont Jones, George Fant, Roy Robertson-Harris and Rayshawn Jenkins. All four were acquired within the last two years, with Fant, Robertson-Harris and Jenkins added in 2024.