ACL to Seahawks Super Bowl Hero: Rylie Mills Draft Day Exclusive Interview

Sea Hawkers Podcast: for Seattle Seahawks fans

Brandan Schulze

Sports, Football

4.7 • 568 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Super Bowl Champions Rylie Mills and Shemar Jean-Charles joined us live from the draft party at the Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort to talk about their NFL journeys since draft day. Mills went from a torn ACL at Notre Dame to an unforgettable Super Bowl moment. They discuss handling adversity with support systems and faith, staying ready amid roster turnover, and maintaining a constant compete mentality regardless of starting status. The conversation highlights lessons learned from veteran teammates on the defensive line, the emotion of the Super Bowl, and the technical demands of a Mike Macdonald defense—disguised looks, communication, leverage, and disciplined eyes, especially in loud Lumen Field.

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0:00.0	Draft Day going on.
0:07.2	Draft Day experience for you.
0:10.3	So I got drafted back in 2020.
0:14.8	Talking about me personally or just today?
0:17.2	Oh, what was draft day like for you?
0:19.1	Okay, yeah.
0:19.7	So I was back home in South Florida.
0:22.0	I originally got a draft into the Green Day Package.
0:24.7	Yeah.
0:25.1	In the 2021 NFL draft and a fifth round pick.
0:29.2	And it was a surreal moment just having my family down there with me
0:32.7	and just being able to share that special moment.
0:35.4	And, you know, my life's pretty much been different
0:38.6	seats you know getting that call you know Riley you were drafted just this last year yeah
0:45.9	yeah and now you're a Super Bowl champion there we go uh it looks good on you by the way
0:51.7	what uh what was this day like for you just a year ago?
0:56.4	And how can, I mean, for you to go from that just a year ago to today, what's, I mean, describe the journey. Yeah, I feel like, you know, a year ago, I don't really know what was going to happen. I had a torn ACL. and, you know, at that point, it's kind of like,
1:10.4	it's really just to lean in your faith
1:11.9	and lean into what you believe in.
1:13.2	And for me, I always just knew and you know at that point it's kind of like it's really just to lean in your faith and lean into what you believe in and for me I always just knew you know I'm going to end up where I had to be and it's been the best place for me and you know Seattle was that so it's been a crazy journey I can't believe it's been a whole year but it's been a great time and you know blessed to be in this position and we just got to keep it going. Yeah, a whole year, it goes by in a flash,
1:28.1	no doubt about it. But you mentioned the ACL at Notre Dame and that obviously changed your
1:33.9	entire outlook on the draft. Like, how hard was that to deal with as you're ripping it up at
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