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Daily Seahawks Podcast: HB Mornings & Real Hawk Talk

Kennedy Polamalu Talks Fullbacks & Hoodies

Daily Seahawks Podcast: HB Mornings & Real Hawk Talk

Brian Nemhauser

Seahawks, Hawk Blogger, Football, Sports, Seattle, Podcast, Hawkblogger, American Football, Nfl

4.8741 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

With George Holani potentially gearing up for more snaps this weekend and Robbie Ouzts learning the FB role, I spoke with Seahawks RB coach Kennedy Polamalu after practice today.

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Kennedy Palamalu, first question I got to ask, I see you in this hoodie every single day. What's the story behind you in the hoodie, no matter how hot it is? Oh, I don't know. I just like it. It's comfortable. Yeah, well, and if I did my research right, you were named, you were born the day that Kennedy was assassinated. That's how you got your name? Yes, I was born November 22nd, 63.

0:21.9

Yes. What was the story? Did your parents ever tell you the story that day?

0:25.8

No, they really didn't. They just said that, you know, they knew that President Kennedy was

0:31.4

assassinated and, and it went through the village and where I was in Samoa. And, you know,

0:37.3

we knew him as President Kennedy.

0:39.5

And then they just, they named me Kennedy after that.

0:42.9

That's pretty cool.

0:43.6

So you're playing days.

0:45.9

You played fullback.

0:46.8

Is that right?

0:47.4

Correct.

0:48.3

So you got Robbie Uts, who played tight end in college and is trying to convert to

0:53.3

fullback.

0:55.4

You know, what was the first thing you worked on with him? Stepping and causing a collision instead of catching. But you saw it on film.

1:04.5

He's such an athletic big guy. He can bend. He can navigate know, we always talk about looking for a fullback.

1:14.8

He's got to read it like the runner.

1:16.8

And you've got to be pretty athletic to do that.

1:19.0

And he does that well.

1:20.5

I mean, tight end not having to read the way a running back does.

1:23.9

So, I mean, how do you even start there with somebody who hasn't necessarily played that

1:28.2

position? Just continue reps. You saw a little bit, you know, in his offense that he ran into Alabama,

1:35.1

where he pulled on the counter. And from there, you can take it from there. But just reps. Practice is the most important thing. So that makes

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