NFL Draft: 30 worst first-round picks of the 21st century

The Seattle Seahawks built a legitimate team over the past few seasons, but it wasn’t that long ago they were seen as a struggling franchise. One of the reasons for that happened to be some failed moves in the draft. One such example came in 2009 when they used the No. 4 overall selection on linebacker Aaron Curry.

While it’s easy to look back and say the pick was bad, no one expected Curry to flame out in the NFL. In fact, most experts believed he was the best linebacker prospect in the class that year.

Curry was great at lining up near the line of scrimmage and was expected to be a threat rushing the passer for Seattle. He also had the ability to cover the pass as well as any linebacker in college. Yet for some reason, that never translated to the NFL.

While he wasn’t what they expected, Curry did at least record 198 tackles in just under two and a half seasons with Seattle. What he didn’t do was offer much in the pass rush department as expected. The stats also didn’t show how much he struggled, as the Seahawks gave up on him in October of 2011, sending him to the Oakland Raiders for a late-round pick.

He played just 13 games in Oakland before signing with the New York Giants in 2013. There, he never played a down as he was cut before the season began. Curry, a North Carolina native, now works as a high school football coach in Charlotte.