Seattle Seahawks draft Notre Dame DT Rylie Mills in Round 5

The Seattle Seahawks added some much-needed defensive line depth by selecting Notre Dame defensive tackle Rylie Mills with the No. 142 overall pick in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday.

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Seattle acquired that pick in a trade just minutes prior that sent reserve quarterback Sam Howell and the No. 172 pick to the Minnesota Vikings.

The 6-foot-5, 291-pound Mills was ranked by ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. as the No. 11 defensive tackle in this year’s draft class and the No. 117 overall prospect.

Mills led Notre Dame’s stout defense with 7.5 sacks and nine tackles for loss in 13 games this past season before tearing his ACL in the first round of the College Football Playoff. Over his five-year college career with the Fighting Irish, the Lake Bluff, Ill., native totaled 17 sacks and 26 tackles for loss.

Mills gives the Seahawks some rotational depth at defensive tackle behind their strong interior trio of Leonard Williams, Jarran Reed and Byron Murphy II.

Roy Robertson-Harris, a rotational piece on Seattle’s defensive line last year, signed with the New York Giants last month. Veteran nose tackle Johnathan Hankins, another rotational piece last season, remains unsigned in free agency.

Here’s what NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein wrote about Mills in his scouting report:

Mills has the size, strength and demeanor of a 3-4 defensive end. He’s aggressive and physical in phone booth fist-fights but plays off blocks and tackles the gaps around him. He’s not much of a knee-bender, so anchoring firm will get a lot tougher as a pro. He lacks explosive, twitchy movements as a rusher but makes good use of heavy hands to carve open edges and get into the pocket. He’s a better picker than twister and can bull-rush unsuspecting guards. Mills could become a three-down rotational piece provided there are no lingering issues from the knee injury he suffered during the College Football Playoff.