Chris Carson opened training camp with the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday by putting to rest any lingering concerns about his knee. The star running back had an offseason procedure “just to clean out [his] knee a little bit,” one he called “nothing real serious.”
“I’m good. I feel good,” Carson said on Thursday, per Adam Jude of the Seattle Times. “Everything’s good, man.”
A seventh-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft out of Oklahoma State, Carson quickly established himself as the Seahawks' top running back as a rookie, rushing for 208 yards on 49 carries through the first four games of his debut season. He suffered a broken leg in Week 4 against the Indianapolis Colts, though, leading him to be placed on injured reserve for the season's remainder.
Carson, fully healthy after an offseason spent rehabbing, hit the ground running in 2018. He rushed for 1,151 yards and nine touchdowns last season, averaging a stellar 4.7 yards per carry and starting all 14 games he played.
Seattle is asking the third-year pro to assume a leadership role this season even as he's poised to split time in the backfield with Rashaad Penny, who took first-team reps at minicamp as Carson recovered from surgery. He raved about Penny's improvements this offseason, reiterating that he has no qualms with the Seahawks' planned two-headed attack at running back.
“I think we complement each other real well,” Carson said of the 2018 first-round pick. “The media likes to tear us against each other and stuff like that, but me and him are close. We don’t pay attention to none of that. We just go out and play.”
Seattle opens the regular season by hosting the Cincinnati Bengals on September 8.
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