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Seahawks RB Lacy makes weight, earns cash

Seattle Seahawks running back Eddie Lacy talks to reporters after NFL football practice, Friday, June 2, 2017, in Renton, Wash. Photo: Associated Press/(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Seattle Seahawks running back Eddie Lacy is 55-thousand dollars richer today. According to an ESPN report, the 5th-year pro earned the incentive money Monday tied to his weight.

SportsTrust Advisors, the agency representing Lacey, re-tweeted the report from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Twitter along with a video of Lacy in his Seahawks uniform.

https://twitter.com/_SportsTrust/status/874318360644915200

https://twitter.com/Seahawks/status/874343122716606464

According to the report, this was one of seven incentive laden weigh-ins for Lacy. He had to be at 250 pounds or less on Monday. His contract call for his playing weight to be at 245 pounds during the season.

Lacy has been limited in offseason team activities with the Seahawks as he continues to recover from an ankle injury.

(KPUG – Doug Lange)

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