George Holani has been designated for return to practice ahead of the NFC championship game, giving the Seahawks a possible addition at that position following the loss of Zach Charbonnet to a knee injury.
Holani, who opened the season as Seattle’s No. 3 back and a key special teams player, injured his hamstring in the Seahawks’ Week 12 win in Tennessee, causing him to be placed on injured reserve. Prior to that injury, Holani rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries, and had two catches for 15 yards.
Holani also returned kickoffs, gaining 387 yards on 16 returns, and three tackles, as well as a touchdown on a recovery of a kickoff in the end zone in Seattle’s Week 2 win over the Steelers.
If Holani is able to show enough in practice to be ready for Sunday’s NFC championship game against the Rams, that would give Seattle’s offense some needed help at running back after Charbonnet suffered a season-ending ACL injury in Saturday’s win over the 49ers.
Asked on Monday if Holani could return this week, Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said, “George is an option. We’ll see how it goes this week.”
