Thomas Rawls appears to be making considerable progress in his recovery from the ankle injury that brought his rookie season to an early end.

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll told NFL Network on Tuesday that Rawls will be healthy in time for the 2016 campaign, and that the team is hopeful he'll be ready for training camp beforehand.

"He's doing really well," Carroll said, according to Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times. "He should be fine and we anticipate that he’ll be fully recovered and ready to go at least by the time the season starts and hopefully by camp. Thomas had a terrific season. He just came out of nowhere and most people, they didn’t have any idea what he was going to do.

"He brought us attitude and style of play that we like. He was really physical and really tough, so we’re thrilled to have him coming back and we need to get him some help. Christine Michael re-signed with us which is a good thing; Christine did his best job of playing football for us in the short stint that he had. So those two guys will be the one-two punch right now and we’ll see where we go from there."

Rawls was a breakout star for Seattle in stepping in for an injured Marshawn Lynch, finishing the 2015 campaign with 830 rushing yards and four touchdowns on just 147 carries.

Though Carroll indicated the return of Christine Michael would give the team a strong backfield tandem following Lynch's retirement, Rawls will almost certainly see the majority of the carries if healthy.