The Seahawks made a practice squad roster move before the start of Friday's practice at Renton's Virginia Mason Athletic Center, signing 2016 preseason standout rookie running back Troymaine Pope. To make room on Seattle's 10-man practice squad, running back George Farmer was released.

Pope, who originally signed with the Seahawks as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Jacksonville State after the start of training camp this past summer, was waived before the beginning of the regular season on the team's roster cutdown to 53 players. He played in all four of Seattle's exhibition games, carrying 24 times for 162 yards, averaging 6.8 yards per touch and scoring two touchdowns, including an 86-yard rushing effort in the Seahawks' second preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings and adding 52 more yards on the ground in Seattle's final preseason matchup against the Oakland Raiders.

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Pope said the Seahawks hoped to add him to the practice squad after his release, but he was claimed by the Jets, who added him to their 53-man active roster. Pope saw action in one game this season for New York, rushing one time for one yard. He was waived earlier this week, which led to his return to the Pacific Northwest.

"I was just like, 'I know where I'm going, I'm coming back to Seattle' because I'm more familiar with the atmosphere, the players, and the playbook," the 5-foot-8, 205-pound Pope told reporters on Friday. "I'd just hate to go to a new situation, and this is where I wanted to be, where I'm comfortable at, where I've got friends and brothers in the backfield I could trust."

Pope said he "didn't know what to think" when he was initially released by the Seahawks this past September. At the time, he said he "really just wanted to get the money" so that he could take care of his 3-year-old daughter, Cassidy.

"Even when I was getting recruited I wasn't always the standout guy, flashy," Pope said of how he felt following his release after putting together an impressive preseason. "I always made plays, but at the end of the day there was always somebody who was ahead of me, or 'I'm going to choose him instead of him.' And it's like I'm so used to it I was kind of numb to the situation.