Former LSU center Ethan Pocic is working at tackle this weekend during the Seattle Seahawks rookie minicamp. Selected in the second round with the No. 58 overall pick, Pocic has the versatility to adapt to the position.

“Yeah, he’ll work to show us about his snapping ability too, because he has the potential to be a snapper, which is good,” coach Pete Carroll said Friday after practice. “We want him to play tackle right now and see how that works out, knowing that he can play all three spots.

“Tackle is the one we’ve seen him the least at, so the first few days we want to get a gauge for that and see how that’s going to work out.”

At 6-foot-six, 310 pounds, Pocic has the build for the tackle position and veteran Justin Britt has solidified himself as the Seahawks’ starting center.

“He’s big enough, strong enough,” Carroll explained. “I just want to get a feel his – we’ve seen so much of him playing center and I don’t think right now that’s where he needs to focus. I know he can back-up just based on what we’ve seen. We’re going to work him there so that we fortify that but we want to see him at the other spots as we go through it.”

Pocic said he’s been studying the Seahawks’ playbook since he received it just days after he was drafted. He was asked after practice how comfortable he felt with the transition to tackle.

“I didn’t do much of it in college, but I’ve been practicing it back home and working on it,” Pocic explained. “These reps are really helping me get out there and get some experience at it.”

So for this weekend at least, the former center will be getting his first practice reps in the NFL in the position he is least familiar with. But that can change according to Carroll.

“Tackle in this camp and we’ll see what happens after that.”