The Seahawks' search to sure up the interior of their line might start close to home.

As the combine gets underway, they've already met with Stanford guard Joshua Garnett, according to the The News Tribune's Gregg Bell. Garnett is a local product who was born in Auburn, Washington. He grew up in Puyallup where he attended Puyallup High School and became a standout recruit.

In the 2012 247Sports Composite Rankings, he was ranked a four star recruit and the number one player out of Washington, number two guard in the nation and 38th overall player in the country.

Joshua Garnett OT | 6-5 | 304 Puyallup (Puyallup, WA) Class of 12 247Sports Composite 0.9817 Natl 38 Pos 2 State1 Enrolled 8/5/2015

He impressed at Stanford University as well. He became the first true freshman to start at Stanford since 2000 and continued to work his way into the rotation until he had a break-out senior season. His senior year saw him take home the Outland Trophy for best interior lineman in the country and the Morris Trophy for best offensive lineman in the Pac-12.

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Garnett was also named a consensus All-American, which has only been done eight others times in the school's history.

Despite the accolades, Walterfootball.com projects him as the fourth best guard in the draft, which places him in the 2-3 round range. The site evaluated him as a possible difference maker on the next level in the run game who needs to add strength in his upper body. But, he does like to hit people, which is a most-desired trait.

"I just learned you got to run through them," Garnett said at his NFL combine press conference. "Just run through their soul, and if you hit them they're going to go down."

If he can be had between rounds two and three, it could mean tremendous value while nabbing help at a position of need. Guard J.R. Sweezy is an unrestricted free agent this offseason.

If the Seahawks do select Garnett, he'll be more than happy to return to Washington and says playing for the organization would be a "dream come true."