The Seahawks 1981 draft class is best known for producing Hall of Fame safety Kenny Easley, but four picks after selecting Easley, the Seahawks took Edwin Bailey, a guard out of South Carolina State, and the fifth-round pick would go on to be one of the best guards to wear a Seahawks uniform.  

Over the course of an 11-year career spent entirely in Seattle, Bailey started 120 of 139 games played, helping the team reach new heights in the 1980s under Chuck Knox. In 2008, Bailey was inducted into the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame.