It's Official: Marshawn Lynch Joins Oakland Raiders

UPDATE: It's official, Marshawn Lynch has been traded from the Seahawks to the Oakland Raiders.

SEATTLE, WA - Former Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch will sign a two-year deal with the Oakland Raiders, according to multiple reports. The contract will be signed as soon as Lynch undergoes a physical on Wednesday. Oakland and Seattle had to work out an agreement on a release of Lynch before the deal could move forward.

Lynch, 31, retired in 2015, and his return to the NFL has been intriguing for fans across the league. The deal is also beneficial for the Seahawks: the team will get Oakland's 2018 fifth-round draft pick, which moves Seattle up one slot in the late rounds.

Beast Mode will earn a $3 million salary playing for Oakland, but gets a $2 million bonus if he rushes for 1,000 yards, according to NFL.com. In his final season with the Seahawks, Lynch rushed for about 4 yards per carry.

Lynch just returned to the U.S. from Haiti, where he and former Seahawks teammates Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril were helping build schools. Since retiring, Lynch has also been busy running his Beast Mode retail stores - there one location near CenturyLink in Seattle, and another in Oakland.

The Raiders will play two more seasons in Oakland and then move to Las Vegas.

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