Hawks LB Lofa Tatupu finds himself in trouble today, as it has come out that he was pulled over about 2:30am Saturday morning and arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.  The Seattle Times is reporting that an officer spotted Tatupu’s car doing 50 in a 35 zone, and after he was pulled over he submitted to field-sobriety tests, but declined to take a portable Breathalyzer.

After being handcuffed and taken to the police station, reports say he was cooperative throughout the process. Tatupu’s blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) was measured at 0.155 and 0.158, nearly double the legal limit of 0.08. That measurement was taken about two hours after Tatupu was observed driving the car.

He put out a statement today about the incident.  “I want to apologize to my family, teammates, the Seahawks ownership and organization, and the fans for making a poor decision and putting myself in a bad situation. I take seriously my role as a leader on this team, and in the community, and because of that I’m disappointed and embarrassed by the level of poor judgment I used last weekend. Thankfully, nobody was hurt. This will never happen again, and I hope through hard work on and off the field to begin earning your respect and trust again.”

The 25-year-old has been with the Hawks for three seasons, and signed a new deal in March for $42 mil though the 2015 season. He was in practice last week as part of a mandatory minicamp.  No word on if the league will suspend him or take other action against him for the incident.

Former number one draft choice Marcus Tubbs recently had arthroscopic surgery to clean up his often-injured right knee.  The surgery will keep him out of action this weekend at the Hawks mini-camp, but reports say that he may be ready to go for the start of the season.  Tubbs was gone all of last season due to that right knee, and it’s one that has caused him to miss 32 games over the past three seasons.  The team also made a pair of roster moves today, signing DT Larry Tripplett and linebacker Wesly Mallard.

Jamar Adams, S, Michigan; Donovan Alexander, CB, North Dakota; Travis Brown, WR, New Mexico; Michael Bumpus, WR, Washington State; Matt Castelo, LB, San Jose State; Dustin Dickinson, G, Houston; DeMichael Dizer, CB, Grambling; David Hawthorne, LB, Texas Christian; Kelin Johnson, S, Georgia; William Robinson, OT, San Diego State; Anthony Russo, WR, Washington; and Eric Wicks, S, West Virginia.

The deal that got Jackson to become a member of the Hawks saw them trade their 25th pick to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for that selection, plus Dallas’ fifth-round pick (163rd overall) and a seventh-round choice (No. 235 overall).  Jackson will help out a line that lost DT’s Chuck Darby and Ellis Wyms.

The team did fill their TE need in round two, grabbing 6-foot-5 John Carlson from Notre Dame.  They had to make another deal to move up to get Carlson, as they traded with Baltimore to move up from 55 to 38.

The Seahawks will be without the services of wide receiver D.J. Hackett next year after he agreed to a new contract with Carolina.  The Seattle “Post-Intelligencer” reports it’s a two-year, $3.5-million deal with the Panthers.  Seahawks receivers Ben Obomanu, Courtney Taylor and Logan Payne are about the same size as Hackett and expected to compete for his spot in the Seahawks offense.