Seattle adds WRs

SEATTLE – The Seattle Seahawks took two steps to bolster their injury-depleted wide receiver corps by trading for Keary Colbert and reacquiring Koren Robinson on Tuesday.

Seattle agreed to a one-year contract with Robinson, its former first-round draft choice. Agent Alvin Keels confirmed the agreement and its length in an e-mail to the Associated Press.

Robinson worked out for the Seahawks on Tuesday and convinced team president Tim Ruskell he has changed since Ruskell released him in the 2005 season because of repeated problems with alcohol.

The Seahawks have lost six wide receivers to injury this season. Robinson already is listed as No. 1 on Seattle’s depth chart at wide receiver for Sunday’s game against St. Louis, a matchup of winless teams.

“Just because of the terms and circumstances I left Seattle on, I never thought I’d be back,” Robinson said on a conference call. “I’m grateful for this chance. I think it can be a good story – for me and the team.”

The 28-year-old Robinson said he has been sober for 25 months thanks to a new marriage, two young sons, a baby girl due next month and religion.

“I’m definitely proud of that,” he said.

Logan Payne started Sunday’s loss to San Francisco but injured a knee. He is the third wide receiver to be out for the season. Backup quarterback Seneca Wallace pulled his calf while pressed into receiver duty and will miss up to a month.

Colbert’s agent, Gary Uberstine, said in an e-mail to The AP that his client is also coming to Seattle, from Denver. Fox Sports.com first reported the trade.

The deal is believed to be for a fifth-round pick. It will likely become official today, Ruskell said.

The 26-year-old Colbert has not caught a pass in two games with the Broncos after signing a three-year deal in March. Colbert was also behind former Seahawk Darrell Jackson and veteran Brandon Stokley.

Colbert caught 32 passes in 12 games for Carolina in 2007.