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RENTON, Wash. -- Seattle Seahawks tight end Jimmy Graham returned to practice Wednesday for the first time since rupturing his patellar tendon in November.There were some dark days, Graham said. Its been eight months. Its been a constant eight months. Ive never been through something that every day you had to do something for it. Every day, you wake up, and until you go to bed, youre doing some type of rehab. Its been like that for me for eight months, and itll continue to be like that for me for the next eight months.Its something that Im always going to have to pay attention to. Its a part of life now. It makes me appreciate the game even more than I did. Just being out there today, Im full of passion and full of fire. I get goosebumps just walking out of that door. So it was a great day.Graham ran routes and caught passes from the quarterbacks during the first part of Wednesdays practice. Nothing he did required moving at full speed, and Graham stayed on the sideline once the offense and defense started going against each other.Coach Pete Carroll has said that Graham is on track to play in Week 1, barring a setback.Asked if thats his expectation, Graham said, I cant really answer that. Im not allowed to answer that.After undergoing surgery, Grahams right leg was immobilized for 11 to 12 weeks. The rehab process involved learning how to stand and learning how to walk again, he said.For me, I think one of the biggest battles is mentally, Graham said. You have good days and you have bad days. Randomly, youll feel good for weeks, and then all of a sudden, youll have a bad day where youre really sore. And you end up questioning yourself, like Am I doing the right thing? Why is this so hard?Especially for me and my career, I feel like a lot of things have come easy. Ive always been athletic and fast. To have to learn how to walk again, its very humbling for sure.Graham has spoken with others who have suffered the same injury, like former teammate Jon Stinchcomb and New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz. They emphasized how rushing back can lead to other injuries. So for now, the Seahawks plan is push Graham along slowly.This team and every one of my teammates just uplifted me the entire time, Graham said. Im talking about Richard Sherman every day comes in that training room and encourages me. And every time Im out here running, he steps out here.Luke Willson, [tight ends coach] Pat [McPherson], everybody in this building has been nothing but positive and nothing but encouraging about everything from how much they need me and how much they cant wait for me to get back. Just hearing that every day, all the love I get from this building, it definitely helps. ... I cant wait for that first touchdown, honestly. 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Polian is not expected to coach tight ends, though.The 41-year-old Polian had spent five previous years as an assistant at Notre Dame, from 2005-09, serving as a special-teams coordinator during that time, along with having several different defensive-coaching duties. Polian had been the primary recruiter of Hawaii native and eventual Irish linebacker Manti Teo. Teo ended up finishing second in the Heisman Trophy voting in 2012, when the Irish made the BCS title game and finished 12-1.Polian and Nevada mutually decided to part waays last month after a 5-7 season, which capped a 23-27 four-year record.dddddddddddd The Wolf Pack marked Polians first head-coaching job.Polian will take over an Irish special-teams group that struggled immensely in 2016, ranking 123rd nationally in yards per punt return and 95th in yards per kick return. The Irish allowed two punt-return touchdowns and two kick-return touchdowns this season.Polian is the latest hire in a busy week for Notre Dame, which fired Booker and, according to a source, hired Wake Forest defensive coordinator Mike Elko to the same position. Notre Dame also saw offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Sanford leave to become Western Kentuckys head coach.Polian is the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame executive and ESPN NFL analyst Bill Polian. ' ' '