Rashid Shaheed

Traded to Seattle on November 4, 2025.

TRANSACTIONS:

05/13/22:  Signed by New Orleans as a UDFA
08/30/22: Released by New Orleans
08/31/22: Signed to New Orleans PS
10/15/22: Signed to active roster
07/23/24: Re-signed by New Orleans
10/17/24: Placed on IR (knee)
11/04/25: Traded to Seattle
03/11/26: Re-signed by Seattle

NFL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Tied for first in the NFL with 13 touchdowns of 40 yards or more since 2022 (rush, receiving, PR, KOR).

• Named to the NFC Pro Bowl Games roster as a return specialist during Seattle's 2025 Super Bowl LX-winning season. Played in 18 regular season games after joining Seattle via trade, joining Dre'Mont Jones (2025), Mike Williams (2024), and Leonard Williams (2023) as the only players to play in 18 games since the NFL expanded to 17 regular season games in 2021. Started one of three postseason games. In his 12 games with Seattle, including playoffs, he scored three return touchdowns (two KOR, one PR).

• Was the only player in the NFL in 2025 with a kickoff return for a touchdown and punt return for a touchdown, including a 100-yard kickoff return touchdown at Atlanta (12/7/25), his first-career kickoff return for a touchdown, and the longest play in the NFL in 2025. In the divisional playoff game vs. San Francisco (1/17/26), returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, the longest postseason kickoff return in franchise history and the first postseason opening kickoff return touchdown since Kansas City's Knile Davis at Houston (1/9/16).

• 2024 season was cut short due to injury, In six games, recorded 20 receptions for 349 yards (career-high 17.5 avg.) and three touchdowns, six carries for 29 yards, 143 punt return yards (15.9 avg.) with a 54-yard touchdown, and 171 kickoff return yards (28.5 avg.).

• Earned Pro Bowl honors as a return specialist and Associated Press first-team All-Pro (punt returner) in 2023.

• Through his first three seasons, appeared in 33 games with 19 starts, posting 94 catches for 1,556 yards (16.6 avg.) and 10 touchdowns, 17 carries for 123 yards with a score, 675 punt return yards (12.5 avg.), two touchdown returns and 875 kickoff return yards (23.0 avg.).

HONORS: 2025: NFC Pro Bowl, (return specialist), PFWA All-NFC Team (returner), NFC Special Teams Player of the Week 14; 2023: first-team AP All-Pro (punt returner), PFWA All-NFL Team (punt returner), PFWA All-NFC Team (punt returner), NFC Pro Bowl (return specialist).

COLLEGE: Five-year letterman at Weber State, appeared in 52 games, totaling 5,478 all-purpose yards (third in school history) and 27 total touchdowns. Recorded 88 kickoff returns for 2,560 yards (school record 29.1 avg.) and seven touchdowns, plus 40 punt returns for 575 yards (10.8 avg.). Added 146 receptions for 2,164 yards (14.8 avg.) and 18 touchdowns, and 30 rushes for 179 yards with two scores. The only player in Weber State history to earn All-America honors in four seasons, leading the Big Sky in all-purpose yards as a senior (2021). Set the FCS all-time record for kickoff return touchdowns with scores of 100 and 98 yards that season. Twice named first-team All-American and All-Big Sky as a return specialist.

PERSONAL: Played at Mt. Carmel High School in San Diego, Calif., a two-time San Diego Section CIF pick and second-team All-State. Set school records for receiving yards in a game and longest kickoff return, totaling 3,748 yards and 24 touchdowns on offense, plus two interceptions and a defensive score. Also a two-time section champion in the 400 meters (38.54) and received a track scholarship offer from USC. Comes from an athletic family — father Haneef (Arizona State), mother Cassondra (San Diego State), and sister Aysha (California) all ran track. Majored in Health Promotion.