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Rashid Shaheed

Wide Receiver, Seattle Seahawks · #22.

Player facts

Team: Seattle Seahawks
Position: Wide Receiver
Number: 22
Born: Aug 31, 1998 (age 28)
Birthplace: San Diego, CA, USA
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 180 lbs
College: Weber State
Experience: 5 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	14	27	162	11.6	0	42	5	4	39	9.8	1	28	4	1
Last 5 Games	13	24	158	12.7	0	42	5	4	39	7.5	1	28	4	1
Career	167	269	2,405	14.4	12	87	91	30	231	7.7	2	44	9	4

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Receiving	27 targets	-0.31	22%		90th of 94

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Thu, Oct 15	@ DEN	L 17-14 OT	5	8	66	13.2	0	42	2	1	2	2.0	0	2	2	1
Sun, Oct 11	vs SF	L 32-29	2	4	23	11.5	0	22	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	vs LAC	W 30-23	1	3	20	20.0	0	20	1	2	33	16.5	1	28	1	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ WSH	L 33-31	2	3	14	7.0	0	9	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ ARI	W 31-7	3	6	35	11.7	0	23	1	1	4	4.0	0	4	1	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Rashid Khalil Shaheed (born August 31, 1998) is an American professional football wide receiver and punt returner for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Weber State Wildcats and signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2022. Midway through the 2025 season, the Saints traded Shaheed to the Seahawks, where he won Super Bowl LX.

From Wikipedia’s article on Rashid Shaheed, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Shaheed grew up in a family of track and field athletes; his father Haneef was a sprinter at Arizona State University, and his mother Cossandra ran the 400 meter hurdles at the University of San Diego. Shaheed, along with his sisters Aysha and Amirah, followed in their footsteps, posting competitive results in track events, while Shaheed convinced his parents to also allow him to play football.

Shaheed attended Mt. Carmel High School in San Diego, California, from 2013 to 2016, where he played receiver and running back, producing 3,748 total yards and 24 touchdowns, while winning San Diego section titles in the 200m and 400m. Shaheed initially planned to attend the University of Southern California on a track and field scholarship, but eventually settled on pursuing his true passion of football, committing to Weber State.

College career

Shaheed played college football for the Weber State Wildcats from 2017 to 2021. The only player in school history to earn All-American honors four times, Shaheed set the FCS all-time record for career kickoff return touchdowns with seven, and had a 100-yard return in Weber State's 2021 win over Northern Arizona.

He finished his career at Weber State with 5,478 all-purpose yards, ranked as the third most in Weber State history. He ended up seventh in career receiving yards with 2,178 yards and 18 touchdowns at Weber State, and 10th in school history for career receptions with 147. He had a remarkable kick return average of 29.1 yards per return, and also finished third in career punt return yardage.

From Wikipedia’s article on Rashid Shaheed, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹