The Seattle Seahawks are bringing again large receiver Rashid Shaheed on a three-year, $51 million deal that features $34.7 million assured, brokers Drew Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday.
Shaheed joins cornerback Josh Jobe as vital gamers returning to the defending Super Bowl champions in free company.
Seattle, nevertheless, has seen each Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III (Kansas City Chiefs) and defensive again Coby Bryant (Chicago Bears) be part of new groups Monday.
Acquired in a midseason commerce with the New Orleans Saints, the speedy Shaheed turned a major a part of the Seahawks’ Super Bowl run — largely for what he did within the return sport.
Shaheed, 27, scored three touchdowns on particular groups, together with a 58-yard punt return that ignited Seattle’s rally from a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit towards the Los Angeles Rams in Week 16. The Seahawks received in time beyond regulation to keep management of the NFC’s prime seed, and after their first-round bye, Shaheed returned the opening kickoff of their divisional spherical sport 95 yards for a landing, setting an early tone in Seattle’s blowout win over the San Francisco 49ers.
Shaheed has been one of many NFL’s prime deep threats since coming into the league as an undrafted free agent out of Weber State in 2022. In 3½ seasons with New Orleans, he had six offensive touchdowns of not less than 50 yards, and all however two of his 12 profession scores had been from not less than 30 yards out.
Shaheed, although, produced sporadically on offense in Seattle after reuniting with coordinator Klint Kubiak, who held the identical job in 2024 with New Orleans. In 12 regular-season and playoff video games with the Seahawks, Shaheed caught 18 passes for 266 yards and no touchdowns. He added 86 speeding yards on 11 makes an attempt.
The Seahawks gave up fourth- and fifth-round picks on this 12 months’s draft for Shaheed, which left them with solely 4 picks.
ESPN’s Brady Henderson contributed to this report.
