Rashid Shaheed

Rashid Shaheed

26-Year-Old Wide ReceiverWR
New Orleans Saints
Questionable
Injury Knee - Meniscus
Est. Return 6/1/2025
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Shaheed got off to a fast start in 2024, his third pro season, looking ready to challenge for his first 1,000-yard campaign until a Week 6 meniscus tear stopped him in his tracks. He caught only 20 of 41 targets pre-injury, but with career highs for yards per catch (17.5), aDOT (17.6) and targets per game (6.8). Shaheed's 15 targets of 20-plus yards were two more than any other receiver had at the time of his season-ending injury, and while he caught only three of those, all three went for touchdowns (of 70, 59 and 43 yards). He's one of the best undrafted players of recent years, having initially caught on with the Saints in 2022 as a return specialist before quickly becoming a downfield threat on offense. The only downside so far is that Shaheed's excellent work on returns hasn't translated into success catching short passes and gaining yards after the catch -- he has just 371 career receiving yards on targets within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage. The timing of his injury should allow Shaheed to make a full recovery before training camp, at which point he'll be playing for a new coaching staff and will still have only concussion-prone Chris Olave as serious competition for targets. The problem, apart from Shaheed's lack of short-area production, is that the Saints are a candidate for worst-in-the-league QB play. Derek Carr's retirement may set up a summer job battle between second-round rookie Tyler Shough and 2024 fifth-round pick Spencer Rattler. Read Past Outlooks
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#108.29
ADP
$Signed a one-year, $5.2 million contract with the Saints in July of 2024.
Out for season
WRNew Orleans Saints
Knee - Meniscus
October 17, 2024
Shaheed underwent a full repair of his meniscus Thursday and will miss the rest of the season, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
ANALYSIS
The Saints placed Shaheed on injured reserve Thursday afternoon, ruling him out for at least four games. But not long after, Schefter reported that Shaheed's recovery timeline will be 4-to-6 months. Shaheed thus will turn his focus to getting healthy for the 2025 campaign. With Chris Olave (concussion) out Thursday against the Broncos, New Orleans' receiving corps will be composed of Mason Tipton, Bub Means, Cedrick Wilson, Equanimeous St. Brown and Jermaine Jackson.
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How do Rashid Shaheed's 2024 advanced stats compare to other wide receivers?
This section compares his advanced stats with players at the same position. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that metric and it would be considered average. The longer the bar, the better it is for the player.
  • Air Yards Per Game
    The number of air yards he is averaging per game. Air yards measure how far the ball was thrown downfield for both complete and incomplete passes. Air yards are recorded as a negative value when the pass is targeted behind the line of scrimmage. All air yards data is from Sports Info Solutions and does not include throwaways as targeted passes.
  • Air Yards Per Snap
    The number of air yards he is averaging per offensive snap.
  • % Team Air Yards
    The percentage of the team's total air yards he accounts for.
  • % Team Targets
    The percentage of the team's total targets he accounts for.
  • Avg Depth of Target
    Also known as aDOT, this stat measures the average distance down field he is being targeted at.
  • Catch Rate
    The number of catches made divided by the number of times he was targeted by the quarterback.
  • Drop Rate
    The number of passes he dropped divided by the number of times he was targeted by the quarterback.
  • Avg Yds After Catch
    The number of yards he gains after the catch on his receptions.
  • % Targeted On Route
    Targets divided by total routes run. Also known as TPRR.
  • Avg Yds Per Route Run
    Receiving yards divided by total routes run. Also known as YPRR.
Air Yards Per Game
118.8
 
Air Yards Per Snap
2.64
 
% Team Air Yards
17.0%
 
% Team Targets
7.9%
 
Avg Depth of Target
17.4 Yds
 
Catch Rate
48.8%
 
Drop Rate
0.0%
 
Avg Yds After Catch
5.4
 
% Targeted On Route
24.8%
 
Avg Yds Per Route Run
2.12
 
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Snap Counts
Snap %
New Orleans SaintsSaints 2024 WR Snap Distribution See more data like this | See last season's snap counts
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13413%
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Shaheed burst onto the scene in 2022 as an undrafted, 24-year-old rookie out of Weber State, with a slew of splash plays and impressive kick returns in the first half of the season eventually landing him a larger role in the Saints offense over the final six weeks. He caught 22 of 26 targets for 377 yards (14.5 YPT) and a TD in that six-week stretch, doing more than enough to enter 2023 as the No. 3 receiver behind Chris Olave and Michael Thomas. Unfortunately for fantasy managers, Shaheed's role didn't change much when Thomas went down with a season-ending ankle injury. He still played 50-75 percent of snaps most weeks, and was pure boom/bust with the five games in which he scored touchdowns also producing his five best yardage totals for the year. While there was inevitable regression from his near-impossible 2022 efficiency, Shaheed caught 61.3 percent of his targets for 15.3 yards per catch and a still-impressive 9.6 YPT. Less impressive was his target rate, with Shaheed's 16.9 percent (75 targets on 444 routes) ranking 65th out of the 115 WRs with 200 or more routes. The Saints moved on from Thomas this offseason and didn't have cap space for big free-agent additions, so there is some chance Shaheed takes another step forward in terms of target rate/share, even if the more likely outcome is that he remains a medium-volume deep threat whose strong work as a kick and punt returner makes him more valuable to the Saints than to fantasy teams.
Shaheed didn't need long to prove that he should've been drafted last spring, though it's understandable he wasn't picked given that he played at FCS Weber State -- the only school that offered him a football scholarship rather than one for track -- and turned 24 shortly before Week 1 of his rookie year. He debuted Week 7, primarily functioning as a return man but also scoring a 44-yard rushing TD and 53-yard receiving TD within his first two games. It wasn't until Week 11 that Shaheed played more than 15 offensive snaps; by Week 13 he had jumped into the starting lineup. Over his final five games, all starts, he averaged 4.0 catches for 64.8 yards and 0.2 TDs on 4.6 targets (20-324-1 on 23 looks). That efficiency lands on the extreme end of unsustainable, but it also gives Shaheed a case for more playing time this season, even in an offense that has 2022 first-round pick Chris Olave (who topped 1,000 yards as a rookie) and hopes to get 30-year-old Michael Thomas back from toe surgery. The Saints don't have a target-hogging tight end and figure to get better QB play from free-agent acquisition Derek Carr than Andy Dalton provided last year, so Shaheed could put up decent numbers as the second or third receiver without repeating the absurd 2022 efficiency.
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Goes on injured reserve
WRNew Orleans Saints
Knee - Meniscus
October 17, 2024
The Saints placed Shaheed (knee) on injured reserve Thursday, Katherine Terrell of ESPN.com reports.
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Meniscus surgery on tap
WRNew Orleans Saints
Knee
October 16, 2024
Saints head coach Dennis Allen said Wednesday that Shaheed (knee) is slated to undergo surgery to address a meniscus injury and may be placed on injured reserve, Matthew Paras of The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.
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Remains absent from practice
WRNew Orleans Saints
Knee
October 15, 2024
Shaheed (knee) didn't participate in Tuesday's practice, Mike Triplett of NewOrleans.Football reports.
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Getting knee checked out
WRNew Orleans Saints
Knee
October 14, 2024
Shaheed, who was listed as a non-participant on Monday's estimated practice report, is getting his knee checked out to determine the severity of the injury he sustained in the fourth quarter of Sunday's loss to the Buccaneers, Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football reports.
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DNP on Monday's estimate
WRNew Orleans Saints
Knee
October 14, 2024
Shaheed (knee) was a non-participant on Monday's estimated injury report.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Could benefit from QB switch
WRNew Orleans Saints
May 13, 2025
Shaheed should benefit from Tyler Shough's ability to throw the deep ball, Ben Solak of ESPN suggests.
ANALYSIS
Shaheed is recovering from a torn meniscus but is expected to be healthy for the start of training camp. While the news of Derek Carr's retirement brings some instability to the Saints' offense, it could create an explosive combination between Shaheed and Shough. The wideout has averaged 16.6 yards per reception in his NFL career and was averaging 17.5 yards per catch in 2024 before his knee injury. Shough's 6-foot-5 frame and big arm give him the characteristics needed to deliver an excellent deep ball.
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