Speedy wide receiver/return specialist Rashid Shaheed is not close to a contract extension with the Seattle Seahawks and is expected to test the market when NFL free agency begins next week, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday afternoon.
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Shaheed is one of six notable pending free agents for the Super Bowl champion Seahawks. The NFL’s free agent negotiating window begins at 9 a.m. Monday, with the official signing period beginning at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Projections from various sites project Shaheed’s value on the free agent market to be roughly $13-14 million per year.
The Seahawks acquired the 27-year-old Shaheed from the New Orleans Saints at the Nov. 4 trade deadline in exchange for a 2026 fourth-round draft pick and a 2026 fifth-round pick.
Shaheed was a game-changer for Seattle on special teams, scoring on two punt return touchdowns and a kick return touchdown. Shaheed had a 58-yard punt return TD that sparked the Seahawks’ dramatic Week 16 comeback win over the Los Angeles Rams, and a game-opening 95-yard kick return TD that ignited an NFC Divisional Round rout of the San Francisco 49ers.
Shaheed didn’t put up big stats as a receiver, totaling just 18 catches for 266 yards across 12 regular-season and postseason games with Seattle. However, he caught a 51-yard pass that keyed a game-opening TD drive in the Seahawks’ NFC title game victory over the Rams. And as a field-stretching vertical threat, he contributed to Seattle’s rushing attack facing lighter boxes down the stretch.
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