Rashid Shaheed
26-Year-Old
IR
Injury Knee - Meniscus
Est. Return 2/10/2025
2024 Receiving Stats
REC
20
YDS
349
TD
3
AVG
17.5
TAR
41
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
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. Read Past Outlooks
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Out for season
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.
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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Air Yards Per Game
118.8Air Yards Per Snap
2.64% Team Air Yards
28.1%% Team Targets
12.7%Avg Depth of Target
17.4 YdsCatch Rate
48.8%Drop Rate
0.0%Avg Yds After Catch
5.4% Targeted On Route
24.8%Avg Yds Per Route Run
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
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
The Saints placed Shaheed (knee) on injured reserve Thursday, Katherine Terrell of ESPN.com reports.
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Meniscus surgery on tap
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
Shaheed (knee) didn't participate in Tuesday's practice, Mike Triplett of NewOrleans.Football reports.
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Getting knee checked out
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
Shaheed (knee) was a non-participant on Monday's estimated injury report.
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Ruled out with surgery on tap
The meniscus surgery Shaheed is scheduled to undergo Thursday will help determine whether he'll be sidelined the rest of the season, Katherine Terrell of ESPN.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Shaheed injured his knee in the Week 6 loss to the Buccaneers, and he's slated to miss multiple games at minimum beginning with Thursday's contest against the Broncos. Shaheed is in the midst of what was looking like a breakout season, as he leads the Saints with 349 receiving yards and three touchdown receptions.
Shaheed injured his knee in the Week 6 loss to the Buccaneers, and he's slated to miss multiple games at minimum beginning with Thursday's contest against the Broncos. Shaheed is in the midst of what was looking like a breakout season, as he leads the Saints with 349 receiving yards and three touchdown receptions.