OGDEN, Utah-Monday, Weber State football return specialist Rashid Shaheed was named as the ROOT Sports Big Sky Conference special teams player of the week after his heroics in a 45-28 win over Northern Colorado Saturday.
The sophomore out of San Diego commenced the second half with an electrifying 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to help revitalize a stagnant Weber State offense at the time.
All told, Shaheed had two kickoff returns against the Bears for 127.5 yards (63.5 yards per return) and added two receptions for 63 yards in the game, including a 46-yard scoring reception in the 1st Quarter.
This is Shaheed’s second career Big Sky player of the week honor and of the nine kickoff returns for touchdowns in school history, he has two of them now.
