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| No. 3 – Carolina Panthers | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back / Return specialist | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born: | June 5, 1998 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school: | Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Rutgers (2017–2019) Virginia Tech (2020–2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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Raheem Blackshear (born June 5, 1998) is an American professional football running back and return specialist for the Carolina Panthers in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and Virginia Tech Hokies. [1] [2]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 5 ft 9+3⁄8 in (1.76 m) | 194 lb (88 kg) | 30 in (0.76 m) | 8+7⁄8 in (0.23 m) | 4.53 s | 1.52 s | 2.53 s | 4.22 s | 6.84 s | 33.5 in (0.85 m) | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) | 11 reps | |
| All values from Pro Day [3] | ||||||||||||
Blackshear signed with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent on May 13, 2022. [4] He was waived by on August 30, 2022, and signed to the practice squad the next day. [5] [6]
On September 21, 2022, Blackshear was signed by the Carolina Panthers off the Bills practice squad. [7] On November 6, Blackshear scored his first NFL touchdown in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals. [8] In the 2022 season, he scored three rushing touchdowns and contributed on special teams returning kicks. [9] In the 2023 season, he appeared in 12 games. [10]
On April 1, 2025, Blackshear re-signed with the Panthers to a one-year contract. [11]
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Kickoff return | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
| 2022 | CAR | 13 | 1 | 23 | 77 | 3.3 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 93 | 9.3 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 513 | 27.0 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | CAR | 9 | 0 | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 430 | 26.9 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | CAR | 16 | 1 | 15 | 80 | 5.3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 791 | 25.5 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 38 | 2 | 52 | 203 | 3.9 | 27 | 3 | 16 | 138 | 8.6 | 27 | 0 | 66 | 1734 | 26.3 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Born in Philadelphia in 1998, Raheem began playing football at the age of 5. He attributes his early passion for the game to his Uncle Cedrick, who once encouraged Raheem to play football after witnessing Raheem dodging cars on his street -- a popular game amongst his neighborhood friends. Raheem used his natural dodging abilities to his advantage on the field, eventually becoming a 3 star recruit coming out of Archbishop Wood High School and committing to play at Virginia Tech.
Raheem is an avid collector of bottle caps, having over 500 unique caps in his collection. He has also stated that he can tie his shoes in ways that others cannot, knowing over 15 variations of shoe-tying knots. Raheem has 2 dogs, 1 cat, a Crested Gecko, and a Betta Fish.