Rashid Shaheed of the Seahawks almost played different sports at USC |Sports news

Speed ​​will work there too.

The Seattle Seahawks are not behind in the NFC divisional round against the San Francisco 49ers.That's because Rashid Shahid took the opening kickoff back for a touchdown.

It is good that Shahid chose the profession of a football player.

He could almost play any other sport.

Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times wrote an interesting piece exploring the Shahid family's exploits on the track.

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Shaheed's father ran sprints at Arizona State.

His mother ran hurdles at San Diego State.

His sisters went to college at Texas A&M and Oregon.

A martyr even?Could be a USC sprinter.

But he bet on his football career and went to FCS Weber State.

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Shaheed then came out of Weber State before becoming one of the NFL's most exciting playmakers thanks to his incredible speed and quickness.

It certainly would have worked on the track as well.

Seattle would happily transform Shahid onto the football field following his own path, running to the end zone with the genetics of a sprinter and the heart of a football player.

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