Saints WR Rashid Shaheed Had the Fastest Touchdown of the 2025 NFL Season
Rashid Shaheed is fast.
While this fact is already pretty well established in the NFL, the New Orleans Saints wide receiver decided to prove it again on Sunday.
During the second quarter of his team's matchup with the New York Giants, Shaheed got loose in the secondary for a big gain, at which point he reached the fastest speed achieved on an offensive score during the 2025 NFL season.
The play came as the Saints faced first-and-10 at their own 13-yard line, with 5:16 remaining in the first half. Quarterback Spencer Rattler dropped back and launched a deep ball down the right side. Shaheed beat two Giants defenders and caught the pass in stride at New York's 47-yard line. That's when he opened up and sprinted into the end zone.
THE NEED FOR SHAHEED!
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) October 5, 2025
87 yards to the house 🔥
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According to Nex Gen Stats, Shaheed reached a top speed of 21.72 mph on the play, which is the fastest speed recorded on an offensive touchdown this year.
Rashid Shaheed reached a top speed of 21.72 mph on his 87-yard deep touchdown reception from Spencer Rattler, the fastest speed recorded on an offensive touchdown this season.#NYGvsNO |
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Shaheed has become a key weapon for the Saints on offense this year. Entering Week 5, he had 18 catches for 174 yards and a touchdown. Rattler has been relying on him more and more, and by halftime on Sunday, he had three receptions for 106 yards. It marks the second time in his career that Shaheed has topped 100 yards receiving in a game.
This is looking like a bounce-back season for Shaheed. In 2023, he had 46 receptions for 719 yards and five touchdowns, while also having a punt return for a touchdown. He was a first-team All-Pro selection as a punt returner.
In 2024, Shaheed only played in six games thanks to a knee injury that required surgery. Now healthy, he appears to be back in the groove as a key piece of New Orleans' offense.
Cowboys Send 2-Word Message to Dak Prescott in Dramatic Win
For Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, Sunday’s game against the Eagles represented a chance pull his team back to .500, which is still something of a disappointment here in late November, but still an impressive turnaround for a team that is facing a gauntlet of difficult opponents ahead. Philadelphia, the top seed in the NFC coming in at 8-2, certainly was at the top of that list.
And Prescott led the Cowboys to a remarkable comeback win, erasing a 21-0 halftime deficit to push to a 24-21 win and keep Dallas’ playoff hopes alive.
It was also a personal triumph for Prescott, who was a bit of an afterthought when the Cowboys used a fourth-round pick on him as a dual-threat quarterback out of Mississippi State in 2016. He took over the Cowboys job, though, and has been among the league’s best ever since.
On Sunday, in fact, he took his spot as the franchise’s best. Prescott entered the game 160 yards short of the all-time Cowboys passing yardage lead, behind Tony Romo, but with a convincing 354-yard performance, he etched his name atop the Cowboys’ all-time leaders.
Cowboys Give Dak Prescott a Nod
During the game, in which Prescott went for three touchdowns, including one on an acrobatic run, the Cowboys sent Prescott a message.
“Congrats, Dak,” the team wrote on Twitter/X, simply.
Twitter/XThe Cowboys sent a message to Dak Prescott on Sunday.
Even at age 32, the Cowboys have been getting the best out of Prescott, at least in the past two weeks. On Monday in Las Vegas, he threw for four touchdowns to lead an impressive, 33-16 victory. And on Sunday, he threw for for the second-most yards he’s had all season.
It doesn’t get easier for Prescott and the Cowboys, though, as they next must take on the Chiefs on Thanksgiving, just four days away.
Dak Prescott ‘Humbled’ by Record
Prescott addressed the notion of setting the new Cowboys mark this week, and while working his team back into the playoff picture is still his priority, he did acknowledge the significance of the record.
“I am humbled,” Prescott said of the record. “Thankful to be healthy and to be in this position to do it. I was on a production call earlier and they asked me the same thing, would I have thought this 10 years ago. And I said, yeah, I was very arrogant as a rookie.
“If you’re playing this game long enough and you can stay healthy, with my expectations of what my play is, that’s supposed to happen. Just thankful, humble, and super-grateful to be playing the game I love at this high a level. I look forward to keep going.”
