The Seattle Seahawks looked at two wide receivers on Wednesday as they sort through the fallout from Rashid Shaheed’s apparent knee injury on Sunday Night Football.
Mike Macdonald said Monday that “Shaheed, early returns are positive” and added, “Any time the knee’s involved, you’re holding your breath, so right now, let’s just say it’s positive.” With that uncertainty hanging over the receiver room, the team brought in a pair of undrafted rookies for a tryout.
One of them was Jacob De Jesus, who spent the offseason and preseason with the Kansas City Chiefs after joining them as an undrafted free agent out of rookie minicamp. Kansas City waived him on Aug. 30 during final roster cuts.
De Jesus started his college path at Modesto Junior College, then moved to UNLV for the 2023 season, where he earned First-team All-Mountain West honors in both of his seasons. He later transferred to California and was named First-team All-ACC in each of his two years there.
Even with an athletic profile that does not jump off the page for an NFL receiver, he kept finding ways to outperform expectations in college.
The other receiver was Kole Wilson, another undrafted rookie who spent the offseason with the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland signed him to a 3-year, $3.105 million deal after the rookie minicamp period ended on May 11, with only $55,000 guaranteed.
The Browns waived him on Aug. 30, added him to the practice squad the next day, and then released him on Sept. 18.
Wilson played at the University of the Incarnate Word and Texas State before finishing at Baylor.
Between the two, Wilson brings the more appealing athletic testing numbers, landing in the 86th percentile compared to De Jesus at the 14th percentile. De Jesus, though, owns the stronger college résumé.
The Seahawks may not sign either player right away, but both are small-framed receivers, standing between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-7 2/8 and weighing between 174 and 177 pounds. That at least offers a pretty clear window into the type of depth they’re considering adding.
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