Saleem Rasheed

Saleem Abdul[1] Rasheed (born June 15, 1981) is a former American and Canadian football linebacker.

Saleem Rasheed
No. 51
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1981-06-15) June 15, 1981
Birmingham, Alabama
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:233 lb (106 kg)
Career information
High school:Irondale (AL) Shades Valley
College:Alabama
NFL Draft:2002 / Round: 3 / Pick: 69
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Rasheed formerly played for the San Francisco 49ers for four seasons in the National Football League. He also played for the Houston Texans during the 2006 NFL season, though was cut during the preseason.

Rasheed played college football for the University of Alabama between 1999–2001.

The Calgary Stampeders signed him on May 7, 2008.[2] He helped the Stampeders win the 2008 Grey Cup.

On May 4, 2009, he was released.[3]

From 2009–11 he worked as a teacher and coach at Erwin High School.[4]

In February 2012, Rasheed was charged with food stamp fraud and falsifying documents in Birmingham, Alabama.[5] He pleaded guilty to receiving $5,551 dollars in food stamps while falsely claiming to be unemployed and, in July 2012, he was sentenced to eight months in prison.[1] Rasheed also pleaded guilty to immigration fraud arising from his allegedly marrying a Moroccan woman and subsequently marrying an American woman without divorcing his first wife.[1] He is now a proud muslim and has 2 sons from his moroccan wife and 4 kids from his American wife.

References
  1. Faulk, Kent (August 12, 2013). "Former University of Alabama and NFL linebacker Saleem Rasheed begins serving time on plea to teacher sex charges". AL.com. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  2. "Stamps sign ex-NFLer Rasheed". CFL Digest. May 7, 2008. Archived from the original on June 6, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  3. "Stampeders release Sankey, three others". TSN.ca. May 4, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  4. "Ex-Alabama, NFL linebacker charged with welfare fraud". tuscaloosanews.com. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
  5. "Former NFL linebacker charged in Ala. with fraud". waff.com. February 2, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2012.


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