
Olamide Zaccheaus
Position: | Wide Receiver |
Ht./Wt.: | 5-8, 199 lbs |
School: | Virginia |
Status: | Active |
Entering his seventh season in the NFL and first with Chicago in 2025
Has played in 89 games (30 starts) with the Falcons (2019-22), Eagles (2023) and Commanders (2024)
Has 1,998 receiving yards on 149 career with 13 receiving touchdowns in his career
Also has a 10.8 return average on 20 career punt returns
Originally entered the league as an undrafted free agent with the Falcons in 2019
2024 SEASON (COMMANDERS)
Played in all 17 games with six starts in the regular season
Had a career high 45 receptions totaling 506 yards and tied his career high with three touchdowns
Also returned 17 punts for a combined 179 yards finishing with the NFC's second highest punt return average (min. 15 punt returns) of 10.9 yards per return
Played in all three postseason games contributing seven catches for 45 yards and helping the Commanders reach the Conference Championship Game for the first time since 1991
2023 SEASON (EAGLES)
Played in all 17 games (one start)
Has 10 catches for 164 yards and a pair of touchdowns
Had one catch for five yards in the Eagles' lone playoff game
2022 SEASON (FALCONS)
Played in all 17 games with a career high 13 starts
Established new career highs with 40 receptions and 533 receiving yards along with tying his career high with three receiving touchdowns
2021 SEASON (FALCONS)
Played in all 17 games starting in eight of them
Had 31 catches for 406 yards and a career high three touchdowns
Added three punt returns for 36 yards and a pair of kickoff returns for 41 total yards
2020 SEASON (FALCONS)
Played in 11 games with a pair of starts
Contributed 20 receptions for 274 yards and a touchdown
2020 SEASON (FALCONS)
Played in 10 games as a rookie, totaling three catches for 115 yards, including a 93-yard touchdown in the Falcons' Week 14 win over Carolina, which marked the second longest reception by a Falcons player since at least 1960
TRANSACTIONS
04/29/2019: Signed/UDFA to the Falcons
04/19/2022: Re-signed with Falcons
04/20/2023: Signed/UFA with Eagles
03/28/2024: Signed/UFA with the Commanders
03/14/2025: Signed/UFA with the Bears
COLLEGE
Played four seasons at Virginia (2015-18)
Left UVA No. 1 all-time in team history and No. 6 all-time in ACC history with 250 career receptions
Finished career No. 2 all-time at UVA with 2,753 receiving yards
He broke his own single-season UVA record in 2018 with 93 receptions
In 2017, he broke Virginia's 16-year old (83, 2001) single-season record for receptions with 85
When he left UVA was just one of 13 Cavaliers to play in 50+ career games
As a senior in 2018, was named AP First-Team All-ACC
Was named Belk Bowl MVP
PERSONAL
Played running back and defensive back at St. Joseph's Prep
Rated a three-star recruit by ESPN.com, Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com
Averaged 7.0 yards per rush as he racked up 683 total rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns in 2014
Also caught 29 passes for 388 yards and four touchdowns
Named to the Philadelphia High School 2014 first-team Coaches' All-Catholic team
Part of USA Football's 2015 International Bowl roster
Ran track in the AAU Junior Olympics and made it to nationals four times from 2007-10
*Courtesy ChicagoBears.com
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