The Jets have signed RB Raheem Blackshear to the practice squad.
Blackshear (5-9, 190) signed with the Buffalo Bills in 2022 as a undrafted free agent and began the season on ther practice squad. The Rutgers and Virginia Tech product was then signed to the Carolina Panthers' active roster in September of 2022 and appeared in 13 games (1 start), scoring 3 rushing TDs as a rookie. Blackshear spent the next two seasons with Carolina before he was waived by the team last August of 2025. In 3 seasons with the Panthers, he appeared in 41 games (2 starts) and contributed as a returner, recording 23 punt returns for 200 yards and 66 kick returns for 1,734 yards. Blackshear had brief stints with the Tennessee Titans' and Pittsburgh Steelers' practice squads earlier this season.
