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Olamide Zaccheaus

WR

#14

Experience: 7 years

Height: 5-8

Age: 27

Weight: 193 lbs

College: Virginia

2024 SEASON

  • REC
    45
  • YDS
    506
  • AVG
    11.24
  • TDS
    3
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Biography

PRO CAREER

  • 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
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