Rashaan Melvin

Rashaan Melvin comes to Carolina after stops in Baltimore (2014, 2015), New England (2015), Indianapolis (2016-17), Oakland (2018), Detroit (2019) and Jacksonville (2020).

PRO CAREER

• Played in 64 games with 40 starts in stops at Baltimore (2014, 2015), New England (2015), Indianapolis (2016-17), Oakland (2018), Detroit (2019) and Jacksonville (2020).
• Opted out of 2020 season in Jacksonville.
• Started a career-best 12 games in 2019 season in Detroit…Made career-high 68 tackles with 11 pass deflections.
• Played in 14 games with seven starts for the Raiders in 2018…Made 56 tackles with nine pass deflections and one interception with one tackle for loss.
• Played for Indianapolis in 2016 and 2017 seasons…Started 10 games in 2017, posting career-high three interceptions with 13 pass deflections and 36 tackles…Played in 15 games in 2016, making 60 tackles.
• Only played in one game for Baltimore in 2015 after returning from New England where he saw action in eight games…Saw first action on active roster with Baltimore in 2014, playing in three games.
• Originally signed by Tampa Bay in 2013 as an undrafted free agent…Suffered a hamstring injury and missed the first five games of the season before being placed on IR.

GP/GS
Career (64/40) [2/2]: 2020 (0/0); 2019 (13/12); 2018 (14/7); 2017 (10/10); 2016 (15/9); 2015 (9/0); 2014 (3/2) [2/2]; 2013 (0/0)

TRANSACTIONS
Originally signed by Tampa Bay as an undrafted free agent (4/29/13)...Waived by Tampa Bay (9/22/14)...Signed by Miami to the practice squad (10/28/14)...Signed by Baltimore (11/8/14)...Waived by Baltimore (10/13/15)...Claimed via waivers by New England (10/14/15)...Waived by New England (12/8/15)...Signed by New England to the practice squad (12/10/15)...Waived by New England (5/2/16)...Signed by Miami as a free agent (7/30/16)...Waived by Miami (9/3/16)...Signed by Indianapolis as a free agent (9/7/16)...Signed by Oakland as an unrestricted free agent (3/16/18)...Signed by Detroit as an unrestricted free agent (3/22/19)...Signed by Jacksonville as a free agent (4/6/20)…Released by Jacksonville (3/17/20)…Signed as a free agent by Carolina (3/19/20)...Waived by Carolina (8/31/21)...Signed to Carolina practice squad (9/1/21)...Released from practice squad (9/2/21)...Signed to Carolina practice squad (9/17/21)…Elevated to active roster as COVID elevation for Week 2...Elevated to active roster as COVID elevation for Week 3...Signed to active roster (9/27/21).

COLLEGE
Played in 41 games over four seasons at Northern Illinois (2009-12)…Totaled 172 tackles, 35 passes defensed and five interceptions…Finished career ranked second in program history in passes defensed.

PERSONAL
Went to Waukegan HS in Waukegan, Ill.