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Seahawks’ DeShawn Shead working hard on field, at piano

Defensive back DeShawn Shead, who received an unexpected $25,000 bonus this week from the Seahawks, has taught himself to play the piano in the past year.

RENTON — DeShawn Shead is standing in the Seahawks’ locker room, humming wedding music and wiggling his fingers across an imaginary keyboard.

Shead, a defensive back, is not crazy. He is trying to demonstrate a point. He is trying to show how he taught himself the piano in the past year.

“You’d be really surprised by what I can play now,” he says.

“When the Saints Go Marching In.