DeShawn Shead had chances to leave the Seattle Seahawks' practice squad in 2012 and 2013 but elected to stay --- and now appears set to have a big future with the team.
It was a rare time that Nigel Burton found reason to question DeShawn Shead.
Burton, a former UW standout safety from 1995-96, was Shead’s head coach during his final two seasons at Portland State University.
Burton heaps every praise imaginable on Shead for the way he handled the coaches asking him to change positions from cornerback to safety his final season and says “I don’t know if he has any ego.