Hakeem Kashama

Kashama went undrafted in the 2004 NFL draft and signed with the Cleveland Browns on May 19, 2004. He was released on June 2 before being re-signed on July 6. On July 21, he was released for the second and final time.^[2]

Kashama signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on August 9, 2004. He played in two games with Hamilton in 2004, with his debut coming on August 19 against the Ottawa Renegades.^[2] He suffered a leg injury on Labour Day that forced him to miss the rest of the season.^[3] During his two years in Hamilton, Kashama played in ten games and recorded four tackles which were the only ones of his career.^[2][4]

Kashama signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. During the Blue Bombers 2006 training camp, he was noted for his hard hits on offensive players.^[5][6] He was released by Winnipeg on June 10, 2006.^[7]

He originally signed with the Calgary Stampeders during the 2007 offseason before being released after training camp.^[8] On June 1, 2008, Kashama re-signed with Calgary^[9] and was a final cut on June 22, 2008.^[10]

Kashama is the brother of current Stampeders players Alain and Fernand Kashama.^[11] His cousin is also ex-National Football League running back Tim Biakabutuka.^[12]