Tyrell Shavers Explained

Tyrell Shavers
Current Team:Buffalo Bills
Number:80
Position:Wide receiver
Birth Date:18 August 1999
Birth Place:Lewisville, Texas, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lb:211
High School:Lewisville (TX)
College:Alabama (2017–2019)
Mississippi State (2020)
San Diego State (2021–2022)
Undraftedyear:2023
Pastteams:
Status:Practice squad
Highlights:
Statleague:NFL
Statseason:2024
Statweek:5
Statlabel1:Receptions
Statlabel2:Games played
Statvalue2:1
Pfr:S/ShavTy00

Tyrell Shavers (born August 18, 1999) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama, Mississippi State, and San Diego State.

Early life

Shavers grew up in Lewisville, Texas and attended Lewisville High School. In his senior year of high school Shavers caught 37 passes for 702 yards, and eight touchdowns. Shavers also rushed for 43 yards.[1] Shavers would decide to commit to play college football at the University of Alabama over other schools such as LSU, and Texas A&M[2] [3]

College career

Alabama

In his career at Alabama, Shavers played in 28 games after he redshirted his freshman season.[4] In that span Shavers only caught one pass for 20 yards and had one rushing attempt for 14 yards both coming in the 2019 season.[5] Shavers' best play for Alabama would be on special teams in 2019 when teammate Ale Kaho blocked a punt, which Shavers recovered and returned for a touchdown against Texas A&M.[6] After three seasons with the Crimson Tide, Shavers would decide to enter the transfer portal.[7] [8]

Mississippi State

Shavers would ultimately decide to transfer to Mississippi State.[9] [10] Shavers' first career offensive touchdown would come against

  1. 6 LSU
, on a 31-yard pass from quarterback KJ Costello. The touchdown would be the first of Mississippi State's season and the first under new head coach Mike Leach.[11] However midway through the season Shavers would decide to enter the transfer portal again.[12] [13] In Shavers' first and only season with Mississippi State he would bring in nine passes, for 104 yards, and one touchdown.[14]

San Diego State

Shavers would decide to transfer to play for the San Diego State Aztecs.[15] [16] In Shavers' first year with the Aztecs he put up 18 receptions for 213 yards, and two touchdowns.[17] In the 2022 season Shavers blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown against Boise State to put the Aztecs up 13–0.[18] Shavers would finish the 2022 season with his best collegiate season after hauling in 38 passes for 643 yards, and three touchdowns.[19] For his performance on the year he would be named second team All Mountain West.[20] Shavers ended his career as a special teams ace for the Aztecs after finishing in a tie for first with most blocked punts in Aztec history with three.[21]

Professional career

After not being selected in the 2023 NFL draft, Shavers would sign with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent.[22] [23] He was waived on August 29, 2023, and re-signed to the practice squad.[24] [25] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 22, 2024.[26]

Shavers was released by the Bills as part of final roster cuts on August 27, 2024,[27] before being added back to the practice squad for the second year in a row.[28]

Shavers was called up from the practice squad for the Bills' Week 5 game against the Houston Texans.[29] Shavers made his professional debut in that game, with 16 snaps on offense, but finished without a target in the Bills' 23–20 loss.[30]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tyrell Shavers Football Stats . Maxpreps . July 13, 2023.
  2. Web site: Zucker . Joseph . June 13, 2016 . Tyrell Shavers to Alabama: Crimson Tide Land 4-Star WR Prospect . July 13, 2023 . Bleacher Report.
  3. Web site: June 14, 2016 . Four-star WR Tyrell Shavers commits to Alabama . July 8, 2024 . Sports Illustrated . en-us.
  4. Web site: Tyrell Shavers . San Diego State Aztecs Athletics . July 13, 2023.
  5. Web site: 2019 Alabama Crimson Tide Stats . July 8, 2024 . College Football at Sports-Reference.com . en.
  6. Web site: Stephens . Hannah . October 12, 2019 . WATCH: Ale Kaho blocks A&M punt for Alabama touchdown . July 13, 2023 . Roll Tide Wire. USA Today.
  7. Web site: Zenitz . Matt . June 2, 2020 . Veteran Alabama wide receiver enters transfer portal . July 13, 2023 . AL.com.
  8. Web site: Blackwell . Joey . June 3, 2020 . Wide Receiver Tyrell Shavers Enters NCAA Transfer Portal . July 8, 2024 . Sports Illustrated . en.
  9. Web site: Coleman . Joel . June 8, 2020 . Receiver Tyrell Shavers transferring from Alabama to Mississippi State . July 13, 2023 . Sports Illustrated.
  10. Web site: Horka . Tyler . June 8, 2020 . Alabama wide receiver heading to Mississippi State as graduate transfer . July 13, 2023 . Clarion-Ledger.
  11. Web site: Stephenson . Craig . September 16, 2020 . Watch Alabama transfer Tyrell Shavers score TD in 1st game at Mississippi State . July 13, 2023 . AL.com.
  12. Web site: Welch . Parker . October 30, 2020 . Alabama Offense To Meet Mississippi State’s Defense On Saturday . July 13, 2023 . WRUF.
  13. Web site: Gaither . Joe . October 28, 2020 . Shavers to Transfer from Mississippi State . July 13, 2023 . Tide 100.9.
  14. Web site: 2020 Mississippi State Bulldogs Stats . July 8, 2024 . College Football at Sports-Reference.com . en.
  15. Web site: Kosko . Nick . January 8, 2021 . WR Tyrell Shavers announces transfer to San Diego State . July 13, 2023 . 247Sports.
  16. Web site: Kenney . Kirk . February 3, 2021 . Aztecs complete 2021 recruiting class with local lineman, graduate transfer wide receiver . July 13, 2023 . The San Diego Union-Tribune.
  17. Web site: 2021 San Diego State Aztecs Stats . July 8, 2024 . College Football at Sports-Reference.com . en.
  18. Web site: Clark . James . October 1, 2022 . A tale of two halves for Aztecs in 35–13 loss to Boise State . July 13, 2023 . East Village Times.
  19. Web site: 2022 San Diego State Aztecs Stats . July 8, 2024 . College Football at Sports-Reference.com . en.
  20. Web site: November 29, 2022 . Mountain West Announces 2022 Football All-Conference Teams and Individual Honors . July 13, 2023 . Mountain West Conference.
  21. Web site: Martino . Bryce . May 16, 2023 . Is Bills UDFA Tyrell Shavers a Hidden Gem? . July 13, 2023 . Buffalo Fanatics.
  22. Web site: Smoot . Brady . May 1, 2023 . Former Alabama WR Tyrell Shavers signs with Buffalo Bills as UDFA . July 13, 2023 . Yahoo! Sports.
  23. Web site: May 12, 2023 . Bills' Tyrell Shavers: Signs with Buffalo as UDFA . July 13, 2023 . CBSSports.com.
  24. Web site: White . Alec . August 29, 2023 . Bills announce moves to get to 53-man roster . July 7, 2024 . BuffaloBills.com.
  25. Web site: White . Alec . August 30, 2023 . Bills sign 14 players to 2023 practice squad . July 7, 2024 . BuffaloBills.com.
  26. Web site: White . Alec . January 22, 2024 . Bills sign 11 players to Reserve/Futures contracts . July 7, 2024 . BuffaloBills.com.
  27. Web site: White . Alec . Buffalo Bills made these moves to get to initial 53-man roster . buffalobills.com . 28 August 2024.
  28. Web site: 2024-08-28 . Bills announce full practice squad following roster cuts . 2024-09-02 . Bills Wire . en-US.
  29. Web site: Bills elevate Branson Deen and Tyrell Shavers for the Houston game . 2024-10-07 . www.buffalobills.com . en-US.
  30. Web site: Texans 23, Bills 20 Final score, stats to know + game highlights . 2024-10-07 . www.buffalobills.com . en-US.

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