Tyrell Shavers

Tyrell Shavers
No. 80 – Buffalo Bills
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1999-08-18) August 18, 1999 (age 25)
Lewisville, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:211 lb (96 kg)
Career information
High school:Lewisville (TX)
College:Alabama (2017–2019)
Mississippi State (2020)
San Diego State (2021–2022)
Undrafted:2023
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status:Practice squad
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 5, 2024
Games played:1
Stats at Pro Football Reference

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 #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

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 4+3⁄8 in
(1.94 m) 		211 lb
(96 kg) 		32+3⁄8 in
(0.82 m) 		9+3⁄4 in
(0.25 m)		 4.59 s 1.63 s 2.65 s 4.30 s 7.20 s 33.5 in
(0.85 m)		 9 ft 11 in
(3.02 m)		 3 reps
All values from Pro Day[22]

After not being selected in the 2023 NFL draft, Shavers would sign with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent.[23][24] He was waived on August 29, 2023, and re-signed to the practice squad.[25][26] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 22, 2024.[27]

Shavers was released by the Bills as part of final roster cuts on August 27, 2024,[28] before being added back to the practice squad for the second year in a row.[29]

Shavers was called up from the practice squad for the Bills' Week 5 game against the Houston Texans.[30] Shavers made his professional debut in that game, with 16 snaps on offense, but finished without a target in the Bills' 23–20 loss.[31]

References

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