Sterling Shepard
 Shepard warming up |
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| New York Giants - No. 87 | |
| Wide receiver | |
| Date of birth: February 10, 1993 | |
| Place of birth: Oklahoma City , Oklahoma | |
| Height: 1.78 m | Weight: 94 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2016 for the New York Giants | |
| Career | |
| College : University of Oklahoma | |
| NFL Draft : 2016 / Round: 2 / Pick: 40 | |
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| Current status: Active | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Pass catches | 247 |
| Passing game | 2,862 yards |
| Runs | 16 |
| Space gain | 140 yards |
| average | 8.8 yards / run |
| Touchdowns | 17th |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Sterling Clay Shepard (* 10. February 1993 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma ) is an American American football poker players in the National Football League (NFL). He plays for the New York Giants as a wide receiver .
High school
Shepard attended Heritage Hall School in Oklahoma City , where he started playing football. In his high school career, he caught 133 passes for 1,115 yards and scored 38 touchdowns. At the end of his senior year, he chose the University of Oklahoma .
college
At the University of Oklahoma , Shepard managed 26 touchdowns with 233 passes and 3,482 yards in his four college years . His best year in statistics was his senior year at university in 2015. He caught balls for over 1000 yards and scored 11 touchdowns.
NFL
Shepard was selected 40th in the second round by the New York Giants in the 2016 NFL Draft . The Giants gave him a four-year contract worth over 5.94 million. In his first year, the Giants announced that Shepard would appear as a starting receiver alongside Odell Beckham Jr. In the first game of the season, against the Dallas Cowboys , he made three passes for 43 yards and caught his first touchdown pass from Eli Manning . At the end of his rookie season, Shepard was elected to the PFWA All Rookie Team.
In 2017, Shepard only started in 11 games for the Giants due to injuries. He peaked in his tenth week in the 21:31 loss to the San Francisco 49ers when he caught eleven balls for 142 yards.
Personal
Shepard's father Derrick Shepard and his two uncles also played football for the University of Oklahoma.
When Shepard was six years old, his father died of a heart attack at the age of 35.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sterling Shepard's High School Football Stats. Retrieved February 28, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Sterling Shepard College Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Accessed February 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Spotrac.com: Sterling Shepard. Retrieved February 28, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Sterling Shepard. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Sterling Shepard. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Ryan Aber: Report on newsok.com. November 17, 2014, accessed March 19, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Shepard, Sterling |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shepard, Sterling Clay (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , United States |