Will Shields

Will Shields
Shields at Whiteman Air Force Base (2014)
Position (s): Guard	Jersey number (s): 68
born September 15, 1971 in Fort Riley , Kansas
Career information
Active : 1993 - 2006
NFL Draft : 1993 / Round: 3 / Pick: 74
College : Nebraska-Lincoln
Teams
Kansas City Chiefs ( 1993 - 2006 )
Career statistics
Games	224
as a starter	223
Fumbles brought back	6th
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
12 × Pro Bowl (1995-2006) 3 × 1st team All-Pro (1999, 2002, 2003) 4 × 2nd team All-Pro (1997, 2004-2006) Walter Payton Man of the Year Award (2003) NFL 2000s All-Decade Team Chiefs Hall of Fame Outland Trophy (1992) College Football Hall of Fame (2011) Pro Football Hall of Fame (2015)
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

Will Herthie Shields (* 15. September 1971 in Fort Riley , Kansas ) is a former American American football poker players. He played from 1993 to 2006 in the National Football League (NFL) for the Kansas City Chiefs on the position of guard . With 224 completed games, Shields holds the Chiefs record for the most games played. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame .

Football career

Will Shields was selected 74th in the third round of the 1993 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs , having played for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College Football from 1989 to 1992 . In his senior year with the Nebraska Cornhuskers , he won the Outland Trophy for best college football player to play on the defensive line or on the offensive line .

After he had to stand in as a substitute for Dave Szott as left guard in his first game and as an unknown rookie to protect the not youngest starting quarterback and three-time Super Bowl MVP Joe Montana and ensure that he stayed healthy, he was from the second game against the Houston Oilers on September 12, 1993 starter in the position of the right guard. Since then he played continuously as a starter until the end of his career in the Chiefs' offensive line. After his last game for the Chiefs on January 6, 2007 against the Indianapolis Colts , he started in 223 consecutive regular season and eight play-off games. Only four players ( Brett Favre (297), Jim Marshall (270), Mick Tingelhoff (240) and Bruce Matthews (229)) have played more consecutive games as regular season starters than Shields. Even if the various offensive lines around Shields were always among the best in the league, in 2002 the Chiefs scored the most points of all teams, and in 2004 the most yards, the Chiefs failed to take part in a Super Bowl during this time . They were able to win the division title four times and with their participation in the AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills in their rookie season they came very close to the final, but the game was clearly lost at 13:30.

During the 14 years in Kansas City , it was his job as a guard to protect the quarterbacks from sacks, among other things, and to block the way for running backs . Shields blocked a number of successful running backs during his time, from Marcus Allen to Priest Holmes to Larry Johnson . Allen was awarded the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award in 1993 for his achievements and Holmes was able to increase Marshall Faulk's NFL record for rushing touchdowns to 27 in 2003 . In addition, Holmes ran more than 1,000 yards every year from 2001 to 2003 , which Johnson was able to repeat in 2005 and 2006 with good block work.

That Shields performed excellently is also evidenced by the fact that he was elected to the Pro Bowl , the NFL's all-star game, every year from 1995 until his retirement in 2006 .

Off the field

During his rookie season, Shields and his wife Senia founded the Will To Succeed Foundation , which is concerned with schooling, promoting creativity in young students, and helping children in need and abused women. This work helped more than 100,000 people by 2015. In 2003 he was honored for his social commitment a. a. honored with the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award through his foundation .

Private

Shields is married to his wife Senia and they have three children together. His son, Shavon , played for the Fraport Skyliners in the 2016/17 Bundesliga basketball season . He currently plays for the Aquila Basket Trento in the Lega Basket Serie A .

Awards

After his football career, Shields received numerous awards for his achievements. In 2011 he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame , in 2012 he was inducted into the Chiefs Hall of Fame as the 42nd member and finally into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015 .

Web links

• Will Shields at pro-football-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Sean Tomlinson: Remembering Will Shields' Hall of Fame Career. bleacherreport.com, August 6, 2015, accessed July 14, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Stefan Feldmann: Legends - Offensive Linemen: Will Shields. bigplay.ch, June 27, 2015, accessed on July 14, 2018 . 
3. ^ Will Shields: Game Logs at NFL.com. In: nfl.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018 . 
4. ↑ 2002 NFL Standings & Team Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com. In: pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018 . 
5. ↑ 2004 NFL Standings & Team Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com. In: pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Len Pasquarelli: Chiefs' Shields retires after stellar career. In: espn.com. April 16, 2007, accessed July 15, 2018 . 
7. ^ Hall of Fame Inductees 1951-2017. (PDF) In: footballfoundation.org. Retrieved July 16, 2018 . 
8. ^ Will Shields to be inducted into Chiefs Hall of Fame. In: kctv5.com. March 4, 2012, accessed July 15, 2018 . 
9. ↑ 2017 Kansas City Chiefs Media Guide. (PDF) In: chiefs.com. Retrieved June 22, 2018 .