Sterling Shepard
| No. 87 New York Giants | |
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| Position: | Wide receiver |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | February 10, 1994 |
| Place of birth: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Oklahoma City (OK) Heritage Hall |
| College: | Oklahoma |
| NFL draft: | 2016 / Round: 2 / Pick: 40 |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: | Active |
Sterling Shepard (born February 10, 1994) is an American football wide receiver for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma. Shepard was drafted 40th overall by the Giants in the 2nd round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
Early years
Shepard attended Heritage Hall School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where he rushed for 1,115 yards and caught 133 passes for 2335 yards and 38 touchdowns in his high school career. As a senior, he carried the ball 28 times for 303 yards and eight touchdowns and caught 73 passes for 1,243 yards and 17 touchdowns. Following his senior season, he was selected to the Under Armour All-American Game. Shepard also competed in basketball and track at Heritage. As a senior in 2011, he placed second in the long jump at the State Meet with a leap of 6.69 meters (21'11.5").[1]
Shepard was a consensus four-star recruit by ESPN.com, Rivals.com, 247sports.com and Scout.com. He committed to the University of Oklahoma to play college football.[2][3]
College career
As a true freshman at Oklahoma in 2012, Shepard played in all 13 games with four starts and had 45 receptions for 621 yards and three touchdowns.[4] As a sophomore in 2013, he started 12 of 13 games, recording 51 receptions for 603 yards and seven touchdowns.[5] Shepard started 12 of 13 games as a junior in 2014. After recording 49 receptions for 911 yards and five touchdowns through the first seven games of the season, he suffered a groin injury on a reception against Iowa State, which caused him to miss the rest of that game and the next week's game against Baylor and limited him to one reception for 13 yards during the final four games.[6][7] As a senior in 2015 he played in all 14 games and had 86 receptions for 1,288 yards and 11 touchdowns. For his career he had 233 receptions for 3,482 yards and 26 touchdowns.
Personal
His father, Derrick Shepard, played at Oklahoma and in the NFL from 1987 to 1991. He died when Sterling was six.[8][9][10] His uncles, Darrell (1980-81) and Woodie (1975-79), also played at Oklahoma.[11]
References
- ↑ "OK Preps Extra: 4A/3A State Track Results". OK Preps Extra.
- ↑ "Sterling Shepard".
- ↑ "Heritage Hall's Sterling Shepard commits to Oklahoma". NewsOK.com.
- ↑ "Shepard ready to build solid freshman campaign". OUDaily.com.
- ↑ "Sterling Shepard now front and center". Tulsa World.
- ↑ Oklahoma receiver Sterling Shepard ready for comeback
- ↑ "OU receiver Sterling Shepard patiently rehabs injury, takes it easy at bowl practice". Tulsa World.
- ↑ "Oklahoma football: Sterling Shepard has special bond with OU program". NewsOK.com.
- ↑ "Oklahoma's Sterling Shepard has fatherly connection to the New Orleans Saints; Sooners Sugar Bowl notebook". NOLA.com.
- ↑ "Oklahoma football: Sterling Shepard to make debut on same field where his late father played". NewsOK.com.
- ↑ "Oklahoma football: Poised to carry on the Shepard Sooner lineage". NewsOK.com.
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