Justin Shorter with the Las Vegas Raiders, 2025
With the Las Vegas Raiders, 2025. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Florida (from Penn State), 2018–⁠22

Justin Shorter

Number
No. 4
Height
6′4″
Weight
223 lb
Class (2022)
Junior
Hometown
Monmouth Junction, NJ
Born
Apr 17, 2000

Justin Shorter played receiver at Penn State (2018–⁠19) and Florida (2020–⁠22). The Buffalo Bills took Shorter in round 5, No. 150 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
577
Receiving yards, 2022 (Florida, 6–⁠7)
Drafted
No. 150
Round 5, 2023 NFL Draft (Buffalo Bills)

Career highs

8catches, career highat Vanderbilt, 2022155receiving yards, career highat Tennessee, 20222receiving touchdowns, career highat LSU, 2021

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2018Penn State3206.7012
2019Penn State1213711.4018
2020Florida2526810.7346
2021Florida4155013.4352
2022Florida2957719.9275
Career1101,55214.1875

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksPDHur
2019Penn State220000
2020Florida540000
2021Florida930000
2022Florida110000
Career17100000

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2018Penn State4WRYr 1
2019Penn State4WRYr 2
2020Florida4WRYr 3
2021Florida4WRYr 4
2022Florida4WRJr. (Yr 5)6′4″223

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2018Penn State50.30––1.5–
2019Penn State150.45––6.8–
2020Florida350.5955th (n=346)0.5520.74%
2021Florida540.7765th (n=410)0.6741.46%
2022Florida490.7859th (n=683)0.7138.19%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2022 Florida 9 games, 29 catches, 577 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDTklSacksPD
Sep 3vs.UtahW 29–⁠262250–––
Sep 10vs.KentuckyL 16–⁠262260100
Sep 17vs.South FloridaW 31–⁠282330–––
Sep 24atTennesseeL 33–⁠3871550–––
Oct 2vs.Eastern WashingtonW 52–⁠171751–––
Oct 8vs.MissouriW 24–⁠171200–––
Oct 15vs.LSUL 35–⁠453711–––
Oct 29vs.GeorgiaL 20–⁠423660–––
Nov 19atVanderbiltL 24–⁠3181060–––
2021 Florida 12 games, 41 catches, 550 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDTklSacksPD
Sep 4vs.Florida AtlanticW 35–⁠144110–––
Sep 11atSouth FloridaW 42–⁠202230100
Sep 25vs.TennesseeW 38–⁠143540100
Oct 2atKentuckyL 13–⁠203190–––
Oct 9vs.VanderbiltW 42–⁠0190100
Oct 16atLSUL 42–⁠4961132200
Oct 30vs.GeorgiaL 7–⁠344500–––
Nov 6atSouth CarolinaL 17–⁠405920–––
Nov 13vs.SamfordW 70–⁠526930–––
Nov 20atMissouriL 23–⁠242220100
Nov 27vs.Florida StateW 24–⁠212101100
Dec 23 ✦vs.UCFL 17–⁠293540200
2020 Florida 11 games, 25 catches, 268 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDTklSacksPD
Sep 26atOle MissW 51–⁠35280–––
Oct 3vs.South CarolinaW 38–⁠242160–––
Oct 10atTexas A&ML 38–⁠412220–––
Oct 31vs.MissouriW 41–⁠17121–––
Nov 7vs.GeorgiaW 44–⁠283321100
Nov 14vs.ArkansasW 63–⁠351211–––
Nov 21atVanderbiltW 38–⁠175940–––
Nov 28vs.KentuckyW 34–⁠103210–––
Dec 5atTennesseeW 31–⁠193250100
Dec 12vs.LSUL 34–⁠37150100
Dec 30 ✦vs.OklahomaL 20–⁠552220200
2019 Penn State 8 games, 12 catches, 137 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDTklSacksPD
Aug 31vs.IdahoW 79–⁠73360–––
Sep 7vs.BuffaloW 45–⁠13190–––
Sep 14vs.PittsburghW 17–⁠102290–––
Sep 27atMarylandW 59–⁠01140–––
Oct 12atIowaW 17–⁠121120–––
Oct 26atMichigan StateW 28–⁠7190100
Nov 9atMinnesotaL 26–⁠31–––100
Nov 23atOhio StateL 17–⁠283280–––
2018 Penn State 3 games, 3 catches, 20 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDTklSacksPD
Nov 10vs.WisconsinW 22–⁠10130–––
Nov 17atRutgersW 20–⁠7––––––
Jan 1 ✦vs.KentuckyL 24–⁠272170–––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2023Combine or pro day 2023
Height6′4¼″
Weight229 lb
Arm length33¾″
Hand size10″
Wingspan82⅜″W
40-yard dash4.55 s
10-yard split1.59 s
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump10′6″
Bench press18 reps
3-cone drill7.35 sW
20-yard shuttle4.46 sW

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 4 games with a stat; latest team: Las Vegas Raiders.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2024Las Vegas Raiders1000
2025Las Vegas Raiders3000
NFL career4000

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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