Defensive back, Miami, 2006–09
Sam Shields
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 6′0″
- Hometown
- Sarasota, FL
Sam Shields played defensive back at Miami (2006–09).
Career highs
6catches, career highfour times; last at Virginia Tech, 2007117receiving yards, career highvs. Texas A&M, 20072receiving touchdowns, career highat Duke, 2006Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 10 | 28 | 13 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| On file | 36 | 15 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
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.
Game by game
2009 Miami 1 game, 1 return, 84 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Wisconsin | L 14–20 | – | – | – | – | – |
2008 Miami 7 games, 11 catches, 124 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs. Charleston Southern | W 52–7 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Sep 20 | at Texas A&M | W 41–23 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Sep 27 | vs. North Carolina | L 24–28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Oct 4 | vs. Florida State | L 39–41 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Oct 25 | vs. Wake Forest | W 16–10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Nov 1 | at Virginia | W 24–17 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Nov 20 | at Georgia Tech | L 23–41 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | – |
2007 Miami 6 games, 27 catches, 346 yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | at Oklahoma | L 13–51 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Sep 20 | vs.Texas A&M | W 34–17 | 6 | 117 | 0 | 51 | – |
| Oct 6 | atNorth Carolina | L 27–33 | 5 | 80 | 1 | 26 | – |
| Oct 13 | vs.Georgia Tech | L 14–17 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 10 | – |
| Nov 17 | at Virginia Tech | L 14–44 | 6 | 81 | 0 | 46 | – |
| Nov 24 | at Boston College | L 14–28 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 17 | – |
2006 Miami 13 games, 37 catches, 501 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs.Florida State | L 10–13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Sep 9 | vs. Florida A&M | W 51–10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Sep 16 | at Louisville | L 7–31 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 49 | – |
| Sep 30 | vs. Houston | W 14–13 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Oct 7 | vs.North Carolina | W 27–7 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 37 | – |
| Oct 14 | vs. Florida International | W 35–0 | 6 | 88 | 0 | 54 | – |
| Oct 21 | at Duke | W 20–15 | 6 | 88 | 2 | 43 | −6 |
| Oct 28 | atGeorgia Tech | L 23–30 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Nov 4 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 10–17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Nov 11 | at Maryland | L 13–14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Nov 18 | atVirginia | L 7–17 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Nov 23 | vs.Boston College | W 17–14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | −3 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Nevada | W 21–20 | 4 | 101 | 1 | 78 | −2 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2010 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′10¾″ |
| Weight | 184 lb |
| 40-yard dash | 4.30 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 sW |
| Vertical jump | 39″ |
| Broad jump | 11′1″ |
| Bench press | 15 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.79 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.19 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
Pro Bowl: 2014
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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