Defensive line, Missouri, 2011–14
Shane Ray
Lettered 2012–14 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 56
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 245 lb
- Hometown
- Shawnee Mission, KS
- Born
- May 18, 1993, in Denison, Iowa
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Shane Ray played defensive line at Missouri (2011–14). He was a consensus All‑American in 2014. The Denver Broncos took Ray in the first round, No. 23 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013N | 14 | 27 | 12 | 39 | 9 | 4.5 | 2 | – |
| On file | 35 | 20 | 55 | 11.5 | 4.5 | 2 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). 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.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2015 | Combine or pro day 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅝″ | |
| Weight | 245 lb | |
| Arm length | 33⅛″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.65 s | |
| Vertical jump | 33″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ | |
| Bench press | 21 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.60 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.58 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
4 seasons, 44 games with a stat; latest team: Denver Broncos.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Denver Broncos | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 46 | 8 | 0 |
| 2017 | Denver Broncos | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | Denver Broncos | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| NFL career | 44 | 92 | 14 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts |
| 2025 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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