Shelton Gibson in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, West Virginia, 2013–⁠16

Shelton Gibson

Number
No. 1
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Cleveland Heights, OH
Born
Mar 20, 1995, in Cleveland, Ohio

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Shelton Gibson played receiver at West Virginia (2013–⁠16). The Philadelphia Eagles took Gibson in round 5, No. 166 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
951
Receiving yards, 2016 (West Virginia, 10–⁠3)
Best game
171 yards
Vs. Youngstown State, week 2, 2016: No. 3 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 166
Round 5, 2017 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Career highs

6catches, career highfour times; last vs. Youngstown State, 2016171receiving yards, career highvs. Youngstown State, 20162receiving touchdowns, career highfour times; last at Iowa State, 2016

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014West Virginia46015.0047
2015West Virginia3788724.0970
2016West Virginia4395122.1871
Career841,89822.61771

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2014West Virginia132500
2015West Virginia113611
2016West Virginia296330
Career531,2441

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013West Virginia1WR
2014West Virginia1WR
2015West Virginia1WR
2016West Virginia1WR6′0″

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
2014West Virginia50.42––2.1–
2015West Virginia740.6266th (n=465)0.5346.28%
2016West Virginia700.7783rd (n=489)0.5254.17%

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

2016 West Virginia 13 games, 43 catches, 951 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYds
Sep 3vs.MissouriW 26–⁠116390264
Sep 10vs.Youngstown StateW 38–⁠2161712117
Sep 24vs.BYUW 35–⁠32414406119
Oct 1vs.Kansas StateW 17–⁠1631040356
Oct 15atTexas TechW 48–⁠174140125
Oct 22vs.TCUW 34–⁠102291253
Oct 29atOklahoma StateL 20–⁠372331127
Nov 5vs.KansasW 48–⁠2141022281
Nov 12atTexasW 24–⁠204650225
Nov 19vs.OklahomaL 28–⁠562650486
Nov 26atIowa StateW 49–⁠1931612111
Dec 3vs.BaylorW 24–⁠21–––242
Dec 28 ✦vs.MiamiL 14–⁠313240227
2015 West Virginia 11 games, 37 catches, 887 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYds
Sep 5vs.Georgia SouthernW 44–⁠031301––
Sep 12vs.LibertyW 41–⁠173811125
Sep 26vs.MarylandW 45–⁠661182––
Oct 3atOklahomaL 24–⁠443350230
Oct 10vs.Oklahoma StateL 26–⁠335841132
Oct 17atBaylorL 38–⁠6239215185
Oct 29atTCUL 10–⁠402361––
Nov 21atKansasW 49–⁠0190––
Nov 28vs.Iowa StateW 30–⁠661481153
Dec 5atKansas StateL 23–⁠241110136
Jan 2 ✦vs.Arizona StateW 43–⁠4241431––
2014 West Virginia 6 games, 13 returns, 250 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYds
Aug 30vs.AlabamaL 23–⁠33140––
Sep 6vs.TowsonW 54–⁠0290––
Oct 18vs.BaylorW 41–⁠27–––481
Nov 1vs.TCUL 30–⁠31–––19
Nov 20vs.Kansas StateL 20–⁠26–––6130
Dec 29 ✦vs.Texas A&ML 37–⁠451470230

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height5′10¾″
Weight191 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size8⅞″
40-yard dash4.50 s
10-yard split1.56 s
Vertical jump32″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press8 reps
3-cone drill6.83 s
20-yard shuttle4.20 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

2 seasons, 7 games with a stat; latest team: Carolina Panthers.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2017Philadelphia Eagles22110
2018Philadelphia Eagles51480
NFL career73590

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

YearsLeagueTeam
2022CFLBC Lions *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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