
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
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, 2016Honors
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | West Virginia | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | 47 |
| 2015 | West Virginia | 37 | 887 | 24.0 | 9 | 70 |
| 2016 | West Virginia | 43 | 951 | 22.1 | 8 | 71 |
| Career | 84 | 1,898 | 22.6 | 17 | 71 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | West Virginia | 13 | 250 | 0 |
| 2015 | West Virginia | 11 | 361 | 1 |
| 2016 | West Virginia | 29 | 633 | 0 |
| Career | 53 | 1,244 | 1 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | West Virginia | 1 | WR | |
| 2014 | West Virginia | 1 | WR | |
| 2015 | West Virginia | 1 | WR | |
| 2016 | West Virginia | 1 | WR | 6′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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | West Virginia | 5 | 0.42 | – | – | 2.1 | – |
| 2015 | West Virginia | 74 | 0.62 | 66th (n=465) | 0.53 | 46.2 | 8% |
| 2016 | West Virginia | 70 | 0.77 | 83rd (n=489) | 0.52 | 54.1 | 7% |
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
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 26–11 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 64 |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 38–21 | 6 | 171 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 35–32 | 4 | 144 | 0 | 6 | 119 |
| Oct 1 | vs. | W 17–16 | 3 | 104 | 0 | 3 | 56 |
| Oct 15 | at | W 48–17 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Oct 22 | vs. | W 34–10 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 53 |
| Oct 29 | at | L 20–37 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| Nov 5 | vs. | W 48–21 | 4 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 81 |
| Nov 12 | at | W 24–20 | 4 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| Nov 19 | vs. | L 28–56 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 4 | 86 |
| Nov 26 | at | W 49–19 | 3 | 161 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Dec 3 | vs. | W 24–21 | – | – | – | 2 | 42 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. | L 14–31 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
2015 West Virginia 11 games, 37 catches, 887 yards, 9 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. | W 44–0 | 3 | 130 | 1 | – | – |
| Sep 12 | vs. | W 41–17 | 3 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| Sep 26 | vs. | W 45–6 | 6 | 118 | 2 | – | – |
| Oct 3 | at | L 24–44 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| Oct 10 | vs. | L 26–33 | 5 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
| Oct 17 | at | L 38–62 | 3 | 92 | 1 | 5 | 185 |
| Oct 29 | at | L 10–40 | 2 | 36 | 1 | – | – |
| Nov 21 | at | W 49–0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | – | – |
| Nov 28 | vs. | W 30–6 | 6 | 148 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| Dec 5 | at | L 23–24 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | W 43–42 | 4 | 143 | 1 | – | – |
2014 West Virginia 6 games, 13 returns, 250 yards
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2017 | Combine or pro day 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10¾″ | |
| Weight | 191 lb | |
| Arm length | 32″ | |
| Hand size | 8⅞″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.50 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 s | |
| Vertical jump | 32″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′10″ | |
| Bench press | 8 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.83 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.20 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.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 2018 | Philadelphia Eagles | 5 | 1 | 48 | 0 |
| NFL career | 7 | 3 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | CFL | BC 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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