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Jersey Number 22
Travis Shelton
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- High School:
- South Plantation
Bio
Fifth-year senior ... averaged 196.7 all-purpose yards per game in 2006, which would have led the nation (if he played in 75% of team[apos]s games) ahead of NIU[apos]s Garrett Wolfe (167.46) ... would also have ranked fifth nationally with a 28.8 kickoff return average in 2006 if he were eligible for NCAA rankings ... had more kickoff returns (27) in 2006 than every player ranked in the top 10.
Honors: Second-team All-MAC?kickoff returner ... second-team All-MAC?kickoff returner by Phil Steele ... 2008 ECAC?All-Star ... named the coaches[apos] special teams player of the game twice in 2008 (Penn State, Kent State) ... 2007 first-team preseason All-American KR according to Phil Steele[apos]s College Football Preview ... also earned first-team All-MAC at WR and KR from Phil Steele[apos]s ... 2006 ECAC All-Star as both a wide receiver and return specialist, the only player on the squad to earn selection at two positions ... Temple[apos]s 2006 Special Teams MVP.
008: Played in 11 games with four starts ... finished his career with a school record 2,507 KOR yards, surpassing Mike Palys (1985-88) who had 1,590 kickoff return yards ... finished as the national leader with 31.30 average while helping Temple to a No. 1 finish nationally as a team ... had two receptions for 45 yards, including a 27-yard catch, at Army ... named a game captain for the Connecticut game ... led all receivers against the Huskies with four catches for 42 yards ... also returned two kickoffs for 54 yards, including a 31-yard return ... had four receptions for 39 yards at Buffalo ... also returned five kickoffs for 124 yards, including a 24-yard return ... had three receptions for 23 yards, including a 19-yard catch, at No. 16/15 Penn State ... also had a season-high 149 yards on three returns, including a season-long 74-yard run, against the Nittany Lions ... named the coaches[apos] special teams player of the game ... had two catches against?Western Michigan ... returned three kickoffs for 73 yards in the win at Miami, including a 39-yard return ... had three receptions for 50 yards, including a 19-yard catch, at Navy ... at Kent State, had two returns, including a 92-yard touchdown to open the second half of play ... named the coaches[apos] special teams player of the game ... only kicked to twice n the win over EMU for 83 yards, making a 61-yard return ... had a 14-yard return in the win over Akron ... lettered.
2007: Played in all 12 games with three starts ... received the starting nod at?WR against Buffalo, Miami (OH), and Ohio ... also the Owls[apos] top kick returner ... finished with 34 returns for 744 yards ... long was a 51-yard return against Buffalo ... finished third in team rushing with 136 yards on 16 carries ... team leader in all-purpose yardage with 1,013 yards (84.4 yards per game) ... led TU in rushing against Navy with three carries for 37 yards ... had four rushes for a career-best 39 yards, including a career-long 31-yard run, at Connecticut ... scored a two-point conversion at Bowling Green ... had five catches for 50 yards, including a 20-yard reception, against No. 25 Penn State ... made three catches in the win over Kent State ... lettered.
2006: Played in six games with five starts as a third-year sophomore ... played the final six games of the season, starting versus Clemson, BGSU, CMU, Penn State, and Navy ... caught 20 passes for 344 yards (17.2 avg.) and three TDs ... returned 27 kickoffs for 778 yards (28.8 avg.) and one score ... rushed six times for 44 yards (7.3 avg.) ... returned two punts for 14 yards (7.0 avg.) ... generated 1,180 all-purpose yards ... set the school record and had the second most return yards in the NCAA, when he returned five kickoffs for 205 yards vs. Clemson in his first action since the 2004 campaign ... broke the record held by Lew Lawhorn, who had 178 return yards in a 35-0 win over Boston College in 1992 ... at NIU caught seven passes for 204 yards while generating 311 all-purpose yards, marking the second most receiving yards in a game in school history after Van Johnson[apos]s 214 yards at Pittsburgh in 1996 and just the second 200-plus yard performance for an Owl WR ... named the Wrangler College Football National Player of the Week by The Sporting News versus Bowling Green when he opened the scoring with a 43-yard TD grab before closing the scoring and sealing the win with a 96-yard kickoff return to pay dirt ... 96-yard return tied for the longest in the modern era of Owl football (since 1971) with Paul Loughran[apos]s return against Boston University in 1971 and was Temple[apos]s first kick returned to pay dirt since Makonnen[apos]s Fenton[apos]s 94-yarder against UConn in 2002 ... versus CMU, had a game-high eight catches for 76 yards ... at PSU, posted 132 yards on five kickoffs, including a 42-yard return from deep in the end zone ... at Navy, returned a punt 18 yards and six kickoffs 122 yards with a long of 42 ... named the coaching staff[apos]s special teams player of the game versus Clemson and BGSU ... second-team preseason All-Independent choice by Phil Steele[apos]s ... lettered.
2005: Redshirted as a second-year sophomore.
2004: Played in seven games as a true freshman ... one of four true freshmen to see game action for the Owls ... made four receptions for 77 yards (19.2 avg.) and rushed twice for 24 yards (12.0 avg.) ... returned 13 kickoffs for 265 yards (20.4 avg.) ... made 56-yard TD reception from Mike McGann versus BGSU to register first career score ... competed in the 100m during the 2004-05 indoor season for the Owls[apos] track team ... lettered.
High School: A 2004 graduate of South Plantation (Fla.) HS ... 2003 Miami Herald Honorable Mention All-Broward 6A-4A honoree on both offense and defense under head coach Mike Maloney ... played WR, RB and returned both punts and kickoffs ... returned four kickoffs for TDs and two punts for scores ... caught nine passes for 97 yards and three TDs while rushing eight times for 83 yards in the regular season ... played in the BCAA All-Star Classic ... three-year varsity football letterwinner ... competed in the 2003 Nike Indoor Championship in Landover, Md. ... placed eighth nationally in the 60m ... Herald Honorable Mention All-County and BCAA first-team track honoree in the 100m ... district 100m champion.
Personal: Born April 23, 1985 ... mother is Shirley Jones ... ... has elite 4.27 speed (clocked at Nike Combine) despite having asthma ... has three first cousins (Chicago DB Devin Hester, New England DB Jarvis Herring, and Cleveland LB Andra Davis) that play in the NFL ... races Hester in the 100m every year at the annual family picnic ... African-American studies major.
Honors: Second-team All-MAC?kickoff returner ... second-team All-MAC?kickoff returner by Phil Steele ... 2008 ECAC?All-Star ... named the coaches[apos] special teams player of the game twice in 2008 (Penn State, Kent State) ... 2007 first-team preseason All-American KR according to Phil Steele[apos]s College Football Preview ... also earned first-team All-MAC at WR and KR from Phil Steele[apos]s ... 2006 ECAC All-Star as both a wide receiver and return specialist, the only player on the squad to earn selection at two positions ... Temple[apos]s 2006 Special Teams MVP.
008: Played in 11 games with four starts ... finished his career with a school record 2,507 KOR yards, surpassing Mike Palys (1985-88) who had 1,590 kickoff return yards ... finished as the national leader with 31.30 average while helping Temple to a No. 1 finish nationally as a team ... had two receptions for 45 yards, including a 27-yard catch, at Army ... named a game captain for the Connecticut game ... led all receivers against the Huskies with four catches for 42 yards ... also returned two kickoffs for 54 yards, including a 31-yard return ... had four receptions for 39 yards at Buffalo ... also returned five kickoffs for 124 yards, including a 24-yard return ... had three receptions for 23 yards, including a 19-yard catch, at No. 16/15 Penn State ... also had a season-high 149 yards on three returns, including a season-long 74-yard run, against the Nittany Lions ... named the coaches[apos] special teams player of the game ... had two catches against?Western Michigan ... returned three kickoffs for 73 yards in the win at Miami, including a 39-yard return ... had three receptions for 50 yards, including a 19-yard catch, at Navy ... at Kent State, had two returns, including a 92-yard touchdown to open the second half of play ... named the coaches[apos] special teams player of the game ... only kicked to twice n the win over EMU for 83 yards, making a 61-yard return ... had a 14-yard return in the win over Akron ... lettered.
2007: Played in all 12 games with three starts ... received the starting nod at?WR against Buffalo, Miami (OH), and Ohio ... also the Owls[apos] top kick returner ... finished with 34 returns for 744 yards ... long was a 51-yard return against Buffalo ... finished third in team rushing with 136 yards on 16 carries ... team leader in all-purpose yardage with 1,013 yards (84.4 yards per game) ... led TU in rushing against Navy with three carries for 37 yards ... had four rushes for a career-best 39 yards, including a career-long 31-yard run, at Connecticut ... scored a two-point conversion at Bowling Green ... had five catches for 50 yards, including a 20-yard reception, against No. 25 Penn State ... made three catches in the win over Kent State ... lettered.
2006: Played in six games with five starts as a third-year sophomore ... played the final six games of the season, starting versus Clemson, BGSU, CMU, Penn State, and Navy ... caught 20 passes for 344 yards (17.2 avg.) and three TDs ... returned 27 kickoffs for 778 yards (28.8 avg.) and one score ... rushed six times for 44 yards (7.3 avg.) ... returned two punts for 14 yards (7.0 avg.) ... generated 1,180 all-purpose yards ... set the school record and had the second most return yards in the NCAA, when he returned five kickoffs for 205 yards vs. Clemson in his first action since the 2004 campaign ... broke the record held by Lew Lawhorn, who had 178 return yards in a 35-0 win over Boston College in 1992 ... at NIU caught seven passes for 204 yards while generating 311 all-purpose yards, marking the second most receiving yards in a game in school history after Van Johnson[apos]s 214 yards at Pittsburgh in 1996 and just the second 200-plus yard performance for an Owl WR ... named the Wrangler College Football National Player of the Week by The Sporting News versus Bowling Green when he opened the scoring with a 43-yard TD grab before closing the scoring and sealing the win with a 96-yard kickoff return to pay dirt ... 96-yard return tied for the longest in the modern era of Owl football (since 1971) with Paul Loughran[apos]s return against Boston University in 1971 and was Temple[apos]s first kick returned to pay dirt since Makonnen[apos]s Fenton[apos]s 94-yarder against UConn in 2002 ... versus CMU, had a game-high eight catches for 76 yards ... at PSU, posted 132 yards on five kickoffs, including a 42-yard return from deep in the end zone ... at Navy, returned a punt 18 yards and six kickoffs 122 yards with a long of 42 ... named the coaching staff[apos]s special teams player of the game versus Clemson and BGSU ... second-team preseason All-Independent choice by Phil Steele[apos]s ... lettered.
2005: Redshirted as a second-year sophomore.
2004: Played in seven games as a true freshman ... one of four true freshmen to see game action for the Owls ... made four receptions for 77 yards (19.2 avg.) and rushed twice for 24 yards (12.0 avg.) ... returned 13 kickoffs for 265 yards (20.4 avg.) ... made 56-yard TD reception from Mike McGann versus BGSU to register first career score ... competed in the 100m during the 2004-05 indoor season for the Owls[apos] track team ... lettered.
High School: A 2004 graduate of South Plantation (Fla.) HS ... 2003 Miami Herald Honorable Mention All-Broward 6A-4A honoree on both offense and defense under head coach Mike Maloney ... played WR, RB and returned both punts and kickoffs ... returned four kickoffs for TDs and two punts for scores ... caught nine passes for 97 yards and three TDs while rushing eight times for 83 yards in the regular season ... played in the BCAA All-Star Classic ... three-year varsity football letterwinner ... competed in the 2003 Nike Indoor Championship in Landover, Md. ... placed eighth nationally in the 60m ... Herald Honorable Mention All-County and BCAA first-team track honoree in the 100m ... district 100m champion.
Personal: Born April 23, 1985 ... mother is Shirley Jones ... ... has elite 4.27 speed (clocked at Nike Combine) despite having asthma ... has three first cousins (Chicago DB Devin Hester, New England DB Jarvis Herring, and Cleveland LB Andra Davis) that play in the NFL ... races Hester in the 100m every year at the annual family picnic ... African-American studies major.
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