No. 10 – Jacksonville Jaguars | |||||||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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Born: | Irving, Texas | October 5, 1998||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | DeSoto (DeSoto, Texas) | ||||||||
College: | Colorado (2017–2019) | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2020 / Round: 2 / Pick: 42 | ||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Laviska Terrell "Viska"[1] Shenault Jr. (born October 5, 1998) is an American football wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Colorado.
Shenault attended DeSoto High School in DeSoto, Texas, where he played high school football. As a senior, he had 46 receptions for 825 yards and nine touchdowns. He committed to the University of Colorado Boulder to play college football. Shenault also played basketball as a freshman in high school.[2]
As a freshman at Colorado in 2017, Shenault played in 12 games, recording seven receptions for 168 yards.[3] As a sophomore in 2018, he became a starter and recorded 11 receptions for 211 yards and a touchdown in the first game of the season against Colorado State.[4][5][6] Against Arizona State, he had 13 receptions for 127 yards with two receiving touchdowns and two rushing.[7] Following a 2019 season with 764 yards and 6 touchdowns, Shenault decided to forgo his senior year and declare for the 2020 NFL Draft.[8]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Bench press | Wonderlic | ||||
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6 ft 0+5⁄8 in (1.84 m) |
227 lb (103 kg) |
31+7⁄8 in (0.81 m) |
9 in (0.23 m) |
4.58 s | 1.61 s | 2.67 s | 17 reps | 14 | ||||
All values from NFL Combine[9] |
Shenault was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft with the 42nd overall pick.[10] In the first game of the 2020 season against the Indianapolis Colts, Shenault caught three passes for 37 yards and a touchdown. His 18-yard touchdown tied the game at 14 late in the second quarter of the 27–20 victory.[11]