Shelton Gibson

Former wide receiver at West Virginia. 2016: 43 catches, 951 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · West Virginia · #1

6′0″ · Cleveland Heights, OH

Philadelphia — drafted 2017, Rd 5, Pick 22, #166 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 137 nationally · Signed with West Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at West Virginia. 2016: 43 catches, 951 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to West Virginia in 2013.
Drafted round 5 by the Philadelphia in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at West Virginia, 1,898 receiving yards — drafted at #166 overall by Philadelphia.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 171 yds vs Youngstown State.Youngstown State · W 38-212016

2013

Signed with West Virginia4-star out of Cleveland Heights

2017

Drafted by Philadelphiaround 5, pick 166

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#137 national

CFB

College

West Virginia

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #166

Philadelphia · 2017

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

Played his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PhiladelphiaEntering 10th NFL season

#166Rd 5 · Pick 22

PhiladelphiaEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 25-14 over that span.

2014West Virginia7-6HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced, fast tempo

2015West Virginia8-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2016West Virginia10-3HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (99th percentile). Strength: rec yards (91st percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#5 / 524 · 99th pct

22.1

Rec yards#47 / 524 · 91st pct

951

Rec TDs#46 / 524 · 90th pct

Long catch#100 / 524 · 80th pct

Receptions#155 / 524 · 70th pct

Rush yards#94 / 257 · 63rd pct

Rush TDs#56 / 257 · 39th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.4	81.8	25.5	0.6
Road5g	3.2	59.4	19.6	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.3	82.7	19.5	0.3
Weeks 8+7g	2.4	65.0	26.5	0.9

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	West Virginia	43	951	22.1	8	--
2015	West Virginia	37	887	24.0	9	--
2014	West Virginia	4	60	15.0	0	--
Career		84	1,898	22.6	17	--

Season	Team
2016	West Virginia	2	29	633	--	--
2015	West Virginia	--	--	361	--	--
2014	West Virginia	--	--	250	--	--
Career		2	29	1,244	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2016

W 24–21

vs Baylor

4 rush yds (1 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With B. Kinney — 33 AVG · 42 LONG · 7 NO · J. Crawford — 209 rush yds (28 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week