Sterling Shepard

#3 · WR · Oklahoma5′10″ · Oklahoma City, OK · Heritage Hall

Sterling Shepard: WR · Oklahoma · #3.

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Sterling Shepard

WR · Oklahoma · #3

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Two seasons in the Oklahoma receiving corps to date. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Big 12 again in 2015. A game that shows it: 183 receiving yards and 11 receptions against Kansas — Week 9, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Oklahoma in the news

Witten named Oklahoma OCFOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Nov 3
Venables admits team embarrassingNov 3
South Carolina DB, RB out for Oklahoma gameOn3 Oct 29
Oklahoma player dies from injuryABC News Oct 28

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Oklahoma	86	1,288	15.0	11	74
2014	Oklahoma	51	970	19.0	5	75
Career		137	2,258	16.5	16	75

Season	Team
2015	Oklahoma	1	5	--	148
2014	Oklahoma	8	41	4	73
Career		9	46	4	221

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 41-3vs Akron	3	68	22.7	0	38
Wk 2	W 31-24@ No. 23 Tennessee	7	74	10.6	2	19	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 52-38vs Tulsa	8	144	18.0	0	44	144-yard receiving day
Wk 5	W 44-24vs No. 23 West Virginia	2	35	17.5	1	28
Wk 6	L 17-24vs Texas	6	95	15.8	0	50
Wk 7	W 55-0@ Kansas State	4	83	20.8	2	28	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 63-27vs Texas Tech	2	50	25.0	0	33
Wk 9	W 62-7@ Kansas	11	183	16.6	1	41	Season-high 183 yds
Wk 10	W 52-16vs Iowa State	4	94	23.5	1	74
Wk 11	W 44-34@ No. 4 Baylor	14	177	12.6	2	39	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 30-29vs No. 11 TCU	8	111	13.9	1	32
Wk 13	W 58-23@ No. 9 Oklahoma State	10	87	8.7	1	17
Bowl	L 17-37vs No. 1 Clemson	7	87	12.4	0	27
Total		86	1288	15.0	11	74

Signature game

Week 11 · 2015

W 44-34

at Baylor

14 rec · 177 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Baylor on the road in a shootout.

With B. Mayfield — 270 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 85.7 · 76 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · A. Seibert — 41.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 54 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Iowa State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.01Mayfield to Shepard: a 74-yard touchdown pass.
Week 11 · Baylor · 2nd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +4.07Baker Mayfield pass complete to Sterling Shepard for 39 yds for a TD, (Austin Seibert PAT MISSED)
Week 5 · West Virginia · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +3.48Baker Mayfield pass complete to Sterling Shepard for 28 yds for a TD, (Austin Seibert KICK)
Week 9 · Kansas · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Baker Mayfield pass complete to Sterling Shepard for 23 yds to the Kans 43 for a KANSAS Penalty, personal foul (Bazie Bates IV) to the Kans 42 for a
Week 12 · TCU · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.96Baker Mayfield pass complete to Sterling Shepard for 21 yds for a TD, (Austin Seibert KICK)
Week 2 · Tennessee · 3rd and 3 · Q6 · EPA +2.89Baker Mayfield pass complete to Sterling Shepard for 18 yds for a TD, (Austin Seibert KICK)

4 more plays

Week 11 · Baylor · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.88Baker Mayfield pass complete to Sterling Shepard for 7 yds for a TD, (Austin Seibert KICK)
Week 11 · Baylor · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +2.85Baker Mayfield pass complete to Sterling Shepard for 16 yds to the Bayl 41 for a
Week 1 · Akron · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.77Baker Mayfield pass complete to Sterling Shepard for 38 yds to the Akron 31 for a
Week 7 · Kansas State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Mayfield to Shepard: a 28-yard touchdown pass.

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Bob Stoops — 19-7 over that span.

2014Oklahoma8-5HC: Bob Stoops · Run-leaning

2015Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (85th percentile). Strength: rec yards (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#106 / 684 · 85th pct

0.75

Catch rate#168 / 684 · 76th pct

73.6%

Yards / catch#182 / 684 · 73rd pct

14.2

TD rate#200 / 684 · 71st pct

6.4%

Explosive rate#201 / 684 · 71st pct

14.5%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#13 / 521 · 98th pct

1288

Rec TDs#11 / 521 · 98th pct

Receptions#20 / 521 · 96th pct

Long catch#62 / 521 · 88th pct

Yards / catch#139 / 521 · 73rd pct

15.0

Rush TDs#54 / 247 · 39th pct

Rush yards#165 / 247 · 32nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

71st → 85th percentile

Explosive rate

91st → 71st percentile

Catch rate

30th → 76th percentile

TD rate

46th → 71st percentile

Yards / catch

92nd → 73rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.5	83.7	20.1	0.5
Road5g	9.2	121	13.9	1.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.3	83.7	16.8	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	8.2	117	16.7	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Bob Stoops

Pass share

43.8%

438 pass / 563 run

Plays / game

77.0

13 games

Team sack rate

8.4%

487 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Sterling Shepard

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Oklahoma in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Oklahoma, drafted

2012

2014 11 games

2015 13 games

2016