#10

Trent Sherfield

Wide receiver for Vanderbilt. 2017: 50 catches, 729 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Vanderbilt · #10

6′1″ · 205 lb · Danville, IL

Vanderbilt 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 wide receiver for Vanderbilt. 2017: 50 catches, 729 receiving yards, 5 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Vanderbilt, 1,869 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 240 yds vs Austin Peay.Austin Peay · W 47-72015

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Vanderbilt

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Derek Mason

Vanderbilt

Played his entire career under Derek Mason.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Derek Mason — 18-31 over that span.

2014Vanderbilt3-9HC: Derek Mason · Balanced, slow tempo

2015Vanderbilt4-8HC: Derek Mason · Run-leaning

2016Vanderbilt6-7HC: Derek Mason · Run-leaning

2017Vanderbilt5-7HC: Derek Mason · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (91st percentile). Strength: rush tds (89th percentile). Concern: long catch (26th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#27 / 283 · 91st pct

Rush TDs#9 / 283 · 89th pct

Rec yards#87 / 539 · 84th pct

729

Receptions#100 / 539 · 81st pct

Rec TDs#112 / 539 · 76th pct

Yards / catch#183 / 539 · 66th pct

14.6

Long catch#391 / 539 · 26th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.4	59.6	13.4	0.3
Road5g	3.8	62.4	17.3	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	57.0	16.9	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	66.0	12.3	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clark Lea

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Vanderbilt	50	729	14.6	5	--
2016	Vanderbilt	34	472	13.9	1	--
2015	Vanderbilt	51	659	12.9	3	--
2014	Vanderbilt	1	9	9.0	0	--
Career		136	1,869	13.7	9	--

Season	Team
2017	Vanderbilt	8	92	--	--	--
2016	Vanderbilt	7	97	--	--	--
2015	Vanderbilt	4	55	--	--	--
2014	Vanderbilt	3	40	--	--	--
Career		22	284	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2017

W 14–7

vs Kansas State

4 rec · 97 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With S. Loy — 33 AVG · 41 LONG · 8 NO · K. Shurmur — 205 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.4

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-6@ Middle Tennessee	4	68	17.0	0	23
Wk 2	W 42-0vs Alabama A&M	4	69	17.3	1	25
Wk 3	W 14-7vs Kansas State	4	97	24.3	0	36	Season-high 97 yds
Wk 4	L 0-59vs Alabama	2	14	7.0	0	8
Wk 5	L 24-38@ Florida	2	39	19.5	0	28
Wk 6	L 14-45vs Georgia	4	47	11.8	0	18
Wk 7	L 35-57@ Ole Miss	3	65	21.7	1	38
Wk 9	L 27-34@ South Carolina	4	59	14.8	0	19
Wk 10	W 31-17vs Western Kentucky	5	82	16.4	1	30
Wk 11	L 21-44vs Kentucky	8	81	10.1	0	16
Wk 12	L 17-45vs Missouri	4	27	6.8	0	12
Wk 13	W 42-24@ Tennessee	6	81	13.5	2	20	2 TD catches
Total		50	729	15.0	5	38

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology