Cecil Shorts
Shorts with the Jacksonville Jaguars
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | December 22, 1987 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Kent, Ohio | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Cleveland (OH) Collinwood | ||||||||
| College: | Mount Union | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2011 / Round: 4 / Pick: 114 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 229 |
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| Receiving yards: | 2,979 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 14 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Cecil Carlon Shorts III (born December 22, 1987) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He attended Collinwood High School in Cleveland, Ohio, and later the University of Mount Union, where he played for the Mount Union Purple Raiders football team. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft.
Shorts attended Collinwood High School in Cleveland, Ohio, where he played quarterback on the football team that his father, Cecil Shorts, Jr., coached.
During his freshman season, Shorts suffered an injury that kept him from playing the entire year. In 2007, he was the backup quarterback, along with Kurt Rocco, to Greg Micheli, but was 16 of 24 passing for 209 yards, made 12 receptions, three for a touchdown, for 289 and ran for 108 yards with two touchdowns in 14 games played. Shorts switched to wide receiver after Pierre Garçon graduated, and immediately became the top receiver for Mount Union. In 2008, Shorts caught 77 passes for 1,484 yards and 23 touchdowns, which set an Ohio Athletic Conference record.
In 2009, he was named the D3Football.com National Offensive Player of the Year after recording 100 receptions for 1,736 yards with 19 touchdowns. For his efforts, he earned Associated Press first-team Little All-America honors following the season. In the 2009 NCAA Division III National Football Championship on December 19, 2009 against the UW–Whitewater Warhawks, Shorts caught 10 passes for 185 yards and two touchdowns. The Purple Raiders lost, however, by a score of 38–28.
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