Shaw (#20) rushes against Western Michigan, 2009
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Position: | Running Back |
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Personal information | |
Born: | November 24, 1989 |
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 187 lb (85 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Trotwood-Madison High School |
College: | Michigan |
Undrafted: | 2012 |
Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only |
Michael Shaw (born November 24, 1989) is a former American football running back. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by Washington Redskins in 2012. He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines football team.
Shaw was raised and played high school football in Trotwood, Ohio. He played high school football with Roy Roundtree at Trotwood-Madison High School where his coach was longtime National Football League veteran Maurice Douglass. In high school, he was ranked as the nation's seventh-best, 29th-best and 58th-best running back recruit according to Rivals.com, Scout.com and ESPN respectively. He was rated as the sixth-best player in the state of Ohio by Rivals.com.
Shaw was a running back for the Michigan Wolverines football team. As a freshman for the 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team, Shaw started two games and totaled 215 yards on 42 carries. As a sophomore for the 2009 Wolverines, Shaw started four games, and he appeared in nine games for Michigan, rushing for 185 yards on 42 carries for an average of 4.4 yards per carry. That season, he, Roundtree and Trotwood-Madison teammate Brandon Moore were roommates. During the first game of the 2008 Wolverine season, Shaw recorded his first career touchdown against Miami (OH) on September 6, 2008.