Will Shields
Shields before a preseason game in 2006
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| Position: | Guard | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 15, 1971 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Fort Riley, Kansas | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 315 lb (143 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Lawton (OK) | ||||||||
| College: | Nebraska | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1993 / Round: 3 / Pick: 74 | ||||||||
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| Games played: | 224 |
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| Games started: | 223 |
| Fumbles recovered: | 9 |
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Will Herthie Shields (born September 15, 1971) is a former college and professional American football player who was an offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL) for fourteen seasons. He played college football for the University of Nebraska, earning consensus All-American honors and winning the Outland Trophy. He played his entire professional career for the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs, and never missed a game in fourteen seasons.
Shields was born in Fort Riley, Kansas. He graduated from Lawton High School in Lawton, Oklahoma, where he played for the Lawton Wolverines high school football team.
While attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Shields played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team from 1989 through 1992. Shields was a consensus first-team All-American and Outland Trophy winner during his final year at Nebraska. He is one of eight Cornhuskers players to win the Outland Trophy. In 1999 he was selected to the Nebraska All-Century Football Team via fan poll and to the All-Century Nebraska football team by Gannett News Service. In 2002 he was named to the Athlon Sports Nebraska All-Time Team. He is one of only sixteen Cornhuskers to have his jersey retired by the team. In 1999 Shields was selected as an offensive guard to the Walter Camp Football Foundation College Football All Century Team. The other offensive guards selected were John Hannah of Alabama, Aaron Taylor of Nebraska, Brad Budde of USC, Dean Steinkuhler of Nebraska and Jim Parker of Ohio State. Shields was one of six Nebraska Cornhuskers selected to this team; the others being Johnny Rodgers, Dave Rimington, Steinkuhler, Tommie Frazier and Taylor.
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