Player Dossier

2008-2009

Tulsa

Slick Shelley

WR • 6'4" • Fort Smith, AR, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Slick Shelley reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

59

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

56

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

66

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Tulsa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Tulsa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UTEP

Player Story

Slick Shelley built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a wide receiver from Fort Smith, AR wearing No. 88, spending time with Tulsa. The clearest part of Slick Shelley's career was his receiving role: 68...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8217

Sylvania Northview · Sylvania, OH

Committed To
Bowling Green
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Slick Shelley, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Tulsa. Slick Shelley reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,138
Receptions
68
Touchdowns
13

Quick Answers

Slick Shelley quick answers

Latest team and position
Tulsa · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,138
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 21 games
Best season
2009 Regular Season · Tulsa
Top game
UTEP
Recruit profile
3-star · Sylvania Northview · Bowling Green
High school pipeline
Sylvania Northview · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 88 · Class 2009
2009 Receiving yards rank
511 receiving yards · WR 171st (top 22%) · Conference USA 26th (top 15%) · National 190th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2008 PostseasonTulsa12115176
2008 Regular SeasonTulsa1238612876
2009 Regular SeasonTulsa929511476.9

Related Context

Slick Shelley played WR for Tulsa. Across 2 tracked seasons, Slick Shelley recorded 1,138 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Tulsa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season

Tulsa paired 511 primary output with 87.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 87.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UTEP

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.

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2009 Regular Season · Tulsa

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

56.8

Efficiency

87.6

Usage

20

Consistency

72

Best Game by takeover score

UTEP

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tulane: 68. New Mexico: 65. Oklahoma: 24. Sam Houston: 57. Boise State: 99. UTEP: 98. SMU: 8. Houston: 39. Memphis: 53

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulane: 5 by 90.7. New Mexico: 4 by 100. Oklahoma: 1 by 100. Sam Houston: 2 by 100. Boise State: 3 by 100. UTEP: 5 by 100. SMU: 2 by 26.7. Houston: 2 by 100. Memphis: 5 by 70.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins60.8 · Games = 4 · +7.1 vs Losses
Losses53.6 · Games = 5 · -7.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

UTEP

Best efficiency game

100 vs Houston

Result
Fri 11/27vs MemphisW 33-3055310.610.60020
Sun 11/8vs HoustonL 45-4623919.519.50026
Sat 10/31vs SMUL 13-27284405
Thu 10/22@ UTEPL 24-2859819.619.60042
Thu 10/15vs Boise StateL 21-283993333155
Sat 9/26vs Sam HoustonW 56-325728.528.50130
Sat 9/19@ OklahomaL 0-451242424024
Sun 9/13@ New Mexico2+ TDW 44-1046516.316.30225
Sat 9/5@ TulaneW 37-1356813.613.60045

Player Story

Slick Shelley story

Slick Shelley built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a wide receiver from Fort Smith, AR wearing No. 88, spending time with Tulsa. The clearest part of Slick Shelley's career was his receiving role: 68 catches, 1,138 receiving yards, and 12 touchdowns across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with Tulsa. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 25 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Tulsa.

The arc is straightforward: Slick Shelley moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Tulsa

    2008-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200820082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 PostseasonTulsa62786.717.9
2008 Regular SeasonTulsa62786.717.90
2009 Regular SeasonTulsa51187.620-116

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UTEP

Week 8 · L 24-28 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

98

Receiving Yards

99.7 takeover

98 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs New Mexico

Week 4 · W 56-14

129

Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

129 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ SMU

Week 7 · W 37-31 · Conference game

105

Receiving Yards

93.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

105 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Boise State

Week 7 · L 21-28

99

Receiving Yards

88.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

99 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Tulane

Week 1 · W 37-13 · Conference game

68

Receiving Yards

86.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

68 receiving yards with a 90.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2009 Regular Season · Tulsa

511 primary output · 87.6 efficiency · 20 usage

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#2

2008 Postseason · Tulsa

76

627 primary · 86.7 efficiency · 17.9 usage

#3

2008 Regular Season · Tulsa

76

627 primary · 86.7 efficiency · 17.9 usage

Milestones

2

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

3

2+ TD games