Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Vanderbilt
Trent Sherfield
WR • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Danville, IL, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Trent Sherfield reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
63
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
47
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Austin Peay
Player Story
Trent Sherfield built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Danville, IL wearing No. 10, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Trent Sherfield's career was his receiving...
Read the storyTrent Sherfield, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Trent Sherfield reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,869
- Receptions
- 136
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Trent Sherfield quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Vanderbilt · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,869
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
- Top game
- Austin Peay
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Class 2017
- 2017 Receiving yards rank
- 729 receiving yards · WR 88th (top 9%) · SEC 9th (top 5%) · National 90th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 11 | 51 | 659 | 3 | 75.3 |
| 2016 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 12 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 56.8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 12 | 31 | 448 | 2 | 56.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 12 | 50 | 729 | 6 | 84.2 |
Related Context
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Trent Sherfield played WR for Vanderbilt. Across 4 tracked seasons, Trent Sherfield recorded 284 rushing yards, 1,869 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Vanderbilt.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Vanderbilt paired 729 primary output with 85.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 75.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Austin Peay
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2015 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
59.9
Efficiency
75.7
Usage
26.5
Consistency
46.6
Best Game by takeover score
Austin Peay
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 63. Georgia: 44. Austin Peay: 240. Ole Miss: 55. Middle Tennessee: 63. South Carolina: 18. Missouri: 35. Florida: 0. Kentucky: 51. Texas A&M: 5. Tennessee: 85
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. Western Kentucky: 4 by 100. Georgia: 1 by 100. Austin Peay: 16 by 100. Ole Miss: 7 by 52.4. Middle Tennessee: 6 by 70. South Carolina: 2 by 60. Missouri: 5 by 46.7. Kentucky: 3 by 100. Texas A&M: 1 by 33.3. Tennessee: 6 by 94.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins97.3 · Games = 4 · +58.7 vs Losses
Losses38.6 · Games = 7 · -58.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Austin Peay
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | @ Tennessee | L 28-53 | — | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 14.20 | 1 | 35 |
| Sun 11/22 | vs Texas A&M | L 0-25 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Kentucky | W 21-17 | — | 3 | 51 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Florida | L 7-9 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Missouri | W 10-3 | — | 5 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 10/17 | @ South Carolina | L 10-19 | — | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Middle Tennessee | W 17-13 | — | 6 | 63 | 13.9 | 10.50 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Ole Miss | L 16-27 | — | 7 | 55 | 7 | 7.90 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Austin Peay100 receiving yards · High volume | W 47-7 | — | 16 | 240 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 42 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Georgia | L 14-31 | — | 1 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 44 |
| Fri 9/4 | vs Western Kentucky | L 12-14 | — | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 15.80 | 1 | 31 |
Player Story
Trent Sherfield story
Trent Sherfield built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Danville, IL wearing No. 10, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Trent Sherfield's career was his receiving role: 136 catches, 1,869 receiving yards, 9 touchdowns, and 284 rushing yards across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Vanderbilt. 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 284 rushing yards and 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Vanderbilt.
The arc is straightforward: Trent Sherfield 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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Vanderbilt
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 9 | 60 | 5.9 | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 659 | 75.7 | 26.5 | 650 |
| 2016 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 472 | 69.2 | 18.8 | -187 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 472 | 69.2 | 18.8 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 729 | 85.5 | 22.6 | 257 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Austin Peay
Week 3 · W 47-7
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
240
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
240 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Tennessee
Week 13 · W 45-34 · Conference game
184
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
184 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Kansas State
Week 3 · W 14-7
97
Receiving Yards
98.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
97 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Western Kentucky
Week 10 · W 31-17
82
Receiving Yards
94.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
82 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Tennessee
Week 13 · W 42-24 · Conference game
81
Receiving Yards
91.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
81 receiving yards with a 90 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
729 primary output · 85.5 efficiency · 22.6 usage
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#2
2015 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
75.3
659 primary · 75.7 efficiency · 26.5 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · Vanderbilt
56.8
472 primary · 69.2 efficiency · 18.8 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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