Player Dossier

2014-2017

Colorado

Shay Fields

WR • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Bellflower, CA, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Shay Fields reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

21%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

55

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

48

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

70

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Colorado

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Colorado
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State

Player Story

Shay Fields built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Bellflower, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with Colorado. The clearest part of Shay Fields' career was his receiving role: 194...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8642

St. John Bosco · Bellflower, CA

Committed To
Colorado
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Shay Fields, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Colorado. Shay Fields reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
2,590
Receptions
194
Touchdowns
22

Quick Answers

Shay Fields quick answers

Latest team and position
Colorado · WR
Career Receiving Yards
2,590
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 48 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Colorado
Top game
Oregon State
Recruit profile
3-star · St. John Bosco · Colorado
High school pipeline
St. John Bosco · 96 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Class 2017
2017 Receiving yards rank
623 receiving yards · WR 140th (top 15%) · Pac-12 15th (top 9%) · National 144th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonColorado1250486555.8
2015 Regular SeasonColorado1042598462.1
2016 PostseasonColorado14438075.4
2016 Regular SeasonColorado1452845975.4
2017 Regular SeasonColorado1246623463

Related Context

Shay Fields played WR for Colorado. Across 4 tracked seasons, Shay Fields recorded 21 passing yards, 44 rushing yards, and 2,590 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Colorado.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Colorado paired 883 primary output with 80.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 66.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2017 Regular Season · Colorado

Games

12

Receiving Yards / G

51.9

Efficiency

66.6

Usage

20

Consistency

48.3

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Colorado State: 78. Texas State: 110. Northern Colorado: 69. Washington: 36. UCLA: 5. Arizona: 38. Oregon State: 42. Washington State: 12. California: 101. Arizona State: 128. USC: 4. Utah: 0

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. Colorado State: 6 by 86.7. Texas State: 5 by 100. Northern Colorado: 8 by 57.5. Washington: 5 by 48. UCLA: 1 by 33.3. Arizona: 3 by 84.4. Oregon State: 5 by 56. Washington State: 2 by 40. California: 4 by 100. Arizona State: 6 by 100. USC: 1 by 26.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins80 · Games = 5 · +48.1 vs Losses
Losses31.9 · Games = 7 · -48.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Arizona State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Arizona State

Result
Sun 11/26@ UtahL 13-34
Sat 11/11vs USCL 24-38144404
Sun 11/5@ Arizona State100 receiving yardsL 30-41612821.321.30154
Sat 10/28vs California100 receiving yardsW 44-28410125.325.30165
Sun 10/22@ Washington StateL 0-282126607
Sat 10/14@ Oregon StateW 36-335428.48.40014
Sun 10/8vs ArizonaL 42-4533812.712.70015
Sun 10/1@ UCLAL 23-27155505
Sun 9/24vs WashingtonL 10-375367.27.20013
Sat 9/16vs Northern ColoradoHigh volumeW 41-218698.68.60128
Sat 9/9vs Texas State100 receiving yardsW 37-351102222044
Sat 9/2vs Colorado StateW 17-36781313131

Player Story

Shay Fields story

Shay Fields built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Bellflower, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with Colorado. The clearest part of Shay Fields' career was his receiving role: 194 catches, 2,590 receiving yards, 21 touchdowns, and 44 rushing yards across 48 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Colorado. 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 21 passing yards, 44 rushing yards, and 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 48 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Colorado.

The arc is straightforward: Shay Fields 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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    Colorado

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonColorado48659.715.2
2015 Regular SeasonColorado59874.917.9112
2016 PostseasonColorado88380.820.5285
2016 Regular SeasonColorado88380.820.50
2017 Regular SeasonColorado62366.620-260

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Oregon State

Week 5 · W 47-6 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

169

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

169 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Arizona

Week 7 · L 31-38 · Conference game

168

Receiving Yards

98.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

168 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Arizona State

Week 10 · L 30-41 · Conference game

128

Receiving Yards

95.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

128 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Massachusetts

Week 2 · W 41-38

93

Receiving Yards

92 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

93 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Arizona

Week 11 · L 20-38 · Conference game

94

Receiving Yards

88.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

94 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Colorado

883 primary output · 80.8 efficiency · 20.5 usage

75.4

#2

2016 Regular Season · Colorado

75.4

883 primary · 80.8 efficiency · 20.5 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Colorado

63

623 primary · 66.6 efficiency · 20 usage

Milestones

7

100+ receiving yards

3

8+ catch outings

3

2+ TD games