Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Colorado
Will Sheppard
WR • 6'3" • 205 lbs • Mandeville, LA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Will Sheppard reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a receiver
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Reliability
69
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
85
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt • Colorado
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Player Story
Will Sheppard built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a wide receiver from Mandeville, LA wearing No. 14, spending time with Colorado and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Will Sheppard's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Will Sheppard, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Will Sheppard reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 2,688
- Receptions
- 200
- Touchdowns
- 27
Featured Highlight
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Will Sheppard Vanderbilt Highlights
2023 · Vanderbilt · Player Highlight
Will Sheppard college highlights at Vanderbilt.
- Season
- 2023
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Will Sheppard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Colorado · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 2,688
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 51 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
- Top game
- Northern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Airline · Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Airline · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Senior
- 2024 Receiving yards rank
- 621 receiving yards · WR 147th (top 14%) · Big 12 24th (top 10%) · National 159th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 30.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 11 | 43 | 577 | 4 | 66.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 12 | 60 | 776 | 9 | 83.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 12 | 47 | 684 | 8 | 76.3 |
| 2024 Postseason | Colorado | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 64.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Colorado | 13 | 47 | 617 | 6 | 64.6 |
Related Context
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Will Sheppard played WR for Vanderbilt and Colorado. Across 5 tracked seasons, Will Sheppard recorded 2,688 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 27 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Vanderbilt.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Vanderbilt paired 776 primary output with 81.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 81.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Vanderbilt, Colorado.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Win 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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2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
64.7
Efficiency
81.1
Usage
29.7
Consistency
55.5
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Elon: 58. Hawai'i: 39. Wake Forest: 45. Northern Illinois: 171. Alabama: 52. Ole Miss: 87. Georgia: 45. Missouri: 28. South Carolina: 95. Kentucky: 88. Florida: 20. Tennessee: 48
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. Elon: 6 by 64.4. Hawai'i: 3 by 86.7. Wake Forest: 4 by 75. Northern Illinois: 10 by 100. Alabama: 3 by 100. Ole Miss: 9 by 64.4. Georgia: 3 by 100. Missouri: 3 by 62.2. South Carolina: 6 by 100. Kentucky: 5 by 100. Florida: 2 by 66.7. Tennessee: 6 by 53.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins75.2 · Games = 5 · +18.1 vs Losses
Losses57.1 · Games = 7 · -18.1 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
Northern Illinois
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | vs Tennessee | L 0-56 | — | 6 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Florida | W 31-24 | — | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Kentucky | W 24-21 | — | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 17.60 | 1 | 31 |
| Sat 11/5 | vs South Carolina | L 27-38 | — | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 15.80 | 0 | 28 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Missouri | L 14-17 | — | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Georgia | L 0-55 | — | 3 | 45 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Ole MissHigh volume | L 28-52 | — | 9 | 87 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 1 | 23 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Alabama | L 3-55 | — | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 17.30 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Northern Illinois100 receiving yards · High volume | W 38-28 | — | 10 | 171 | 17.1 | 17.10 | 2 | 31 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Wake Forest | L 25-45 | — | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 11.30 | 1 | 18 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Elon2+ TD | W 42-31 | — | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 2 | 26 |
| Sun 8/28 | @ Hawai'i2+ TD | W 63-10 | — | 3 | 39 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 23 |
Player Story
Will Sheppard story
Will Sheppard built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a wide receiver from Mandeville, LA wearing No. 14, spending time with Colorado and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Will Sheppard's career was his receiving role: 200 catches, 2,688 receiving yards, and 27 touchdowns across 51 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 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 4 tackles and 131 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 51 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Colorado and Vanderbilt.
The arc is straightforward: Will Sheppard 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Vanderbilt
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Colorado
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 30 | 70 | 5.6 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 577 | 68.4 | 21.1 | 547 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 776 | 81.1 | 29.7 | 199 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 684 | 79.8 | 22.7 | -92 |
| 2024 Postseason | Colorado | 621 | 71.3 | 12.8 | -63 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Colorado | 621 | 71.3 | 12.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northern Illinois
Week 3 · W 38-28
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
171
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
171 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs UConn
Week 5 · W 30-28
119
Receiving Yards
99 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
119 receiving yards with a 99.2 efficiency score.
#3
@ South Carolina
Week 7 · L 20-21 · Conference game
120
Receiving Yards
97 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
120 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ UNLV
Week 3 · L 37-40
97
Receiving Yards
94.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
97 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Tennessee
Week 13 · L 21-45 · Conference game
98
Receiving Yards
93.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
98 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
776 primary output · 81.1 efficiency · 29.7 usage
83.9
#2
2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
76.3
684 primary · 79.8 efficiency · 22.7 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
66.8
577 primary · 68.4 efficiency · 21.1 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
8
2+ TD games
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