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Cornell University Athletics

2017 Football Roster

3 Collin Shaw

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 206
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Plano, Texas
  • Highschool Plano East Senior HS

Biography

As a fifth-year senior (2016)
• Saw action in nine contests, catching 18 passes for 314 yards and a touchdown.
• Caught five passes for a season-best 98 yards and a touchdown at Penn in his final collegiate contest.
• Made his season debut at Yale, catching a pair of passes for 30 yards.
• Hauled in five passes for 60 yards, both team highs, in the home opener against Colgate.
• Made two catches for 37 yards against Bucknell.
• Had a pair of catches for 46 yards in the win over Brown.
• Had his only catch go for 46 yards at Dartmouth.

As a senior (2016)
• Caught 28 passes for 381 yards and three touchdowns on the season.
• Ranked fourth on the team in receptions, third in yards and second in receiving touchdowns.
• Had two catches, both for touchdowns, totaling 89 yards in the win at No. 23 Colgate, including a career-long 70-yard score.
• Surpassed the 1,000-yard career receiving mark with four catches for 44 yards at Columbia.
Hauled in four receptions for 65 yards and a touchdown against Ivy champ Penn.
• Only catch at No. 16 Harvard went for 30 yards.
• Hauled in three passes for 17 yards to kick off the 2016 season in a win at Bucknell.
• Caught a 31-yard pass win the win over Yale while picking up his first start of 2016.
• Had five catches for 46 yards at Brown.
• Caught three passes for 25 yards against Princeton and four catches for 32 yards vs. Dartmouth.

As a junior (2015)
• Was off to a great start prior to suffering a season-ending injury.
• Caught 10 passes for 172 yards and two touchdowns in three contests.
• Caught seven passes for 114 yards and two touchdowns at Yale for his second career 100-yard game.
• Made his only catch in the 2015 season opener against Bucknell count, going for 41 yards.
• Had a pair of catches for 17 yards and carried once for five yards against Colgate.

As a sophomore (2014)
• Led Cornell in receptions (37), receiving yards (520) and receiving touchdowns (4) in his first season as a starter.
• Ninth in Ivy League in receiving yards per game (52.0).
• Hauled in three passes for 82 yards, including a career-long 70-yard touchdown, against Columbia.
• Had his first career 100-yard game with four catches for 119 yards and two touchdowns against Lehigh. Included were a pair of receptions of more than 40 yards
• Hauled in two passes, including a 26-yard touchdown pass, at defending Ivy champ Harvard.
• Caught seven passes for 70 yards against Dartmouth and four passes for 72 yards vs. Yale.
• Caught five passes for 62 yards and a touchdown in the season finale at Penn.

As a freshman (2013)
• Shaw spent his freshman campaign as part of the scout team in 2013 and did not see varsity action.

At Plano East Senior HS
• A two-time all-county and all-district selection, Shaw was named academic all-state as a senior wide receiver at Plano East Senior HS.
• Shaw was the team's leading receiver as a senior with 52 catches for 888 yards and 10 touchdowns.
• As a junior, Shaw caught 35 passes for 755 yards and six touchdowns en route to all-district and academic all-district honors.
• He also lettered on the basketball team.

Personal
• Collin Christopher Shaw is the son of Lauren Shaw and has an older brother and younger sister.
• He is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 87

    2013-14Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 200 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2014-15Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 210 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2015-16Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 215 lbs
    87
  • 3

    2016-17Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 210 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2017-18Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 206 lbs
    3