Laviska Shenault Jr.

Houston

Sep 12 (Fri)

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Height:
6-1
Weight:
205
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
DeSoto, Texas
High School:
DeSoto

Updated Nov. 30, 2019

AT COLORADO:
Career:

Has played in 31 career games with 16 starts.
He has 145 career receptions for 1,900 yards and 11 touchdowns. He currently ranks 8th in career receptions with 145 and 11th in career receiving yards with 1,900.
Has scored 108 points, which puts him at 49th on CU’s all-time scoring list.

This Season (Jr.)

Has played in nine off 11 games this season. He has 52 catches for 721 yards and four touchdowns receiving, 18 rushes for 136 yards and two touchdowns rushing.
Named a game captain for the Nebraska game.
CU's nominee for Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week three times, against Air Force, USC and Stanford, and to the Colorado Chapter of the NFF Player of the eek twice, against Air Force and USC. He was named the offensive player of the game four times by the coaches, against Air Force, USC, Stanford and Washington.
Had seven caches for 100 yards and a touchdown receiving and three rushes for 17 yards against Washington.
Had eight catches for 91 yards and one carry for five yards against Stanford. He had 96 all-purpose yards.
Had three catches for 16 yards and one carry for 15 yards against UCLA.
Had nine catches for 172 yards and one touchdown against USC. He also had one carry for 17 yards, pushing his all-purpose yardage for the game to 189 total yards.
Had four catches for 46 yards and three carries for 16 yards and a touchdown against Washinton State. He had 62 all-purpose yards for the game.
Started the Air Force game as a captain and had eight receptions for 124 yards and a touchdown and three carries for 25 yards and a touchdown, coming up with 149 yards of total offense; it was the fourth game in his career that he scored both a rushing and receiving TD
Started the Nebraska game and had five receptions for 31 yards and three carries for six yards, coming up with 37 yards of total offense.
Started the Colorado State game and had three receptions for 48 yards and a touchdown and three carries for 45 yards, coming up with 93 yards of total offense.
One of the nation's top wide receivers, he should be fully healthy entering fall camp.
He is on the preseason watch list for five postseason awards, the Maxwell Award (nation's top player), the Biletnikoff Award (top receiver), the Paul Hornung Award (most versatile player), the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award (top player from Texas) and the Paul Warfield Award (top receiver).
He was named first-team Preseason All-American by Phil Steele’s College Football, Sports Illustrated and collegefootballnews.com, second-team by Street & Smith and CBSSports.com and third-team by Athlon.
Named first-team preseason All-Pac-12 by the Pac-12 media, Phil Steele's College Football, Athlon, collegefootballnews.com, Lindy's College Football and Street & Smith.
Placed No. 19 on Mel Kiper Jr.'s first Big Board for the 2020 NFL Draft … Matt Miller from Bleacher Report ranked him the No. 6 prospect for the 2020 NFL Draft … USA Today, collegefootballnews.com and Phil Steele's College Football place him as the No. 2 wide receiver nationally in the preseason while Lindy's College Football named him the No. 5 receiver and No. 2 all-purpose player and Sporting News tabbed him as the No. 6 receiver.
Named the top player in the Pac-12 by collegefootballnews.com.
Attended the Manning Camp.
Named a 2019 Player to Watch by the Touchdown Club of Columbus.
One of 30 players selected to attend the NCAA's Elite Student-Athlete Symposium in the Spring.
Practiced in non-contact drills all spring recovering from foot and shoulder surgery.

2018 (Soph.)—Named second-team All-American by Pro Football Focus and fourth-team from Phil Steel's College Football … Consensus midseason first-team All-American, earning the honor from the AP, The Athletic, CBS Sports, ESPN, Pro Football Focus and Rivals … First-Team All-Pac-12 honors by the league's coaches and Phil Steele's College Football and second-team by the league's media … Was on the watch list for the Biletnikoff and Maxell Award and the Buffs nominee for the Disney Spirit Award … Finalist for CU Male Athlete of the Year (all sports) … Earned 10 weekly awards throughout the season from the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, the Pac-12, College Sports Madness, CU Athlete of the Week the Colorado Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Lindy's Sports … Given the team's Jacob Van Ek Award as team MVP … Set 12 school records, nine outright and three tied in 2018, including most 10-reception games in a season, most receptions in a season and game by a sophomore and longest reception by a sophomore … Played in nine games with eight starts … Injured his foot against USC early in the third quarter and missed three games … Came back for the final three games of the season … Finished the season with 86 receptions for 1,011 yards and six touchdowns … Added 17 rushes for 118 yards and five touchdowns … He led the nation in receptions per game (9.6) … He was the only player in the nation to rush for and receive five or more touchdowns and just the second player in CU history to accomplish that feat behind Mike Pritchard in 1990 … His 112.3 receiving yards per game led the Pac-12 and was fourth nationally … His 7.3 points per game ranked seventh in the Pac-12 and 62nd nationally … All-Purpose average of 125.1 yards per game ranked fifth in the Pac-12 and 26th nationally … His 86 catches was the third most in CU history and his 1,011 yards ranks ninth in program annals … His 1,000-yard season was just the 10th in CU history and he's just the seventh player to reach 1,000 … His six touchdown receptions ranks tied for 15th in CU history and his 11 overall touchdowns ranks tied for 17th in CU history … He picked up 43 first downs receiving, sixth most in program history … Of his 103 touches on offense, he was brought down by one tackler just 24 times … It took two players to bring him down 25 times and he was gang tackled 28 times … A total of 634 of his 1,011 yards, or 62.7 percent, came after the catch while an astounding 346 yards, or 34.2 percent, came after contact … He had four 100-yard receiving games in the first five of the season, becoming just the third player in CU history to accomplish that feat alongside Michael Westbrook (1992) and Nelson Spruce (2014) … He caught a touchdown in the first five games, the second longest streak in CU history behind Spruce spanning the 2013 and '14 seasons … He opened the season with 11 receptions for 211 yards and a touchdown in his first career start against Colorado State … Became the fourth player to record a 200-yard receiving game and it was the sixth 200-yard game in CU history … His 89-yard touchdown from Steven Montez was the fourth longest passing play in CU history and eighth-longest from scrimmage in CU history … Against Nebraska in week two, he had 10 catches for 177 yards and a touchdown, which was a 40-yard strike from Montez with just over a minute left to win the Nebraska game … That catch was named the Lindy's Sports U.S. Farm Raised Catfish Catch of the Week and he earned the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Player of the Week honor and weekly honors from the Pac-12 and CU … He had 12 catches for 125 yards and a touchdown against UCLA … Had 13 receptions for 127 yards and two touchdowns receiving and five rushes for 13 yards and two touchdowns against Arizona State … The 13 catches ties the second-most in CU history and was the most-ever by a sophomore, although K.D. Nixon matched that total later in the season against Oregon State … He became the first player in CU history to score multiple touchdowns rushing and receiving in a game and became the 15th player to score four touchdowns in a game and just the third in the past 24 seasons … He had 10 catches for 102 yards against Washington State in his first game back from injury … He was selected by the coaching staff as the winner of the Dan Stavely Award that goes to the most improved offensive receiver following spring practices … In the team’s strength and conditioning testing at the end of the spring semester he squatted 475 pounds (tied for fourth best on the team) and power cleaned 315 pounds … Phil Steele College Football selected him to his preseason All-Pac-12 second-team.

2017 (Fr.)—He played in all 12 games … Displayed a pension for the big play, as he led the team by averaging 24.0 yards per catch … Five of his seven catches on the year went for over 10 yards and three were of over 20 (long was for 58 against California) … Totaled 168 yards receiving on the year with no touchdowns … Rushed two times for four yards … Became the 15th known player in CU history to score on his first collegiate touch, as he returned a fumbled punt 55 yards for a touchdown for Colorado’s first score in the win over Texas State … Caught one pass in that Texas State game for 18 yards, starting a streak of four consecutive games with a reception … Had a 42-yard reception against UCLA, but his 58-yard reception in the win over California on Oct. 28 was CU’s first passing play of over 50 yards on the season … Also caught a pass for 12 yards and a first down against No. 15 USC, a key play on a scoring drive for the Buffs that helped pull CU to within 30-17 of the Trojans early in the fourth quarter.

HIGH SCHOOL—He was selected to play on the U.S. Under-19 National Team against Canada on Jan. 28, 2017 in the North American Championship at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando ... In the game he helped the U.S. National Team win 33-11 and caught a touchdown pass in the win ... Helped lead his DeSoto High School football team coached by Todd Peterman to a 16-0 record and the Class 6A Division II state title, its first in school history ... DeSoto finished the season as the No. 2-ranked team in the country by MaxPreps’ national rankings ... He caught a 51-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter of the state championship game, which gave DeSoto a 35-17 lead ... Finished the title game with six receptions for 104 yards and one TD ... Posted 46 receptions for 825 yards and nine touchdowns his senior year ... Averaged 17.9 yards per catch with a long of 75 yards, which came in his most productive game of the season in the 55-41 win over Cedar Hill ... In that game he caught six passes for 172 yards and one touchdown … Had two touchdown receptions in a pair of games, first in the third game of the season during a 49-43 win over Midland and in the last game of November in a 49-45 victory over Abilene during the Region I playoff semifinals ... During a 6-6 junior season he had 27 receptions for 477 yards and three touchdowns ... In the season opener that year he caught four passes for 161 yards, which included an 86-yard touchdown catch ... He played basketball as a freshman.

ACADEMICS—He majoring in both Film Studies and Ethnic Studies at Colorado.

PERSONAL—He was born October 5, 1998 in Irving, Texas ... Hobbies include playing video games, the puzzle game Sudoku and pick-up basketball games ... He spent time volunteering in high school to honor local veterans ... He is the son of Annie and Laviska Sr.; his father passed away when he was 10 ... His brother Vontae joined the Buffs as a recruit in the 2019 class … A cousin, Khari Harden, played two seasons (2013-14) at Auburn before transferring to Tulsa. (Name is lu-visk-uh shuh-nault)