Tyron Shields

Tyron Shields

Tyron Shields Lining Up Against Alabama
No. 27 – Chicago Butchers
Position:	Cornerback
Personal information
Born:	(2015-02-02)February 2, 2015 (aged 48) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:	Blue Valley North High School
College:	Georgia
ISFL Draft:	2037  / Round: 11 / Pick: 126
DSFL Draft:	2037  / Round: 21 / Pick: 162
Career history
Minnesota Grey Ducks (2036 (S21)-2037 (S22)) Chicago Butchers (2037 (S22)-present)
Roster status:	Active
Career DSFL statistics
Total tackles: 30 Pass deflections: 5

Tyron Shields (born February 2, 2015) is an American football cornerback for the Chicago Butchers of the National Simulation Football League (NSFL).

Early years

Tyron Shields was born in Fort Scott, KS to Percy and Jasmine Shields. Tyron's father was a DB at Pittsburg State University, but never made it to the league, while his mother played basketball at the same school. After realizing how talented and athletic their son was, Tyron's parents decided to move to a bigger city for high school, to hopefully gain Tyron some extra traction with prospective colleges.

Projected to be a highly recruited player early in high school, injuries stunted his development. A shortage of D1 offers, due to injury history, compelled him to go the JUCO route, where he decided to return to his hometown and attend Fort Scott Community College.

College career

As a true freshman, Shields was given the starting cornerback job at FSCC. Starting all but one game, he led the Jayhawk Conference in interceptions, and showed off his speed in the return game. His eye-popping performance landed him several D1 offers. He entertained offers from Oregon, Florida, Texas, Georgia, and USC. Several schools noted that their only knock on Shields was his apparent unwillingness to lower his shoulders to make a tackle.

Shields made the decision to attend the University of Georgia. As a sophomore, he was given the teams starting nickel corner job, where he performed admirably and showed improved tackling, ending the year with 2 interceptions and 22 total tackles. In his junior year, he was given the #1 corner job, where he finished the year third in interceptions in the country, with 5, and third in tackles among corners, with 46 total tackles, dismissing the doubt about his willingness to put his body on the line. After receiving some interest from the pros, Shields made the decision to forgo his senior year to enter the DSFL draft.

College career statistics

Career statistics			Tackles			Sacks	Interceptions		Other					Kick Returns			Punt Returns
Season	Team	Games	Reg	TFL	Total	Sack	Int	IntTD	DefTD	FFum	FRec	PD	Safety	Yds	Avg	KR TD	Yds	Avg	PR TD
2033 (S18)	Ft. Scott CC	6	36	0	36	0	4	1	0	0	0	9	0	531	29.5	1	439	12.1	2
2034 (S19)	Georgia	14	22	0	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	149	24.8	0	143	15.9	0
2035 (S20)	Georgia	14	42	4	46	1	5	0	0	1	0	15	0	353	25.2	1	321	20.1	1

Professional career

DSFL career

Tyron Shields was drafted in the 3rd round at pick #162 overall to the Minnesota Grey Ducks. Playing only on special teams in weeks one and two, he earned his first start in week three of the DSFL season, where he finished with four tackles. He held on to the starting cornerback role for the rest of the season, helping to form a formidable defensive backfield that included future DSFL Defensive Player of the year, Buck Thornton. Shields finished the year tallying 5 passes defensed, along with 30 tackles. In his second season with the Minnesota Grey Ducks, the team fielded the top defensive back group in the league with cornerbacks Matt Krause, Tyron Shields, and Ray-Ray Jackson, along with safeties Sebastian Vettel and reigning Defensive Back of the Year Buck Thornton. The Ducks planned on running a nickel formation because of the fact that they had three great cornerbacks. The nickel defense didn’t translate very well to wins, so the team switched to a 3-4 defense. This defense worked much better, leading the Minnesota Grey Ducks to the number one seed in their conference. Because of the switch to 3-4, Jackson and Shields shared the starting role, trading starts throughout the rest of the season. Shields finished the season with a fairly solid stat-line despite sharing the starting role, finishing with 40 tackles, 2 TFLs, and 2 passes defensed. Although they were the number one seed in the NFCN, they were unfortunately bounced in the conference championship game by the London Royals, who went on to lose to the Tijuana Luchadores in the Ultimini.

NSFL career

Pre-draft measurables

Ht	Wt	40‑yd dash	20‑ss	3‑cone	Vert jump	Broad	BP	Wonderlic
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	4.44 s	4.30 s	7.14 s	26.4 in (0.67 m)	10 ft 2.9 in (3.12 m)	5 reps	20

Shields was drafted in the 11th Round at pick 126 overall in the S22 NSFL Draft, by the Chicago Butchers. Shields was sent down to spend one more season with the Minnesota Grey Ducks in the DSFL to develop, hoping to be ready to compete for playing time in the following season. After an impressive amount of development, he was called up for the S23 season. Progressing enough to become a surprisingly solid player, despite his draft position in the S22 Draft, he is expected to man the second starting cornerback role for years to come.

Professional career statistics

Career statistics			Tackles			Sacks	Interceptions		Other
Season	Team	Games	Reg	TFL	Total	Sack	Int	IntTD	DefTD	FFum	FRec	PD	Safety
2036 (S21)	Grey Ducks	14	30	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2037 (S22)	Grey Ducks	14	38	2	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0