Will Shields

Will Herthie Shields

Position: G
Height: 6-3 Weight: 315 lbs.

Born: September 15, 1971 in Fort Riley, KS
College: Nebraska (school history)
Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 3rd round (74th overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 96 (191st overall since 1950)
12-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Hall of Fame finalist in 2012, 2013

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All-Time Rank: #129. Bob Brown… #130. Paul Warfield… #131. Mike Munchak… #132. WILL SHIELDS… #133. Andre Tippett… #134. Lemar Parrish… #135. Curley Culp…

All-Time Rank: #129. Bob Brown… #130. Paul Warfield… #131. Mike Munchak… #132. WILL SHIELDS… #133. Andre Tippett… #134. Lemar Parrish… #135. Curley Culp…

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty	AV
1993	22	KAN	RG	68	16	15							0	0	2	0	0				7
1994	23	KAN	RG	68	16	16							0	0	1	0	0				7
1995*	24	KAN	RG	68	16	16							0	0	1	0	0				8
1996*	25	KAN	RG	68	16	16															8
1997*	26	KAN	RG	68	16	16															10
1998*	27	KAN	RG	68	16	16							0	0	1	0	0				9
1999*	28	KAN	RG	68	16	16							0	0	1	0	0				8
2000*	29	KAN	RG	68	16	16							0	0	1	0	0				8
2001*	30	KAN	RG	68	16	16															8
2002*+	31	KAN	RG	68	16	16															14
2003*+	32	KAN	RG	68	16	16							0	0	1	0	0				13
2004*	33	KAN	RG	68	16	16							0	0	1	0	0				12
2005*	34	KAN	RG	68	16	16															11
2006*	35	KAN	RG	68	16	16															10
Career					224	223							0	0	9	0	0				133

Receiving & Rushing

							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1998*	27	KAN	RG	68	16	16	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.3								4	0	0
Career					224	223	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.0	0.0								4	0	0

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Todd Wade, Ron Mix, Vern Holland, Paul Gruber, Flozell Adams, Steve McKinney, Ben Hamilton, Chuck Noll, Dave Studdard, Todd Steussie
4	Ben Hamilton, Chuck Noll, Antone Davis, Todd Wade, Ron Mix, LeCharles Bentley, Steve McKinney, Harry Galbreath, Brad Hopkins, Flozell Adams
5	Ron Mix*, Ben Hamilton, Adam Meadows, Claudie Minor, Will Wolford, Chris Ward, Jerry Sisemore, Paul Gruber, Jeremy Newberry, Leon McLaughlin
6	Chris Ward, Adam Meadows, Ron Mix*, Claudie Minor, Ephraim Salaam, Tarik Glenn, Conrad Dobler, Mike W. Wilson, Will Wolford, Luis Sharpe
7	Tarik Glenn, Jerry Sisemore, Claudie Minor, Mike W. Wilson, Ruben Brown, Chris Ward, Will Wolford, Jack Rudnay, Ephraim Salaam, Chris Samuels
8	Jerry Sisemore, Claudie Minor, Mike W. Wilson, Randy Cross, Brad Hopkins, Ruben Brown, Harry Galbreath, Jon Morris, Chris Samuels, Tom Rafferty
9	Mike W. Wilson, Ruben Brown, Bart Oates, Brad Hopkins, Bob Johnson, Chris Samuels, Dave Studdard, Howard Ballard, Will Wolford, Claudie Minor
10	Randy Cross, Jerry Sisemore, Mike W. Wilson, Bob Kuechenberg, Bob Whitfield, Jon Runyan, Bart Oates, Will Wolford, Bruce Armstrong, Ruben Brown
11	Randy Cross, Tom Mack, Lomas Brown, Walt Sweeney, Bob Kuechenberg, Flozell Adams, Stan Jones, Bruce Armstrong, Ken Gray, Tony E. Jones
12	Lomas Brown, Walt Sweeney, Tom Mack, Bruce Armstrong, Stan Jones, Ed Budde, Tom Nalen, Jim Otto*, Alan Faneca, Ken Gray
13	Tom Mack, Lomas Brown, Walt Sweeney, Gene Hickerson, Stan Jones, Steve Wisniewski, Tom Nalen, Jim Otto, Bruce Armstrong, Larry Allen*
14	Tom Mack, Lomas Brown, Jim Otto, Randall McDaniel, Larry Allen, Bruce Armstrong, Steve Wisniewski, Gene Hickerson*, Russ Washington, Walt Sweeney
Career	Tom Mack, Steve Wisniewski, Larry Allen, Bruce Armstrong, Gene Hickerson, Walt Sweeney, Lomas Brown, Russ Washington, Stan Jones, Alan Faneca

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards 2003 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year	Pro Bowls 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006	First-Team All-Pro 2002 2003	Approximate Value Career 133 (139)
Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 96 (191)	Games Career 224 (106)	Games Started Career 223 (27)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1996	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1996	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1997	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1999	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
2001	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
2002	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
2002	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
2002	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
2002	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
2003	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
2003	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
2003	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
2003	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
2004	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
2004	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
2005	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
2005	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
2006	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press

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