and scored on a 49-yard punt return in the 2013 state title gameâ¦Defensively, tallied 25 tackles (23 solo), two tackles for a loss, two INTs (both returned for TDs), eight passes defensed and a fumble recoveryâ¦Also lettered in track for three yearsâ¦Was a member of the Wildcats' state runner-up track and field team in 2013, running the anchor leg on the eighth-place 4x400-meter relay teamâ¦His father, Louis Shepherd III, played football at the University of Missouriâ¦His grandfather, Louis Shepherd II, played basketball for Missouri State and was drafted by the ABA's Los Angeles Starsâ¦Lives in Blue Springs, Mo. He came into preseason Game 1 and did exactly what we expected him to do. I think it’s been shown throughout training camp. He also ran the ball 31 times for 219 yards (7.1 avg.)
and two punt returns for 103 yards (51.5 avg.) video Shepherd 1-on-1: … Shepherd’s vertical jump was 35.5 inches, which was two inches better than Cobb’s. I think he's a very shifty guy. ), and was sixth with 20 career TD receptions...Ended fifth on the NDSU career chart for punt return yards (578) and sixth in punt return attempts (44) and yards per return (13.14)...Also ran the ball 31 times for 219 yards (7.1 avg.) and a TDâ¦Scored the only rushing TD of his career on a 31-yard dash vs. Illinois State (Oct. 1)â¦Named MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week after returning a punt 84 yards for a TD, the fourth-longest punt return in school history, vs. Indiana State (Nov. 12)â¦Made four receptions for a season-high 105 yards (26.3 avg. and 26 TDsâ¦Returned 29 punts for 502 yards (17.3 avg.) He appeared in six games for the Packers this season, mainly contributing on special teams. Those are two reasons Cobb was drafted with the final pick in the second round, while Shepherd wasn’t signed for more than a week after the draft.“I hoped someone was going to take a shot on me,” Shepherd told reporters last week.Tramon Williams, who’s seen just about everything in his 13 NFL seasons, remembers the buzz in Green Bay when Randall Cobb arrived back in 2011.“It’s nice to do it on the big stage, when you know it really counts, come through for the team,” Shepherd said afterwards. ), including a season-long 67-yard TD, vs. South Dakota State (Dec. 10) in a NCAA Division I quarterfinal playoff gameâ¦Played in all 15 games with five starts as a redshirt freshman in 2015, totaling 40 receptions for 575 yards (14.4 avg.) Cobb’s time in the three-cone drill was 7.08, which was slightly better than Shepherd’s (7.13).These days, Williams wonders if he’s watching Cobb 2.0 when he looks at rookie Darrius Shepherd.I have covered the Green Bay Packers for several media outlets since 2001, including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s “Packer Plus” and currently Conley Media. )â¦Named to the MVFC All-Newcomer Teamâ¦Led all Bison WRs in the NCAA playoffs with nine catches for 114 yards (12.7 avg.