The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2013 Football Roster
Roster
Jaxon Shipley
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Brownwood, Texas
- High School:
- Brownwood
A four-year wide receiver who played in 48 career games, including 35 starts … his 218 career receptions rank third in UT history and 2,510 career receiving yards are No. 6 ... one of three players in school history with three 50-reception seasons (Mike Adams - 1993, 1995-96; Roy Williams - 2001-03) ... caught a pass in 47 of his 48 career games, including a stretch of 33 straight games (from the first game of his career until 2013 Texas Tech game), a streak which ranks third in school history ... had five career 100-yard receiving games ... posted at least five receptions in 18 of his last 29 games (three vs. Iowa State, 2013; one vs. TCU, 2013; none vs. Texas Tech, 2013; three vs. Baylor, 2013; one vs. Oregon, 2013; three vs. Baylor, 2014; four vs. Kansas State 2014; three vs. Texas Tech, 2014; West Virginia 2014; four at Oklahoma State, 2014; one vs. Arkansas in 2014) ... ended his career 10th on the school’s all-time punt-return average chart (9.55) ... a four-time honorable mention All-Big 12 choice (2011-14) ... two-time watch list member for the Biletnikoff Award (2013-14) ... named to the 2015 National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society (players from all divisions who maintained a 3.2-plus cumulative GPA throughout their career) ... had 59 receptions in 2012 which is No. 10 on the school’s single-season chart ... named to the 2011 Yahoo! Sports Freshman All-America Second Team ... ranks second on the school’s freshman list for receptions (44) and yards (607) while his three touchdown catches in 2011 are tied for second most in school history … also completed 4 of 4 pass attempts for 73 yards and three touchdowns, a quarterback rating of 500.8 and ran the ball 11 times for 39 yards … 2013 Academic All-Big 12 choice ... five-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... prep All-American who played in the 2011 U.S. Army All-American Bowl … played in the 2011 Team USA vs. The World game for the U.S. Under-19 team …member of the Sporting News’ top 100 national prospects list … brother, Jordan, was an All-American wide receiver and Biletnikoff Award finalist at Texas (2006-09), setting the school record in career receptions.
SENIOR (2014)
Started 11 games at wide receiver and played in 12 (did not see action vs. TCU due to injury and did not start against Arkansas) ... an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by the coaches ... second on the team with 59 catches ... ranked 11th in the Big 12 and tied for 69th in the FBS in receptions (4.9 per game) ... also served as a punt returner, averaging 9.6 yards per attempt which ranked fourth in the Big 12 and 25th nationally ... second on the team in all-purpose yards (63.6 per game) ... a preseason second-team All-Big 12 pick by Athlon and Phil Steele ... caught six passes for 43 yards against North Texas in the season opener ... had five catches for 36 yards against BYU ... had a career-high tying nine receptions for 65 yards against UCLA ... had six catches for 81 yards against Kansas ... served as a game captain for the Kansas game ... also had a season-long 41-yard punt return in the game ... shared the team’s special teams player of the game award with Adrian Colbert ... caught three passes for 20 yards against Baylor ... had a season-high 115 yards receiving on a tied for career-best nine catches against Oklahoma ... also had two punt returns for 45 yards (long of 30) in the game ... set a new career high with 160 all-purpose yards against Oklahoma ... made six grabs for 92 yards, including a 39-yard catch that helped set up the game-winning field goal, against Iowa State ... caught four passes for 25 yards against Kansas State ... had three receptions for 23 yards against Texas Tech, including a 4-yard TD catch for his first score of the season ... caught three passes for 38 yards against West Virginia to move from fourth to third on the UT all-time receptions list (213), passing Quan Cosby (212/2005-08) ... also had a 7-yard punt return in the game ... made four catches for 33 yards against Oklahoma State before leaving the game with a leg injury ... also recorded one punt return for 5 yards against the Cowboys ... missed the TCU game with a hamstring injury ... had one catch for 6 yards and returned one punt for 4 yards against Arkansas.
JUNIOR (2013)
Played in all 13 games with nine starts (did not start vs. TCU, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, and Baylor) ... an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by the coaches ... second-team Academic All-Big 12 choice ... a member of Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... shared the D. Harold Byrd Tenacity Award for Offense with Mason Walters, Trey Hopkins, Malcolm Brown ...led the team in receptions (56) and ranked eighth in the league (4.3 per game) ... second on the team in receiving yards (589) ... 35 of his receptions were for first downs, including four on fourth down ... also served as a reserve punt returner ... led the team in punt return average (13.5) ... that mark would have ranked third in the Big 12, but only had 10 attempts ... member of the watch list for the Biletnikoff Award ... a preseason All-Big 12 third-team offense pick (Athlon) ... had five receptions for 40 yards vs. New Mexico State ... posted eight catches for 105 yards, including a 45-yarder, against BYU, his fourth career 100-yard receiving game ... he and Mike Davis (8-114) became the 14th duo in school history (fourth time in the last three years) to post more than 100 receiving yards in the same game ... they also performed the feat vs. Iowa State in 2012 ... registered six receptions for 83 yards vs. Ole Miss ... had five receptions for 31 yards vs. Kansas State to move into eighth on the UT career receptions list (127) and 11th on the UT career receiving yards chart (1,612) ... also had a 24-yard punt return ... notched three receptions for 29 yards against Iowa State, snapping a streak of eight straight games with at least five catches ... posted five receptions, including four first downs, for 59 yards vs. Oklahoma ... had one reception for 21 yards in win against TCU ... did not start vs. the Horned Frogs as the team opened in a two tight end set ... shared the team’s offensive player of the game award with Malcolm Brown after recording six receptions for 77 yards in the win against Kansas ... moved into 10th place on the UT career receiving yards list (1,789) ... earned the team’s offensive player of the game after recording seven catches for 82 yards and one touchdown in the OT win against West Virginia ... had his first TD reception of the season, a 10-yarder in the third quarter, and had a 9-yard reception on fourth-and-7 to keep the game-tying field-goal drive alive in the final minutes of the game ... moved into third place all-time in consecutive games with a reception (32), surpassing his brother, Jordan ... moved into ninth place on the UT career recieving yards list (1,871) ... registered six catches for 43 yards vs. Oklahoma State to move from eighth to seventh on the UT career receptions list, passing B.J. Johnson (152 / 2000-03) ... posted his 33-game streak with reception (third in UT history) snapped vs. Texas Tech, but completed a career-long 43 yard pass to Mike Davis to gain a first down in the second quarter ... also had four punt returns for 52 yards, including a career-long 27-yarder ... shared the UT special team player of the week honors with Leroy Scott ... had three catches for 11 yards and two punt returns, including a career-long 50-yarder, vs. Baylor ... posted one reception for 8 yards against Oregon in the Alamo Bowl.
FRESHMAN (2011)
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by his father, Bob Shipley, at Brownwood High School … prep All-American, two-time first-team all-state and three-time all-district performer at wide receiver … played in the 2011 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, scoring the West team’s only TD on a 35-yard reception … played for the U.S. Under-19 National Team in the 2011 Team USA vs. The World game, catching one pass for 14 yards … a first-team selection on the MaxPreps 2010 U.S. Air Force Medium Schools All-American Team … a member of the Sporting News’ top 100 national prospects … rated as the second-best wide receiver by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football … a member of the Austin American-Statesman’s Fab 55 (state’s top prospects) … three-year starter who tallied 203 receptions for 3,444 yards and 43 TDs while recording eight special teams TDs … helped Brownwood compile a 24-4 record in two seasons … named the AP Class 3A Offensive Player of the Year and earned first-team all-state honors as a senior … named first-team 3A all-state on offense and kick returner by the Texas Sports Writers Association … a first-team All-Texas selection by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football and Class 3A Player of the Year … tabbed the Player of the Year and was a unanimous first-team selection on both the Abilene Reporter News’ All-Big Country Super Team and class 3A-5A All-Big Country Team … tabbed the district 5-3A MVP … helped lead Brownwood to a 14-1 record, a district championship and an appearance in the state semifinals … recorded 87 catches for 1,653 yards (tops in class 3A), and 27 TDs while rushing for 69 yards and a TD … also recorded five punt returns for TDs while averaging 34 yards a return and returned one kickoff for a TD … helped Brownwood win the 7-on-7 State Championship prior to his senior season … named to the all-tournament team at the 7-on-7 state tournament … also participated in the ESPN RISE Champion Gridiron Kings game prior to his senior season and was one of five offensive players named to the 2010 EAS All-Performance Team … recorded 16 catches for 195 yards and a TD against Carthage in the state semifinals … caught seven passes for 116 yards and two TDs, returned a punt 52 yards for a TD, returned a kickoff 42 yards and recorded an INT in a win over Snyder … recorded nine catches for 109 yards and four TDs, rushed for 31 yards and recorded an INT in a win over Stephenville … earned first-team all-state honors from the Texas Sports Writers Association as a junior … named to the Abilene Reporter-News All-Big Country Class 3A Team … named first-team all-district 2-3A at wide receiver and defensive back … helped lead Brownwood to a 10-3 record, a co-district championship and an appearance in the third round of the state playoffs … recorded 55 catches for 936 yards and nine TDs in eight games … named to Class Acts by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine, recognizing the top sophomores in the state … tabbed the 6-5A District Newcomer of the Year at 5A Coppell High School as a sophomore … helped lead Coppell to a 8-4 record and an appearance in the second round of the state playoffs … tallied 61 catches for 855 yards and seven TDs while returning two punts for TDs … placed fifth in the long jump, fifth in the 110m hurdles, seventh in the 300m hurdles and eighth in the 4x100-meter relay at the 3A state meet as a junior … also won five gold medals at the district track meet.
PERSONAL
Brother, Jordan, was an All-American wide receiver and Biletnikoff Award finalist at Texas (2006-09), setting the school record in career receptions … uncle, Stephen Shipley, played wide receiver at TCU (1989-1992) … father, Bob, was roommates with former Longhorns Colt and Case McCoy’s father, Brad, at Abilene Christian and played football … father coached Jaxon at both Coppell and Brownwood H.S ... father was also a football analyst in the Texas player personnnel department during the 2013 season and is now the head coach/athletics director at Belton High School ... majoring in physical culture and sports with a coaching concentration ... five-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (fall 2012; spring 2013; fall 2013; spring 2014; fall 2014) ... named to the 2015 NFF Hampshire Honor Society (players from all divisions who maintained a 3.2-plus cumulative GPA throughout their career).
SHIPLEY'S CAREER STATISTICS
2011
| Opponent | Rec | Yards | Long | TD | Rush | Yards | Long | TD |
| Rice | 2 | 54 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 0 |
| BYU | 3 | 39 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| UCLA | 5 | 46 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Iowa State | 6 | 149 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | 89 | 23 | 1 | 1 | -14 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma State | 3 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Kansas | 5 | 47 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Texas Tech | DNP | |||||||
| Missouri | DNP | |||||||
| Kansas State | DNP | |||||||
| Texas A&M | 3 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baylor | 4 | 121 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012
| Opponent | Rec | Yards | Long | TD | Rush | Yards | Long | TD |
| Wyoming | 7 | 45 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Ole Miss | 3 | 35 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Oklahoma State | 5 | 82 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 5 | 58 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Baylor | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| Kansas | 6 | 66 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Texas Tech | 2 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Iowa State | 8 | 137 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| TCU | 6 | 80 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Kansas State | 5 | 68 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oregon State | 8 | 88 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
2013
| Opponent | Rec | Yards | Long | TD | Rush | Yards | Long | TD |
| New Mexico St. | 5 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |
| BYU | 8 | 105 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Ole Miss | 6 | 83 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Kansas State | 5 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Iowa State | 3 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 59 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| TCU | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Kansas | 6 | 77 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| West Virginia | 7 | 82 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Oklahoma State | 6 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Baylor | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Oregon | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
2014
| Opponent | Rec | Yards | Long | TD | Rush | Yards | Long | TD |
| North Texas | 6 | 43 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| BYU | 5 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| UCLA | 9 | 65 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Kansas | 6 | 81 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Baylor | 3 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | 115 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Iowa State | 6 | 92 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Kansas State | 4 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Texas Tech | 3 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 38 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Oklahoma State | 4 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| TCU | DNP | |||||||
| Arkansas | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
RECEIVING
Year | G/GS | Rec | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long |
| 2011 | 10/5 | 44 | 607 | 13.8 | 3 | 78/BU |
| 2012 | 13/10 | 59 | 737 | 12.5 | 6 | 44/OSU |
| 2013 | 13/9 | 56 | 589 | 10.5 | 1 | 45/BYU |
| 2014 | 12/11 | 59 | 577 | 9.8 | 1 | 48/KU |
| Total | 48/35 | 218 | 2,510 | 11.5 | 11 | 78/BU |
PASSING & RUSHING
| Year | G/GS | Comp-Att | Pct. | Yards | Rating | TD | INT | Long | Rush | Yards | TD | Long |
| 2011 | 10/5 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 73 | 500.8 | 3 | 0 | 41/TAM | 11 | 39 | 0 | 15/UCLA |
| 2012 | 13/10 | 0-3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | --- | 8 | 53 | 0 | 18/WYO |
| 2013 | 13/9 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 43 | 461.2 | 0 | 0 | 43/TTU | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- |
| 2014 | 12/11 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- |
| Total | 48/35 | 5-8 | 62.5 | 116 | 308.0 | 3 | 0 | 43/TTU | 19 | 92 | 0 | 18/WYO |
SPECIAL TEAMS
| Year | G | PR | Yards | YPR | TD | Long | KR | Yards | YPR | TD | Long |
| 2011 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 0 | 20/BYU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | --- |
| 2012 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | --- |
| 2013 | 13 | 10 | 135 | 13.5 | 0 | 50/BU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | --- |
| 2014 | 12 | 20 | 186 | 9.3 | 0 | 41/KU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | --- |
| Total | 48 | 38 | 363 | 9.6 | 0 | 50/BU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | --- |
ALL-PURPOSE
| Year | G/GS | Rush-Yds | Rec-Yds | KRet | PRet | Att-Total | Per/Play | Per/G | High |
| 2011 | 10/5 | 11-39 | 44-607 | 0-0 | 8-42 | 63-688 | 10.9 | 68.8 | 141/ISU |
| 2012 | 13/10 | 8-53 | 59-737 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 67-790 | 11.8 | 60.8 | 90/ORS |
| 2013 | 13/9 | 0-0 | 56-589 | 0-0 | 10-135 | 66-724 | 11.0 | 55.7 | 105/BYU |
| 2014 | 12/11 | 0-0 | 59-577 | 0-0 | 20-186 | 79-763 | 9.7 | 63.6 | 160/OU |
| Total | 48/35 | 19-92 | 218-2,510 | 0-0 | 38-363 | 275-2,965 | 10.8 | 61.8 | 160/OU |
CAREER HIGHS
Receptions: 9, three times, last vs. Oklahoma (Sr.)
Receiving Yards: 141, vs. Iowa State (Fr.)
Long Reception: 78, at Baylor (Fr.)
100-yard receiving games: five times, (6-149) Iowa State (Fr.); (4-121) Baylor (Fr.); (8-137) Iowa State (So.); (8-105) BYU (Jr.); (9-115) Oklahoma (Sr.)
TD receptions: 3, at Oklahoma State (So.)
Rushes: 3, vs. Rice (Fr.)
Rushing yards: 25 vs Rice (Fr.)
Long Rush: 18, vs. Wyoming (So.)
Long Pass: 41, vs. Texas A&M (Fr.)
Punt returns: 4, vs. Texas Tech (Jr.)
Punt return yards: 52, vs. Texas Tech (Jr.)
Long punt return: 50, at Baylor (Jr.)
All-purpose yards: 160, vs. Oklahoma (Sr.)
