The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2016 Football Roster
Roster
Zach Shackelford
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 290
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Belton, Texas
- High School:
- Belton
- Major:
- Corporate Communication
A four-year offensive lineman who has played in 43 games and started 40 in his career … enrolled at Texas in January 2016 … one of six Longhorns elected by their teammates as a captain for the 2019 season … earned first-team All-Big 12 honors … named a semifinalist for the 2019 William V. Campbell Trophy … a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award … a preseason watch list candidate for the Rimington Trophy in 2019 … a Preseason All-Big 12 selection in 2019 … named a second team preseason All-American by Phil Steele and Athlon Sports in 2019… named preseason All-Big 12 by Athlon Sports and Phil Steele in 2018 … named to the Rimington Trophy watch list in 2018 … named 2018 and 2019 Academic All-Big 12 First Team … named first team All-Big 12 by the Associated Press and second team All-Big 12 by the coaches in 2018 … named FWAA Freshman All-America in 2016 … a two-time all-state honoree in high school … also an academic all-state selection … named 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie team in 2016-17 … six-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (spring 2016, spring 2017, fall 2017, spring 2018, spring 2019, fall 2019).
SENIOR (2019)
Played in and started 13 games at center … a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award and a semifinalist for the 2019 William V. Campbell Trophy … … part of a Texas OL that was named to the Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll … helped protect QB Sam Ehlinger, who has accounted for 4,326 yards of total offense (No. 2 in school history) and 39 total touchdowns (No. 3) … played in key role in helping the UT offense score 35.2 points per game … contributed in helping Texas outrush West Virginia, 216-96 … part of an offensive line that helped RB Keaontay Ingram rush for a then-career-high 114 yards versus Oklahoma State, and then allowed true freshman RB Roschon Johnson to log a career-best 121 yards at West Virginia … Johnson rushed for 95 yards against No. 6 Oklahoma the following week, the most by a Longhorn true freshman against the Sooners since Jamaal Charles in 2005 … Ingram logged his second 100-yard game of the season against Kansas, marking UT’s fourth-straight game with a 95-yard rusher … was the first time during head coach Tom Herman’s tenure that the Longhorns had a 95-yard rusher in four-straight games … Ingram later rushed for a career-high 139 yards and two touchdowns behind the UT offensive line against No. 16 Kansas State … Johnson rushed for 105 yards and scored three touchdowns behind the Texas offensive line versus Texas Tech … blocked for a UT backfield that racked up 231 rushing yards against No. 11 Utah in the Valero Alamo Bowl … the Longhorns averaged 6.2 yards per carry against the Utes, well above the 2.7 ypc average that Utah allowed in its first 13 games of the season … Texas was one of only two teams to rush for more than 115 yards against Utah … marked the third time in 2019 that the Horns rushed for more than 230 yards … named a preseason watch list candidate for the Rimington Trophy … a Preseason All-Big 12 selection … also was a second team preseason All-American honoree by Phil Steele and Athlon Sports.
JUNIOR (2018)
Played in 11 games with 10 starts … first team All-Big 12 by the AP and second team by the coaches … started at center in the season opener at Maryland … returned from injury to play in the Longhorns’ 19-14 road win at Kansas State … started at center in a 48-45 victory over No. 7 Oklahoma … started at center in the 23-17 win over Baylor … started at center in the 38-35 loss to Oklahoma State … started at center in the 42-41 loss to No. 12 West Virginia … started at center in the 41-34 road win over Texas Tech … was the starting center as the Longhorns defeated No. 18 Iowa State 24-10 … started at center in the 24-17 road win over Kansas … started at center and helped the offense to 437 yards in the Big 12 Championship Game … started at center and helped UT to a 28-21 win over Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
SOPHOMORE (2017)
Named Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … played in 10 games, making eight starts (Maryland, San Jose State, at USC, at Iowa State, versus Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, versus Missouri) … started the season opener against Maryland at center … helped the offense total 473 yards, including 375 through the air … started against San Jose State at center, helping the offense to 56 points and 623 yards (406 rushing) … started at center for the Longhorns against No. 4/4 USC … started at center in the Longhorns’ Big 12-opening win at Iowa State … started at center against Oklahoma in the AT&T Red River Showdown and helped the offense to 428 yards and 23 first downs … started at center against Oklahoma State … played at center in a 42-27 win over Kansas as he works his way back from injury … came into the game at center as starting center Terrell Cuney slid to left guard to replace Patrick Vahe in the Longhorns’ 28-14 road win at WVU … started at center in the regular season finale against Texas Tech … started at center against Missouri, helping the Longhorns to a 33-16 Texas Bowl victory … named to the Rimington Trophy Watch List in 2017 … also honored on the preseason All-Big 12 teams by Athlon Sports in 2017.
FRESHMAN (2016)
FWAA Freshman All-American … honorable mention All-Big 12 … also named to the All-Big 12 underclassmen team by ESPN.com … started the season opener against Notre Dame … helped the Longhorns to a 50-47 upset win over No. 10 Fighting Irish in a double-overtime thriller in week one … Texas had 517 yards of total offense in that game … Horns once again scored over 40 points in a 41-7 win over UTEP in week two … paved the way for the offense to register a season-high 567 yards on 90 plays in a week three loss at Cal … rushing attack totaled 307 yards and four touchdowns … each running back went over 100 yards in the game … passing attack had 261 yards and a score … helped the offense to match their season high with 568 yards at Oklahoma State … also paved the way to a season-best 329 yards rushing … UT had two backs over 100 yards on the ground for the second straight game … started against Oklahoma and helped the offense to 425 total yards and 40 points … started against Iowa State before suffering an injury and missing the second half … offense accrued 548 total yards in 35-34 win over No. 8 Baylor … passed for 291 yards and rushed for 257 … in a 45-37 road victory at Texas Tech, paved the way for the offense to record 658 yards, the sixth-most in a single-game in school history … led the way to 414 rushing yards, including 341 (third-most in school history) by running back D’Onta Foreman … helped Foreman average 10.3 yards per carry and UT to average 8.3 yards per carry as a team … led the way for D’Onta Foreman’s 11th straight 100-yard game … offense totaled 536 yards against No. 11/10 West Virginia, breaking the school record with their seventh game of 500 yards or more … did not play against Kansas or TCU.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Bob Shipley at Belton High School … a two-time all-state honoree and four-year starter … named first-team 6A All-State by the Associated Press and second-team by the Texas Sports Writers Association in 2015 … chosen honorable mention 6A Academic All-State … tabbed unanimous first-team All-District 12-6A … selected to the 2015 Super Team and as one of “2016 Texas’ Best” by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football … named to first-team Super CenTex by the Waco Tribune … rated No. 33 OG nationally and No. 6 OG in Texas by Scout … ranked No. 34 OG nationally and No. 89 overall in Texas by Rivals … rated No. 45 OG nationally and No. 97 overall in Texas by ESPN … ranked No. 52 OG nationally and No. 128 overall in Texas by 247Sports … graded out at 98 percent with 134 knockdown blocks and 87 pancakes as a senior … part of an offense that averaged 40.9 points, 442.6 total yards and 284.4 rushing yards per game … helped the offense post six games of 45 points or more and four games of 500 yards or more … helped Belton to an appearance in the 6A Division I bidistrict playoffs, falling by one point to Rowlett in 2015 … named 2015 preseason first-team Super Team by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football … selected honorable mention 6A All-State by the Associated Press and Texas Sports Writers Association in 2014 … tabbed unanimous first-team All-District 12-6A … chosen second-team Super Centex and ranked the No. 3 recruit on the Centex 25 by the Waco Tribune … earned academic all-district honors … part of an offense that recorded 362.5 total yards, including 188.4 rushing yards and 174.1 passing yards per game as junior … helped Belton to a 6-6 overall record and an appearance in the 6A Division I area playoffs in 2014 … part of an offense that averaged 434.0 total yards, 218.4 rushing yards, 215.6 passing yards and 30.9 points per game as a sophomore … part of an offense that averaged 31.6 points and 390.3 yards per game as a freshman … helped Belton to a 6-4 record in 2012 … made the honor roll as a freshman and sophomore … competed in powerlifting through junior year in high school, and track and field (shot put and discus) as a freshman and sophomore.
PERSONAL
Born in Columbus, Ohio … competed in the Junior Olympic prelims in swimming as an 8-year-old … began playing football at age 9 … father, Lyle, played offensive guard at the University of Central Florida (1982) … lived in Ohio until age 8, Washington state until age 11, and Germany until age 13 before moving to Texas … enjoys golf, and learned to ski in the German and Italian Alps … graduated with a degree in corporate communication with a minor in American Sign Language … named Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2017).
