Sterling Shepard

Sterling Shepard is from Oklahoma City. At Heritage Hall he caught 133 passes for 2,335 yards and 38 touchdowns, played in the Under Armour All-America Game, and placed second in the state long jump. He played four seasons at Oklahoma. As a junior he had 215 yards against TCU, and as a senior in 2015 he caught 86 passes for 1,288 yards and 11 touchdowns. He was a first-team All-American that year and was first-team All-Big 12 in 2014 and 2015. He also won the 2014 Disney Spirit Award. The New York Giants drafted him in the second round, 40th overall, in 2016, and he made the PFWA All-Rookie Team. He played eight seasons with the Giants, then Tampa Bay (2024–2025), had a 2026 stint with Houston, and is now on the New York Jets' practice squad. His career totals are 444 catches, 4,803 yards and 25 touchdowns. The Oklahoman (Web Edition) wrote on November 17, 2014: "After Shepard’s father, former standout OU receiver Derrick Shepard, died of a heart attack at age 35 when Sterling was 6, Stoops brought Sterling into the program."