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John Samuel Shenker Season 2022

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John Samuel Shenker Season 2022

PositionTE
Weight250 lbs
Height6-4
ClassSenior
HometownAlbany, Ga.
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2022: Returning starter at tight end … voted team captain … the Auburn recordholder for TE career catches (set at Georgia) now with 68 catches … 2nd in career TE receiving yardage (779) … 62 games played sets a school record (previous 59) … 3 catches for 39 yards vs. San Jose’ State … 3 receptions gained 39 yards vs. Missouri … 42 yards on 3 catches vs. LSU with a long gain of 27 … 5 catches for 32 yards at Georgia … 2 receptions for 24 yards vs. Arkansas … coaches’ offensive player of week: Missouri ... SEC academic honor roll ... Tropical Bowl

2021: Returning starter at tight end … Auburn record for single-season TE receptions (33) and single-season TE receiving yardage (413) … ranks 7th in career TE receptions (48) and 5th in career TE yardage (571) … career-best five catches against Akron for 38 yards … 8-yard reception against Alabama State … five more catches gained a career-high 62 yards at Penn State … 2 catches for 26 yards vs. Georgia State … 102 yards on five catches at LSU, with a career-long of 35, for the first 100-yard game by an Auburn tight end since 1994 … 20-yard reception vs. Georgia … 12-yard catch at Arkansas … 4 catches gained 50 yards at Texas A&M … 22-yard reception in Alabama game and the successful 2-point conversion in the third OT … 5 receptions gained 54 yards in the Birmingham Bowl … game captain (Penn State, Houston) … John Mackey Award player of week (LSU) ... SEC academic honor roll

2020: Starting tight end … two-point conversion pass from Grant Loy vs. Kentucky … 15-yard reception at Ole Miss … two catches vs. Tennessee gained 11 yards … two receptions for 38 yards at Alabama … 3 catches in the Citrus Bowl gained 31 yards ... in baseball, played in 12 games, making two starts at first base and another at designated hitter … went 4-21 with a double and two RBI on the year … tied for the team lead with a pair of pinch hits … drove in a run on a RBI single in his season debut vs. Presbyterian (Feb. 20) … hit a pinch-hit, RBI double in the middle game at Ole Miss (Mar. 20) and followed it up with a pinch-hit single and a run the following day ... SEC academic honor roll

2019: Tight end who played in every game with five starts … caught a 6-yard TD pass from Joey Gatewood at Texas A&M … first start came at LSU ... also played baseball for Auburn in spring, 2020 ... played in 11 games and made six starts as the designated hitter … hit .318 (7-for-22) with five runs, one double and six RBI … reached base at a .516 clip

2018: Redshirt freshman tight end … saw first career action vs. Washington … 26-yard reception vs. Mississippi State … first-quarter touchdown at Georgia on a 9-yard reception from JaTarvious Whitlow

2017: True freshman tight end … redshirted 2017 season ... Academic Top Tiger and SEC first-year academic honor roll

High School: Versatile athlete for Coach Rush Propst and the Colquitt County High School Packers … as a senior, had 30 receptions for 451 yards and two touchdowns … a top 100 tight end according to 247 Sports and the third best tight end in Georgia via Scout … first team all-state … regional special teams player of year … standout infielder on 2015 and 2016 state champion baseball teams at Deerfield-Windsor … USA Baseball U17 national team development program roster

Personal: Birthday is September 2 … wife Anne Jackson is a 2021 Auburn grad ... son of Tom and Melody Shenker … father played football at Harding University … has one brother, Garrison … enjoys playing golf and fishing … May, 2021, graduate of the College of Business