Blake Shell
Shell with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2015 | |||||||||||||
No. 9 Houston Texans | |||||||||||||
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Quarterback | |||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Date of birth: | August 12, 1991|||||||||||||
Place of birth: Camden, NJ | |||||||||||||
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Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: Woodrow Wilson, Camden NJ | |||||||||||||
College: Virginia Tech | |||||||||||||
NFL Draft: 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9 | |||||||||||||
Debuted in 2015 for the Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||||
Career history
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Roster status: Active | |||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of Week 8, 2018 | |||||||||||||
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Blake Shell (born August 12, 1991) is an American football Quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at Virginia Tech. The Bengals selected him with the ninth overall pick in the 2015 NFLHC Draft.
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College Career
Blake Shell attended Virginia Tech for 2 years, declaring for the NFL Draft his senior year.
College statistics
Year | Passing | ||||||||
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GP | GS | Rating | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | TD | Int | |
2013 | 1 | 1 | 256.7 | 23 | 25 | 92 | 333 | 4 | 0 |
2014 | 12 | 12 | 156.3 | 269 | 409 | 65.8 | 3,378 | 24 | 1 |
Totals | 13 | 13 | - | 292 | 434 | 67.3 | 3,711 | 28 | 1 |
Professional Career
Shell ran the 40-yard dash in 4.88 seconds at the Scouting Combine. He was considered anywhere from the best to third best quarterback prospect in the 2015 NFLHC Draft along with Thomas Wheeler and Brian Brown. In the 2015 NFLHC Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals selected Shell with the 9th overall pick. He was the first quarterback selected by the Bengals in the first round. He became the 2nd ever starting quarterback after Nu Battles was cut in the offseason, and beating out Robert Aikman for the starting job in the preseason.
The day after the draft, Shell signed a five-year contract with the Bengals worth approximately $50 million.
Before the first game of the 2015 preseason, Shell was declared the starter.
Cincinnati Bengals
Blake Shell was named the starter for the 2015 NFL Season.
Regular season
Year Team Games Starts Wins Passing Rushing Rating Comp Att Pct Yds YPA TD Int Att Yds Avg TD Fumbles 2015 CIN 14 14 3 182 310 58.71% 2,306 7.44 13 15 1 -8 -8.0 0 1 76.39 2016 CIN 8 8 5 142 226 62.83% 1,890 8.36 17 6 0 0 0.0 0 0 102.63 2017 CIN 16 16 5 355 604 58.77% 3,913 6.48 27 13 6 -18 -3.0 0 2 84.00 2018 CIN 6 6 4 67 110 60.91% 941 8.55 5 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 92.26 Career 44 44 17 746 1,250 59.68% 9,050 7.24 62 37 7 -26 -3.71 0 3 86.18