Tyrell

Shavers

This will be Coleman’s fourth occasion missing game time due to disciplinary reasons in less than two years in the NFL. Kincaid (hamstring) and Samuel (elbow/neck) are both out due to injury. With Coleman out last week, the Bills relied on a wide receiver rotation including Khalil Shakir, Tyrell Shavers, Gabe Davis, Mecole Hardman, Joshua Palmer and Samuel. Hardman has since been placed on injured reserve. A heavy rotation is still expected against the Texans’ elite pass defense.

With Keon Coleman inactive for disciplinary reasons, it was Shavers who saw the biggest increase in playing time and usage. The 26-year-old did most of his damage on a 43-yard broken play touchdown, where he got behind the defense, but he also caught a few huge 20-plus yard passes throughout the game. We can’t expect this moving forward, but he’s certainly worth an add in deeper formats in case Keon Coleman’s disciplinary punishment lasts beyond one week.

Palmer was forced from play after injuring his knee and ankle while being tackled by a Falcons defender in Week 6. His continued sidelining post-bye indicates he may need another week to rehab the two injuries. Fellow Bills WR Curtis Samuel (ribs) was limited on Wednesday. WR Tyrell Shavers should see increased opportunities this weekend. He is not a reliable FLEX option, though.

Shavers (6'6/205) is a former four-star recruit who initially attended Alabama before transferring over to MSU prior to the 2020 season. He started the year splitting time with Osirus Mitchell at the starting Z-WR spot in Mike Leach’s Air Raid offense, catching nine passes for 107 yards and a touchdown over his first three games before shuttling down the depth chart in favor of WR Jaden Walley and entering the transfer portal in mid-November. Shavers should be an immediate upgrade for the Aztecs’ wide receiver corps and will likely slide right into a starting spot next season.

Really, this is “former” Mississippi State WR Tyrell Shavers. The redshirt junior technically left the program just over two weeks ago, after having only recently transferred to the program in June. Assuming Shavers finds a new home soon, it will be his third school this year, going from Alabama to Mississippi State to *insert new school name*. Shavers was a four-star signing with Alabama back in 2017, so the talent is clearly there for the 6-foot-6, 205-pounder. Stay tuned over the next few weeks for an update on Shavers’ impending transfer.

Shavers (6'6/205) transferred to MSU from Alabama in early-June when it became clear he wouldn’t challenge for playing time with the Crimson Tide’s loaded WR corps. The former four-star prospect was rated as the 12th best wide receiver from the 2017 recruiting class and had been named as the starting Z wide receiver in Mike Leach’s air raid offense. He caught two passes for 68 yards and a touchdown in his first game against LSU, but only managed to secure seven passes for 39 yards and zero touchdowns since then. He joins defensive linemen Tre Lawson and Jamari Stewart who also announced their departure from the program this week. Osirus Mitchell will assume the full time starting Z role when Mississippi State plays Texas A&M this Saturday.

Shavers (6'6/205) transferred to MSU from Alabama in early-June when it became clear he wouldn’t challenge for playing time with the Crimson Tide’s loaded WR corps. Shavers is a former four-star prospect who was ranked as the 12th best wide receiver and 11th best player in the state of Texas from the 2017 recruiting class. He beat-out MSU’s leading wide receiver from last year, Osirus Mitchell, for the starting Z role in HC Leach’s air-raid offense. Shavers will start his first collegiate game Saturday when MSU travels to play LSU in Baton Rouge.

Shavers (6'6/205) joined the Alabama program as a four-star recruit in the 2017 class. Same class as Jerry Jeudy, Henry Ruggs and Devonta Smith. Things just never came together for the redshirt junior as they did for his teammates, though. He managed just one catch in Tuscaloosa. Despite the lack of production, this should be counted as a fun transfer lottery ticket for Bulldogs HC Mike Leach and staff. Shavers won’t have to jostle with Jeudy, Ruggs and Smith for work any longer and if ever that talent was going to blossom, Leach’s Air Raid offers a fertile environment for big, gaudy stats. Shavers joins the Bulldogs as a graduate transfer (able to play immediately in 2020) with two years eligibility remaining.

Shavers (6'6/205) signed with Alabama as a four-star recruit in the 2017 class, but the talented wideout failed to push his way up the team’s perpetually-stacked receiving depth chart during his time in Tuscaloosa. The redshirt junior hits the transfer portal having caught just one career pass to date with the Crimson Tide. Presumably, he’ll be looking for a cleaner fit in terms of potential playing time now that he’s kicking the tires on a move.

"[W]e really appreciate Coach Saban being gracious and letting us have him,” said Tide baseball HC Brad Bohannon on Friday. While Saban might be loaning out the 6-foot-6, 216-pound wideout for now, no final decision has been made as to whether Shavers will be joining the baseball team in earnest. We should have a more definitive idea in a few weeks. Coming out of high school, Shavers was a four-star recruit who had drawn comparisons to the likes of Dorial-Green Beckham. He played in all 15 of Alabama’s games this past season, but is still on the hunt for his first collegiate catch.