Daikiel Shorts

WR · West Virginia 2016 · #6

Last confirmed: West Virginia, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′1″ · Clayton, NJ · Eastern Christian

Daikiel Shorts: WR · West Virginia · #6.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

John JohnsonTroy · 2016 · 98% season match
B.J. FarrowLiberty · 2018 · 95% season match
Tre'Quan SmithUCF · 2015 · 90% season match
Devonte BoydUNLV · 2014 · 88% season match
Noel ThomasUConn · 2015 · 87% season match

Daikiel Shorts

WR · West Virginia · #6

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. He has spent three seasons in the West Virginia receiving corps. One game to point at: 131 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Missouri — Week 1, 2016.

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

West Virginia in the news

WVU updates depth chart for TCU gameOct 20
WVU coach mourns Ike MorrisOct 20
WVU updates defensive depth chartOct 12
WVU releases updated depth chartOct 6

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	West Virginia	63	894	14.2	5
2015	West Virginia	45	528	11.7	5
2014	West Virginia	24	346	14.4	2
Career		132	1,768	13.4	12

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 26-11vs Missouri	8	131	16.4	0	29	131-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 38-21vs Youngstown State	6	93	15.5	1	22
Wk 4	W 35-32vs BYU	5	22	4.4	1	9
Wk 5	W 17-16vs Kansas State	5	72	14.4	0	31
Wk 7	W 48-17@ Texas Tech	3	100	33.3	0	53
Wk 8	W 34-10vs TCU	4	74	18.5	1	36
Wk 9	L 20-37@ Oklahoma State	8	82	10.3	0	15
Wk 10	W 48-21vs Kansas	7	104	14.9	1	22
Wk 11	W 24-20@ Texas	5	75	15.0	0	26
Wk 12	L 28-56vs No. 8 Oklahoma	2	24	12.0	0	19
Wk 13	W 49-19@ Iowa State	2	38	19.0	0	23
Wk 14	W 24-21vs Baylor	3	18	6.0	1	9
Bowl	L 14-31@ Miami	5	61	12.2	0	26
Total		63	894	14.2	5	53

Signature game

Week 8 · 2016

W 34-10

vs TCU

4 rec · 74 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 24-point win at home against TCU.

With S. Howard — 231 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.9 · B. Kinney — 43.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 47 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Texas Tech · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +4.19Skyler Howard pass complete to Daikiel Shorts Jr. for 53 yds to the TexTc 22 for a
Week 10 · Kansas · 3rd and 14 · Q3 · EPA +3.78Skyler Howard pass complete to Daikiel Shorts for 22 yds to the Kans 37 for a
Week 5 · Kansas State · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +3.52Skyler Howard pass complete to Daikiel Shorts for 31 yds to the KanSt 38 for a
Week 1 · Miami · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.45Skyler Howard pass complete to Daikiel Shorts for 20 yds to the MiaFl 40 for a
Week 2 · Youngstown State · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.38Skyler Howard pass complete to Daikiel Shorts for 20 yds to the YngSt 45 for a
Week 8 · TCU · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.06Skyler Howard pass complete to Daikiel Shorts for 36 yds to the TCU 22 for a

4 more plays

Week 14 · Baylor · 4th and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.94Skyler Howard pass complete to Daikiel Shorts for 4 yds for a TD, (Mike Molina KICK)
Week 1 · Missouri · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.88Skyler Howard pass complete to Daikiel Shorts for 19 yds to the Misso 38 for a
Week 2 · Youngstown State · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.80Howard to Shorts: an 11-yard touchdown pass.
Week 10 · Kansas · 2nd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Skyler Howard pass complete to Daikiel Shorts for 21 yds to the Kans 36 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 25-14 over that span.

2014West Virginia7-6HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced, fast tempo

2015West Virginia8-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2016West Virginia10-3HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (94th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (86th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#42 / 674 · 94th pct

0.92

Explosive rate#97 / 674 · 86th pct

18.3%

Catch rate#164 / 674 · 76th pct

74.4%

Yards / catch#183 / 674 · 73rd pct

14.4

TD rate#401 / 674 · 41st pct

3.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#57 / 524 · 89th pct

894

Receptions#57 / 524 · 89th pct

Rec TDs#108 / 524 · 75th pct

Yards / catch#191 / 524 · 63rd pct

14.2

Long catch#226 / 524 · 56th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

45th → 94th percentile

Explosive rate

13th → 86th percentile

Catch rate

61st → 76th percentile

TD rate

82nd → 41st percentile

Yards / catch

44th → 73rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.0	73.7	14.0	0.6
Road4g	4.5	73.8	19.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.3	79.8	16.0	0.3
Weeks 8+7g	4.4	59.3	13.7	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Dana Holgorsen

Pass share

42.0%

409 pass / 564 run

Plays / game

74.8

13 games

Team sack rate

5.6%

443 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

63 catches in 13 games, more catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Daikiel Shorts

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

West Virginia in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Four seasons at West Virginia

His moves

2013