Senior tight end for UNLV. 2023: 6 catches, 49 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′4″ · 250 lb · Norcross, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 tight end for UNLV. 2023: 6 catches, 49 receiving yards, 1 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearShelton Zeon III
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Shelton Zeon III has been at UNLV through three head coaches in five seasons. One game to point at: 21 rec yds, 2 receptions against Nevada — Week 7, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at UNLV, 269 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tony Sanchez, Marcus Arroyo, and Barry Odom. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.2 | 9.8 | 7.7 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Mullen
Pass share
41.6%
87 pass / 122 run
Plays / game
69.7
3 games
Team sack rate
9.3%
108 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 44–14
vs Bryant
1 rec · 5 yds
Dominant 30-point win at home against Bryant.
With J. De Jesus — 4 rec · 50 yds · D. Brumfield — 86 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 42.4 · 49 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-14vs Bryant | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 3 | W 40-37vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-28@ UTEP | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-27@ Nevada | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 12 | Season-high 21 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 24-31@ Fresno State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | L 36-49vs Kansas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Total | 6 | 49 | 7.7 | 1 | 12 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jake Roberts’s 2021 season.
Matches Jake on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Hayden Hatten’s path through Idaho.
Hayden Hatten
Matches Hayden on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Hayden Rucci's senior season at Wisconsin (2023).
Matches Hayden on
Player DNA