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| Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Phoenix
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Shadow Mountain
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| Height / Weight:
5-9 / 172
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| Position:
Wide Receiver
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NFL.com Bio and Statistics For Shaun McDonald
ASU: One of the most exciting players in the Pac-10 and in the nation...short in stature but tall on talent...will lead receiving corps for Sun Devils in 2002...has the skills to make something happen after catching the football...a first-team All-Pac-10 preseason selection by Football News and a second-team selection by the Sporting News...is listed as the 14th-best wide receiver in the nation by the Sporting News...made several spectacular plays in 2001...a pre- and postseason honors candidate...ran a team-record 4.38 in the 40 on pro timing day this spring...heads into the 2002 season as the second-best returning receiver in the country in catches and receiving yards, behind just Wisconsin senior Lee Evans who had 75 catches and 1,535 yards in 2001...has caught a pass in 15 straight games (dating back the 2000 season) and all but one game in his career. 2001: Appeared in all 11 games, starting eight...earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors...finished first in the Pac-10 and 10th in the nation in receiving yards per game with an average of 100.36 yards per game...led team with 47 receptions and 1,104 yards...his 1,104 receiving yards places him second in the Sun Devil record book for most receiving yards in a season, just 40 yards shy of the school record...broke single-season ASU records for receiving yards per game (100.36) and receiving yards per catch (23.5)...second on team in scoring with eleven touchdowns...those eleven touchdowns tied him for second in the Pac-10 for touchdowns scored...caught five passes for 154 yards and four touchdowns versus Louisiana-Lafayette...that four TD performance tied a Pac-10 record for most touchdown passes caught in a game...had four rushing attempts for eight yards...one rushing touchdown against USC...saw some special teams work...had one forced fumble versus San Jose State. 2000: Played in all 12 games...started vs. Washington and Arizona in multiple wide-out sets...caught 22 passes for 358 yards...averaged 16.3 yards per catch and 29.8 yards per game...also accumulated five carries for 30 yards...led the team in punt returns with 263 yards on 28 tries...averaged 9.4 yards per return...also took back three kickoffs a total of 42 yards...finished third on the team with 693 all-purpose yards...longest reception of the season was a 68-yard touchdown connection with Griffin Goodman that went for a touchdown against California...hauled in a 54-yarder from Goodman that helped set up a Tom Pace touchdown run in the same game...also had two catches for 21 yards vs. Washington...made four grabs for 45 yards to go along with an 81-yard punt return for a touchdown against Oregon...had a pair of catches for 28 yards plus a 30-yard punt return vs. Stanford. 1999: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 1999 graduate of Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix...earned first-team "Best In The West" by the Long Beach Press-Telegram ... was the only player on that team from the state of Arizona...SuperPrep All-American, listed as the No. 14 "Skill Athlete" in the nation...listed as the No. 5 wide receiver in the Western Region by PrepStar Magazine...1998 Preseason All-American by PrepStar Magazine...rated as the No. 26 prospect in the Far West by SuperPrep Magazine...a member of the "Western 100" by the Tacoma News-Tribune...1999 Honorable Mention All-America by USA Today...named to the Super All-State 1998 squad as a return specialist by Arizona Football Magazine...earned first-team all-state accolades in Class 5A by Arizona Football Magazine...a finalist for the Arizona Player of the Year award given annually by the editor of Arizona Football Magazine...earned all-state honors as a kick return specialist and all-conference as a wide receiver and kick specialist as a junior...was a three-year starter...collected five kickoff returns for touchdowns as a senior before missing one-third of his senior season with a broken fibula...as a senior had 800 yards receiving (30 yard average) and 1,700 all-purpose yards...added seven kick returns for touchdown and averaged 46 yards per kick return...as a junior, returned four kickoffs of 90 yards or longer for touchdowns...holds state record for most kickoff returns for touchdowns with 14...also played tailback as a junior and rushed for 899 yards on 65 carries...had 43 receptions for 706 yards and six more touchdowns...lettered three times in football and four times each in soccer and track and field...scored a goal and assisted on another in winning the state championship in soccer...coached by Hal Pigusch.
PERSONAL: Majoring in interdisciplinary studies...parents are Brad (route salesman) and Verona (operations manager) of Phoenix...brother Tariq, 22, was a Sun Devil until leaving early for the NFL where he was signed as a free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals...also has a sister, Tiffany, 17...born June 31, 1981 in Phoenix...lists most exciting experience in sports as getting 368 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns in one quarter in a game against Camelback High...hobbies include watching movies and playing video games...full name is Shaun Terrance McDonald.
CAREER HIGHS: Receptions: 9, vs. Washington (10/27/01). Receiving Yards: 194, vs. Washington (10/27/01). TDs Receiving: 4, vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (10/6/01). Punt Returns: 8, at San Diego State (8/31/00). Punt Return Yards: 121, vs. USC (11/4/00). Longest Punt Return: 81, vs. USC (11/4/00). Kickoff Returns: 2, vs. Washington (10/27/01). Kickoff Return Yards: 27, vs. Washington (10/27/01). Longest Kickoff Return: 25, vs. Oregon State (10/20/01).
McDonald's Career Statistics
Receiving
Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./G
2000 12/2 22 358 16.3 1 68 29.8
2001 11/8 47 1104 23.5 10 68 100.4
Career 23/10 69 1462 21.2 11 68 63.8
Punt Returns
Year G/GS No. Yds. Avg. TD Long
2000 12/2 28 269 9.4 1 81
2001 11/8 3 1 0.3 0 3
Career 23/10 31 270 8.7 1 81
Kickoff Returns
G/GS No. Yds. Avg. TD Long
2000 12/2 3 42 14.0 0 18
2001 11/8 3 52 17.3 0 25
Career 23/10 6 94 15.7 0 25
McDonald's Game-by-Game Statistics
2001 Receiving
Opp. Rec. Yds. TD Long
San Diego State 4 20 1 9
at Stanford 2 95 1 68
San Jose State 3 76 1 50
La-Lafayette 5 154 4 57
at USC 3 34 0 16
Oregon State 5 123 1 63
Washington 9 194 1 43
at Oregon 5 103 0 39
Washington State 5 169 1 53
Arizona 3 71 0 38
at UCLA 3 65 0 33
2000 Receiving
Opp. Rec. Yds. TD Long
at San Diego State 1 6 0 6
Colorado State 2 5 0 5
Utah State 1 32 0 32
at UCLA 2 7 0 5
California 2 122 1 68
Washington 2 21 0 15
at Washington State 1 14 0 14
Oregon 0 0 0 0
USC 4 45 0 18
at Stanford 2 28 0 18
at Arizona 1 17 0 17
vs. Boston College 4 61 0 42
