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    Shannon Yates
    Shannon Yates

    Class:
    Senior
    Hometown:
    Burleson, Texas
    High School:
    Burleson HS
    Height / Weight:
    6-4 / 321
    Position:
    OL
    Birthdate:
    11/09/1977
    Experience:
    3L

    One of three returning offensive linemen...will start along the offensive line for the fourth straight year... Preseason Second Team All-Southland Football League selection...

    1999 (Junior): Started all 11 games at right guard....allowed only two sacks as a junior last season....

    1998 (Sophomore): Started at right guard all of the 1998 season... great presence inside....

    1997 (Freshman): Started at right guard as a freshman...

    1996 (Redshirt): Spent his redshirt season playing on practice squads...

    High School: A Dallas Morning News Area Top100 lineman...a first team All-District 6-5A offensive guard as a senior...Honorable Mention All-District 6-5A center as a junior for coach Mark Saunders...also chosen first team All-Johnson County and second team All-Tarrant County...named to Gridiron Greats Magazine All-South team...invited to play in the Down Under Bowl All-Star Game in Australia..

    Personal: Born 11/9/77... Criminal justice major...Spring 2000 Testing: 5.53 in 40, 375 bench, 480 squat, 365 hang clean...son of Christy Yates of Burleson.