2021 Football Roster

44 Ty Shelby

  • Position Defensive End
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 260
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • Highschool Friendswood

Biography

Four-year letterman has appeared in 44 career games, including 19 starts at defensive end . . . has recorded 108 career tackles, with 16.5 resulting in losses (58 yards) including 6.5 sacks (27 yards) . . . 2020 SEASON: Received COVID-19 season of competition waiver . . . earned All-Sun Belt honorable mention . . . started eight games at defensive end in 2020 (DNP at Army and at Georgia State) . . . ranked third on the team in tackles for loss (6.5 for 14 yards) and sacks (2 for 2 yards); both totals represent career highs . . . finished second among ULM defensive linemen and ranked eighth on the team with a career-best 36 tackles (13 solos, 23 assists) . . . contributed four tackles vs. Appalachian State, including one behind the line of scrimmage . . . made five solo stops at Liberty, including a career-high three tackles for loss (10 yards), and was credited with two quarterback hurries . . . posted a career-best eight stops (2-6) vs. Georgia Southern . . . after being sidelined for the 2020 season opener at Army, returned to the starting lineup vs. Texas State and registered seven tackles, with two resulting in losses including a sack . . . 2019 SEASON (JUNIOR): Appeared in all 12 games in 2019, including 10 starts at defensive end . . . ranked third among Warhawk defensive lineman and ninth overall on the team with 35 tackles (11 solos, 24 assists) . . . ranked second on the team in QB hurries (5) and tied for fourth in tackles for loss (4 for 17 yards) . . . totaled four stops in the home finale vs. ULL . . . registered four tackles each in back-to-back games vs. Georgia State and at Georgia Southern (3 solo hits including a 7-yard sack) . . . tallied four stops and a pass break-up at Texas State . . . selected to the Pro Football Focus Sun Belt Conference Defensive Team of the Week after recording four tackles, including a half tackle for loss, and two QB hurries vs. South Alabama . . . 2018 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in all 12 games in 2018 and earned his first career start as a fifth defensive lineman in the season finale vs. the Ragin’ Cajuns . . . recorded 26 tackles (12 solos, 14 assists) as a sophomore, with five resulting in losses (22 yards) including two sacks (15 yards); also credited with two quarterback hurries . . . made three stops vs. ULL . . . produced an 11-yard sack at Arkansas State . . . posted four tackles each in back-to-back games vs. Texas State (2 TFL for 5 yards, including a 4-yard sack) and Georgia Southern (including 3 solo stops) . . . made four stops at Georgia State, including one for a 3-yard loss . . . 2017 SEASON (RED-SHIRT FRESHMAN): Appeared in all 12 games as a red-shirt freshman in 2017 . . . totaled 11 tackles (5 solos, 6 assists) and three QB hurries . . . compiled a season-best four stops vs. Appalachian State, including a half sack for 5 yards and a QB hurry . . . tallied three tackles vs. Coastal Carolina . . . credited with a half sack for 1 yard vs. Southern Miss . . . 2016 SEASON: Redshirted . . . ULM BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS: Appeared in three games during the 2018-19 season (vs. Grambling, Stephen F. Austin and Nicholls State) . . . recorded a steal while playing a season-high four minutes vs. Nicholls State . . . played two minutes vs. Stephen F. Austin and made a steal . . . made his collegiate basketball debut vs. Grambling State . . . added to the ULM basketball roster on Dec. 7, 2018 . . . HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Two-year letterman at Friendswood (Texas) High School . . . earned all-district second-team honors after averaging a double-double (14 points and 12 rebounds) as a senior . . . three-year letterman in football for Coach Robert Koopman . . . recorded 87 tackles as a senior, with 27.5 for losses including 13.5 sacks, six pass break-ups, five forced fumbles and blocked three extra-point attempts . . . named second-team all-state, second-team All-Greater Houston, first-team all-district and first-team all-county . . . his father Shannon Shelby was a two-year letterman as a defensive end at Arkansas (1993 and ’95) . . . born Oct. 14, 1998 . . . son of Shannon and Tyneshia Shelby . . . earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from ULM in May 2020 . . . currently working on a master’s degree in business administration.

Statistics

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2021

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    Defensive End
    6'5" 225 lbs
  • 44

    2017Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive End
    6'4" 239 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2018Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive End
    6'4" 239 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2019Redshirt Junior

    Defensive End
    6'4" 245 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2020Fifth Year

    Defensive End
    6'4" 252 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2021Graduate Student

    Defensive End
    6'4" 260 lbs
    44