# Terrance Shaw

Terrance Bernard Shaw (born November 11, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was born in Marshall, Texas.

## Early life

Shaw attended Marshall High School in Marshall, Texas and was a letterman in football. As a senior, he was a first-team All-District selection, a first-team All-Region selection, and he led his team to a Texas High School Football State Title.

## College career

Shaw attended Stephen F. Austin State University and was a Business major and a four-year letterman in football. In football, as a senior, he was a first-team Division I-AA All-American and a first-team All-Southland Conference selection. As a junior, he garnered 67 tackles and was an All-Conference Honorable Mention selection. As a sophomore, he started the first five games, before tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
Shaw is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. He became a member while his time at Stephen F. Austin State University.

## Professional career

Pre-draft measurables :
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
| 5 ft 11+1⁄8 in (1.81 m) | 188 lb (85 kg) | 31+7⁄8 in (0.81 m) | 9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) | 4.54 s | 1.64 s | 2.68 s | 4.06 s | 34.5 in (0.88 m) | 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) | 14 reps |
Shaw was selected in the second round of the 1995 NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers. During his career, he played as a cornerback for the San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, and Oakland Raiders in the NFL. On February 3, 2002, in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana before a packed house of almost 73,000, Shaw helped the Patriots beat the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI in 2001. Shaw also played in Super Bowl XXXVII with the Oakland Raiders in 2002. In 2000, Shaw was a part of the Miami Dolphins secondary and was ranked #1 in the NFL and that secondary led the league with 25 picks. Shaw had six playoff appearances in a ten-year career.

## NFL career statistics

Legend :
| Bold | Career high |

### Regular season

| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD |
| 1995 | SDG | 16 | 14 | 58 | 53 | 5 | 0.0 | - | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | SDG | 16 | 16 | 85 | 72 | 13 | 0.0 | - | 3 | 78 | 0 | 36 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | SDG | 16 | 16 | 71 | 66 | 5 | 0.0 | - | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | SDG | 13 | 13 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 0.0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | SDG | 8 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | MIA | 11 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | NWE | 13 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | OAK | 16 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | OAK | 16 | 8 | 64 | 52 | 12 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | MIN | 15 | 4 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | 140 | 92 | 472 | 410 | 62 | 0.0 | 7 | 11 | 140 | 0 | 36 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

### Playoffs

| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD |
| 1995 | SDG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | MIA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | NWE | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | OAK | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | MIN | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | | 11 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

## Personal life

He is married to Shawneeque Watkins Shaw, and they have nine children - a daughter Ashley and sons Terrance Jr., Teris, Thomas, Trysten, Tierney, Trinity, Tylend, and daughter Timberlynd.
He coaches his son's youth league select football team, the SGP Rams.