Kam Shanks

Phil Steele Preseason First-Team All-SEC (2025) Jet Award Preseason Watch List (2025) Hornung Award Preseason Watch List (2025) The Sporting News First-Team All-America Punter Returner (2025) 2025 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Saw action in 12 games … Returned 17 punts for a total of 107 yards and returned one kickoff for 16 yards … Caught nine passes for 101 yards and one touchdown while rushing once for four yards … Tallied one tackle … Totaled 26 punt return yards on two returns against Missouri (Nov. 29) … Returned one kickoff for 16 yards in a loss to No. 17 Texas (Nov. 22) … Had a season-long 26 yard punt return in a loss at LSU (Nov. 15) … Hauled in two passes for 32 yards in a loss to Mississippi State (Nov. 1) … Saw action in a loss to Auburn (Oct. 25) … Returned two punts for a total of 14 yards in a loss to No. 4 Texas A&M (Oct. 18) … Hauled in three receptions for 44 yards and a touchdown while returning two punts for seven yards in a loss at No. 12 Tennessee (Oct. 11) … Scored his first receiving touchdown as a Razorback on a 12-yard pass from Taylen Green with 2:55 on the clock in the fourth quarter … Saw action in a loss to Notre Dame (Sept. 27) … Had two punt returns for a total of four yards in a loss at Memphis (Sept. 21) … Caught a pass for six yards in addition to rushing once for four yards and registering a punt return for a loss of two yards at Ole Miss (Sept. 13) … Had a punt return for five yards during a win over Arkansas State (Sept. 6) … Saw action in a season-opening win over Alabama A&M, catching three passes for 19 yards (Aug. 30) … Returned five punts for a total of 28 yards with a long return of 11 yards (Aug. 30) AT UAB 2024 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Earned All-American Athletic Conference first-team honors as a return specialist … Garnered AAC third-team recognition as a wide receiver … Led the nation in punt return yards (329), punt return average (20.6) and punt return touchdowns (2) … Finalist for the Jet Award, which honors the most outstanding return specialist in college football … Also added a team-leading 62 receptions for 656 yards and six touchdowns … Turned in two 100-yard receiving games, including a nine-catch, 119-yard receiving performance at Army (Oct. 12) and a career-high 153 receiving yards and three touchdowns against Tulsa (Nov. 2) … Also set the school record for punt return yards (139) against Tulsa … Named the Hornung Award National Player of the Week on Nov. 5 after compiling 311 all-purpose yards against Tulsa. 2023 (FRESHMAN): Redshirt season … Appeared in four games on kickoff return … Logged five kickoff returns for 93 yards with a long of 23. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Prattville High School in Prattville, Ala. … Three-star prospect according to On3 … Chose UAB over Tulane, Liberty, Jacksonville State, Southern Miss and Troy.