Tiger Shanks
| No. 52 – Montreal Alouettes | |
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| Position: | Offensive lineman |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 8, 2002 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight: | 325 lb (147 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Lake Oswego High School (Lake Oswego, Oregon) |
| College: | UNLV (2020–2024) |
| CFL draft: | 2025: 1st round, 5th pick |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: | Active |
| CFL status: | National |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at CFL.ca | |
Tiger King Shanks (born February 8, 2002) is a Canadian professional football offensive lineman for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).[1][2]
College career
[edit]Shanks played college football for the UNLV Rebels of the Mountain West Conference from 2020 to 2024.[3]
Professional career
[edit]| Height | Weight | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 4+3⁄4 in (1.95 m) |
325 lb (147 kg) | |||||||||||
| Values from Pro Day[4] | ||||||||||||
Shanks was ranked as the #6 overall prospected ahead of the 2025 CFL draft, where he was drafted in the 1st round (5th overall) by the Montreal Alouettes.[5] He was later signed by the team on May 7, 2025.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Shanks was born to Kerry Yu and Hunter Shanks.[3] He has one older sister, Maria.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Zurkowsky, Herb (May 1, 2025). "Alouettes' top pick Tiger Shanks 'locked in 100 per cent on the CFL'". The Gazette. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ^ Brewer Ray (August 12, 2023). "UNLV's Tiger Shanks working to make his game as strong as his name". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Tiger Shanks - Football". University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
- ^ "Tiger Shanks College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
- ^ "Elic Ayomanor Vaults to Top Spot in Spring Edition of CFL Scouting Bureau". Canadian Football League. April 28, 2025.
- ^ "Als sign entire 2025 CFL Draft class". Canadian Football League. May 7, 2025.
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