2016 Football Roster

6 Shaedon Meadors

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 185
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Duncan, S.C.
  • High School Byrnes

Biography

2016: Second-team All-Sun Belt Conference honoree with 13 starts … led Appalachian State and ranked seventh in the Sun Belt with 716 total receiving yards … totaled 36 of those receptions for 619 yards in App State’s eight league games to rank second in league games only ...led the Mountaineers and ranked eighth in the conference with 45 total receptions for the season … his 15.9 yards per reception were second on the team and ninth in the Sun Belt … had three 100-yard performances over a span of three weeks against Louisiana (128), Idaho (106) and Georgia Southern (126)...Landed on SportsCenter’s Top Plays for acrobatic catch over a Georgia Southern defender in the second quarter… recorded seven games of least 50 receiving yards … had a 56-yard reception on the first snap against Louisiana, a season high and career high … scored a touchdown against Georgia State and New Mexico State … averaged a team-best 55.1 yards per game. 

2015: Was a big-play threat for the Mountaineers in 11 games of action and one start vs. Arkansas State … sat out the last two games of the season due to injury … third on the team with 21 receptions for 439 yards … his 20.9 yards per reception were a team best, while his 39.9 receiving yards per game topped the charts … recorded four games with at least 50 receiving yards … hauled in three catches for a season-high 78 yards versus Arkansas State … scored touchdowns against Howard, Old Dominion and Georgia State … notched seven games where he had at least one reception that went at least 20 yards, including a 52- and 50-yard reception, respectively, against UL Monroe and Howard … 

2014: Collegiate campaign began inauspiciously in fall camp for Meadors, who developed an illness that kept him out of action for the better part of two months ... when he was finally 100 percent, Appalachian State’s coaches elected to utilize his talent right away rather than redshirting him, and he made his debut in Game 6 versus Liberty ... energized the home crowd with four receptions for 90 yards in his collegiate debut, including a 48-yard touchdown ... was relatively quiet over the next two games against Troy (1 rec., 8 yds.) and Georgia State (1 rec., 8 yds.) but exploded with 10 receptions for 181 yards and two touchdowns over the final four games of the season... caught three passes for 39 yards against UL Monroe, including a highlight-reel-worthy, one-handed, 31-yard catch that came in at No. 3 on that evening’s ESPN SportsCenter “Top 10 Plays” ... only had one catch the following week at Arkansas State, but it was another one-handed snag, this time for a 24-yard touchdown that was once again nominated for SportsCenter’s “Top 10 Plays” ... caught two passes for 49 yards, including a 43-yard gain, in win at UL Lafayette ... closed the season with three catches for 69 yards, including a 59-yard touchdown, in win over Idaho ... finished with 15 catches for 287 yards and three touchdowns in just seven games ... ranked fourth on the team in receiving yardage and tied for second in touchdown receptions ... 19.1-yards-per-catch average was tops on the team among players with at least three receptions.

High School: Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals.com and Scout.com … 2013 South Carolina Division I-AAAA Offensive Player of the Year … also earned all-state and all-region honors after catching 85 passes for 1,864 yards and 33 touchdowns as a senior … one of only two wideouts on USA Today’s 2013 all-USA South Carolina team … totaled 133 receptions for 2,794 yards and 45 touchdowns over final two prep seasons … selected to represent South Carolina in 2013 Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, where he caught three passes for 84 yards and a touchdown … helped lead Byrnes to 12-2 overall record and appearance in 2013 South Carolina I-AAAA state championship game as a senior … team went 12-2 and advanced to S.C. I-AAAA semifinals as a junior … coached by Bobby Bentley.

Personal: Full name is Shaedon J’Malik Jackson Meadors … born Sept. 21, 1995 … son of Shenra and Chuck Cunningham ... majoring in criminal justice.

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2014Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 180 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2015Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 180 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2016Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 185 lbs
    6