Northeastern State University Athletics

2024 - Did not play in 2024.

Previous - Did not play in 2023 ... Previously played at Alabama State where he played in the first six games during the 2022 season ... Caught 14 passes and had 210 yards, with one touchdown ... Recorded six receptions in three games at Colorado ... In 2020, played in four games, missing the season opener against Utah and the Alamo Bowl against Texas … Started three games at wide receiver and also saw action on the kick return unit on special teams … Led the Buffs with 17 catches for 193 yards … Named CU's Offensive Scout of the Game for the UCLA week … Caught three passes for 60 yards at Stanford … Caught a season-best six passes for 64 yards against San Diego State when he was CU's Offensive Player of the Game and CU's nominee for Pac-12 Freshman of the Week … Had five catches for 17 yards at Arizona and in the regular season finale against Utah, had three catches for 52 yards, including a 41-yarder into the red zone and another incredible one-handed catch near the far sidelines... In 2019, dressed for nine games and played in four, maintaining his redshirt season under the new rules … He played against Arizona State, Arizona, Oregon and USC … Did not record any statistics in 13 offensive snaps … He was twice named the Offensive Scout of the Week leading into the Arizona State and Washington games. 

High School - Rated as a 4-star recruit by Rivals, which ranked him as the No. 29 wide receiver in the class, the No. 24 player out of Texas and the No. 197 player nationally … 247Sports rates him at 89 and the No. 92 player in Texas and No. 93 receiver in the class … He was named the Co-Offensive Player of the Year for District 7-6A from the DallasNews.com … Also named first-team All-District 7-6A from DallasNews.com as both a junior and senior … Dave Campbell’s Texas Football named him the preseason District 7-6A MVP from Dave Campbell’s Texas Football … In two seasons playing varsity at DeSoto High School, he totaled 135 receptions for 1,717 yards and 12 touchdowns … He also had 461 career punt return yards, 247 career kick return yards and 29 yards rushing to total 2,430 all-purpose yards … As a senior he had 73 receptions for 953 yards and six touchdowns and also carried the ball twice for five yards … On special teams he also had 17 punt returns for 342 yards and a touchdown and 10 kickoff returns for 155 yards to total 1,421 all-purpose yards helping DeSoto to a 9-3 record … In all he scored eight touchdowns and a two-point conversion for 50 total points … He also played spot duty on defense as a defensive back and had two tackles … His junior year he had 62 receptions for 764 yards and six touchdowns, six rushes for 34 yards, 11 punt returns for 119 yards and four kick returns for 92 yards, eclipsing the 1,000-yard all-purpose barrier with 1,009 … DeSoto was 19-5 in his two years, 10-2 his junior year and 9-3 his senior season, and compiled an 11-3 mark in league action … He had five 100-yard receiving games and one 200-yard receiving game … He had 14 catches for 206 yards and 2 touchdowns in a 59-47 win over Waxahachie his senior season … He also had 7 catches for 116 yards and a touchdown in his final high school game, a playoff loss to Carroll … Had 11 catches for 93 yards against Lake Ridge and opened the season with 5 catches for 98 yards and a touchdown in a 38-28 win over Periman … His first career 100-yard game was 6 catches for an even 100 yards and a touchdown in an 56-9 win over Grand Prairie … He had 10 plus receptions and 100 plus yards in two of his final three games as a junior, hauling in 10 catches for 127 yards against South Grand Prairie in a 17-14 win and then had 14 catches for 115 yards in a 33-15 loss to Carroll in the playoffs … He also played basketball for DeSoto helping the team to a 24-8 record as a junior. 

Personal - He was born March 6, 2001 in Irving, Texas … He is the son of Annie and Laviska Shenault, Sr.; his father passed away when he was eight years old … His brother, Laviska Jr., played for the Buffs and was a second-round draft pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2020 NFL Draft ... He enjoys eating, working out and plans to learn how to play the guitar. (Name is pronounced la-von-tay shuh-nault)