NOTABLES
• Appeared in 40 career games at Penn State, making 10 starts.
• Made 51 career tackles (17 solo) at Penn State, with six sacks, 12.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a pass breakup.
• Graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism in December 2019.
2020 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named Honorable Mention All-Big Ten by the coaches and media...Earned Pro Football Focus All-Big Ten Third Team recognition...Named an All-Big Ten Fourth Team honoree by Phil Steele.
Season: Started all nine games...Made 14 tackles (5 solo), 4.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, a forced fumble, two QB hurries and a pass breakup...One of five players to earn their degree before the 2020 season...Graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism in December 2019.
at Indiana (10/24): Recorded two tackles...Made a solo tackle for loss. Ohio State (10/31): Collected two tackles...Had a solo sack in the second quarter, tying career highs for tackles for loss and sacks...Added first career pass breakup. Maryland (11/7): Matched a career high with three tackles. at Michigan (11/28): Assisted on one tackle...Added a QB hurry. at Rutgers (12/5): Assisted on one tackle...Added a QB hurry. Michigan State (12/12): Registered a career-high 1.5 sacks...Added three tackles. Illinois (12/19): Tallied a strip-sack in the third tackle...Made two tackles.
2019 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Season: Made 12 starts...One of 11 players to have earned their degree entering the Cotton Bowl...Graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism in December 2019.
Idaho (8/31): Registered a solo tackle for loss. Pittsburgh (9/14): Collected two tackles, including one for loss. Purdue (10/5): Assisted on a sack. at Iowa (10/12): Made two stops...Added a QB hurry. Michigan (10/19): Secured two tackles, including one solo...Added a QB hurry. at Michigan State (10/26): Assisted on a tackle for loss. Indiana (11/16): Recorded one tackle. at Ohio State (11/23): Secured one tackle. Rutgers (11/30): Tallied a career-best three tackles. vs. Memphis (12/28): Matched a career high with three tackles...Had a solo tackle for loss.
2018 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Appeared in 13 games, including one start...One of 20 players to make their first career start...Wore No. 53 in honor of Fred Hansard for the Indiana game (10/20).
Appalachian State (9/1): Tied a career high with two tackles. at Pittsburgh (9/8): Matched a career best with two tackles. Kent State (9/15): Assisted on one tackle. Ohio State (9/29): Recorded one solo tackle. Michigan State (10/13): Assisted on one tackle. at Indiana (10/20): Collected one tackle. Iowa (10/27): Recorded one tackle. at Michigan (11/3): Assisted on one tackle. at Rutgers (11/17): Made two stops...Registered one solo sack in the fourth quarter. Maryland (11/24): Assisted on one tackle for loss. vs. Kentucky (1/1): Made first career start...Assisted on one tackle.
2017 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Named Academic All-Big Ten.
Season: Appeared in six games...Made collegiate debut vs. Akron (9/2)...One of 24 student-athletes to make their collegiate debut in 2017...One of 17 freshmen (14 redshirt, 3 true) to appear in 2017.
Akron (9/2): Made collegiate debut. Georgia State (9/16): Logged his first two career tackles, both coming behind the line of scrimmage...Combined with Yetur Gross-Matos on a fourth-quarter tackle for loss...Teamed with Shaka Toney on a sack in the fourth quarter. Indiana (9/30): Logged a career-high-tying two tackles. Rutgers (11/11): Posted one tackle...His lone stop was a combined sack of Giovanni Rescigno with Ayron Monroe in the fourth quarter during the goal line stand on Rutgers’ final drive.
2016 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time letterman for head coach Rodger Elander at Westerville-North High School...Served as a team captain in 2015...Named to Associated Press All-Ohio Division II second team as a senior...Selected to the 2015 American Family Insurance All-USA Ohio Football second team...Earned first-team All-Central honors from the Associated Press as a senior...Had 54 tackles, 10.5 sacks and two forced fumbles his senior year...Recorded 31 tackles, 3.0 sacks and one forced fumble as a junior...Rated as a three-star recruit by all four major recruiting services – ESPN, Rivals, Scout and 247Sports...Was the 52nd-ranked player in the state of Ohio by Rivals...Rated as the third-best defensive tackle in Ohio and the 11th-ranked defensive tackle in the Midwest by Scout...Ranked as the No. 60 player in Ohio by ESPN...Rated as the No. 69 player in Ohio by 247Sports...Lettered one year in wrestling.
PERSONAL
Full name is Antonio Valentino Shelton II...Son of Kathryn Gresham and Antonio Shelton Sr...Has four brothers, Shay, Wes, Jordan and Andre...Hobbies include writing music, watching music videos and filming...Majoring in journalism...Born on August 1, 1997 in Columbus, Ohio.