Sheldon Canley
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Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
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| Position | Running back | ||||||
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| Born | April 19, 1968 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | ||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Lompoc (CA) | ||||||
| College | San Jose State | ||||||
| NFL draft | 1991: 7th round, 193rd overall pick | ||||||
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Sheldon Lavell Canley (born April 19, 1968) is an American former professional American football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the San Jose State Spartans, earning third-team All-American honors in 1990. He played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Jets.
College statistics
Canley was born in Santa Barbara, California and grew up in Lompoc, California, where he graduated from Lompoc High School.[2] He attended Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California where he earned an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts. He then attended San José State University. At the end of his NCAA career in 1991, Canley was selected to play in both the East West Shrine Game and the Blue–Gray Football Classic all-star games.
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||
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| Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | |||
| 1988 | San Jose State | 12 | 22 | 64 | 2.9 | 2 | 11 | 89 | 8.1 | 0 |
| 1989 | San Jose State | 11 | 258 | 1,201 | 4.7 | 13 | 42 | 353 | 8.4 | 1 |
| 1990 | San Jose State | 12 | 296 | 1,248 | 4.2 | 12 | 31 | 386 | 12.5 | 2 |
| Career | 35 | 576 | 2,513 | 4.4 | 27 | 84 | 828 | 9.9 | 3 | |