Trent Shelton
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Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born | September 21, 1984[1] Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||
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| College | Baylor | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2007: undrafted | ||||||||
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Trent Simmons Shelton (born September 21, 1984)[1] is a former American football wide receiver, author, and motivational speaker.[2] He is the founder and president of a Christian-based non-profit organization, RehabTime. During March 2009, Shelton started making two-minute videos to track his progress of bettering his life and would always end the videos with, "It's RehabTime."[3][4] He was raised in Fort Worth, Texas, and wanted to become a professional football player when he grew up.[4] He played college football for Baylor. He was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2007.
Shelton was also a member of the Seattle Seahawks, Washington Redskins, and Tulsa Talons.[5][6][7]
After his football career ended, Shelton built a large audience as a motivational speaker and online creator through videos branded “Rehab Time,” Shelton has framed his message around redefining failure, saying in a CBS News interview that "failure is only when you quit" and that failure is "really feedback". By 2022, Shelton had a following of more than 50 million across platforms.[2]
Shelton is the author of several motivational books, including The Greatest You (2019) and Protect Your Peace: Nine Unapologetic Principles for Thriving in a Chaotic World (2024).
