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WHAT HE DID A three year-starter, Shorter caught 112 passes for 1,822 yards and 21 touchdowns in his career. As a senior, he had 36 catches for 522 yards and seven touchdowns, and he added 322 yards and four TDs on the ground. The year before, he racked up the biggest re- ceiving totals of his career, ;nishing with 45 catches for 718 yards and six TDs. He was a focal point of opposing defenses those last two seasons, thanks to a soph- omore campaign in which he caught 31 passes for 582 yards (18.8 yards per catch). Shorter helped his team to an NJSIAA Central Group 5 championship in 2015, as South Brunswick defeated Old Bridge, 42-0, in the ;nal. The Vikings did it again in Shorter's senior year, beat- ing Manalapan, 18-14. He recorded 86 yards and a touchdown in the state championship game. WHAT HE WON Shorter earned ;rst- team All-Metro and All-State honors in 2017 and was also named Player of the Year in the Greater Middlesex Confer- ence. A ;ve-star prospect according to Rivals.com, he is considered the best overall player in New Jersey for the Class of 2018, the third-best wide receiver na- tionally and the No. 18 player overall. He was chosen to play in the Under Armour All-America Game, and it was his per- formance in the practice sessions lead- ing up to the game that boosted him from four- to ;ve-star status. "Shorter will de;nitely give defensive backs headaches in the red zone because of that size, catch radius, and his reliable hands," Rivals Mid-Atlantic recruiting analyst Adam Friedman observed. WHERE HE VISITED Michigan, Rutgers and Virginia Tech were the only other o

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