Sterling Shepard was not ready to instantly acclimate to his new surroundings.
Football? Oh, that was fine and dandy for Shepard, who one year ago rarely acted or played like the rookie he was, quickly and snugly fitting into the Giants’ locker room and offense. Shepard was more than ready for the football.
Getting in groove with the New York fashion scene? Well, not so much, as reflected in the young man’s clothing preferences.
“It was very Oklahoma,” recalled model Chanel Iman, Shepard’s girlfriend. “But now he’s got a cute little swag.’’
Now then, cute little swag might not cut it on the field, but it has done wonders for his relationship with Iman, who is from Los Angeles and started dating Shepard not long after he arrived as a 2016 second-round pick from Oklahoma.