Despite being one of the most coveted high school running backs in the country, Shell’s skills seemed more suited for a bygone era when teams lined up in the I-formation and handed the ball off to the tailback 30, 35 times a game. His ball skills were questionable at best, his conditioning was not great and whenever he had the football in his hands it was almost always with a fullback in front of him.
That all had to change if he wanted to play at West Virginia.
And not only did he have to change the way he was accustomed to playing, he had to change his body, too, to be able to play at Holgorsen’s frenetic pace.