| Height: | 6-2 |
| Weight: | 235 |
| Year: | Junior |
| Hometown: | Portland, OR |
| High School: | Lincoln |
| Position: | TE |
| Years at Yale: | * |
Notes: Consensus Draft Services Pre-Season FCS Honorable Mention All-America.
2008: Led Bulldogs with 43 catches and was second with two TDs and 359 yards... Started every game as H-back... Career-high nine catches (48 yards) at Brown... Had six grabs vs. Penn.
2007: Started as H-back and TE... Caught 22 balls for 245 yards and a TD... Started season with eight-catch, 115-yard performance at Georgetown.
2006: Played on the JV team.
At Lincoln High School: Two-sport athlete...Two-year letter winner in football...Three-year letter winner in lacrosse...Captained both teams...First-team all-state, first-team all-conference, and team MVP in football...Top 2005 receiver in state high school football...All-American, two-time first-team all-state, two-time first-team all-league in lacrosse...Football team was 24-2 over last two seasons...National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete.
Personal: John Sheffield is the son of Sheri and Bucky (Roy) Sheffield...Majoring in economics...Hobbies include sports and video games...Greens keeper at local golf course...Father was a varsity golfer at Texas Tech...Brother David Sheffield was Brown '06... Timothy Dwight College resident.