{{Short description|American football player (born 1964)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Jon Shields | image = | number = 63 | position = Offensive guard | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|4|30}} | birth_place = Vancouver, Washington | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lbs = 293 | high_school = Fort Vancouver | college = Portland State | undraftedyear = 1987 | pastteams = * Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1987}})* * Dallas Cowboys (1987) * Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1988}})* | highlights = * Second-team All-Western Football Conference (1986) | statlabel1 = Games Played | statvalue1 = 1 | pfr = ShieJo21 }} '''Jon Rayborn Shields''' (born April 30, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive guard for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He played college football for the Portland State Vikings.
==Early years== Shields attended Fort Vancouver High School.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbian/130460308/|newspaper=The Columbian|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 2, 1987|page=23|title=Two Vancouver players getting their fill of NFL|author=Vogt, Tom}} {{Open access}}</ref> He accepted a football scholarship from NCAA Division II Portland State University.
As a sophomore, he was a backup that alternated between the right and left tackle position. As a junior, he was named the starter at right tackle.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbian/130460219/|newspaper=The Columbian|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 6, 1985|page=19|title=Shields holds the line for PSU|author=Seed, Ken}} {{Open access}}</ref>
As a senior, he received second-team All-Western Football Conference honors.<ref>{{Cite news|title=College Football |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=December 14, 1986|page=26}}</ref>
==Professional career== ===Los Angeles Rams (first stint)=== Shields was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Los Angeles Rams after the 1987 NFL draft on April 27.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbian/130460108/|newspaper=The Columbian|via=Newspapers.com|date=June 18, 1987|page=31|title=Rams Are In His Plans|author=Vogt, Tom}} {{Open access}}</ref> He was waived before the start of the season on September 7.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-08-sp-6507-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=September 8, 1987|title=Rams Gamble Losing Guman in Reducing Roster to 45 Players}}</ref>
===Dallas Cowboys=== After the NFLPA strike was declared on the third week of the 1987 season, those contests were canceled (reducing the 16 game season to 15) and the NFL decided that the games would be played with replacement players. In September, he was signed to be a part of the Dallas replacement team that was given the mock name "Rhinestone Cowboys" by the media.<ref>{{cite news|title=Who's playing today and for whom|newspaper=Lakeland Ledger|date=October 4, 1987}}</ref> He was a backup at right guard during the three strike games and played offensive snaps against the Philadelphia Eagles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbian/130460368/|newspaper=The Columbian|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 23, 1987|page=28|title=Replacement gridders plan to try next year|author=Vogt, Tom}} {{Open access}}</ref> He was cut on October 20, at the end of the strike.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19671021&id=gptHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y38MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6301,2469815 | title=Cowboys | newspaper=The Victoria Advocate | date=October 21, 1987 | accessdate=April 21, 2018}}</ref>
===Los Angeles Rams (second stint)=== On March 8, 1988, he signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Rams.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Rams sign seven, including Tuiasosopo, Moore, Gaynor |newspaper=News-Pilot|date=March 9, 1988|page=D3}}</ref> On July 24, it was reported in the media that he left training camp for personal reasons.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-07-24-sp-10367-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=July 24, 1988|title=Rams : Hatcher May Be Out 8 Weeks}}</ref>
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