Career Notes: Finished sixth in school history with 1,053 kickoff return yards ... tied-for-eighth in kickoff returns (42), tied-for-second in kickoff returns for a touchdown (2) and fourth in kickoff return average (25.07 - min. 20 returns)
2014: Voted to the All-GLIAC Second Team as a return specialist ... played in all 10 games dressed ... had two kickoff returns vs. Michigan Tech ... set a WSU single-game record with 191 kickoff return yards vs. Carson-Newman ... had an 87-yard kickoff return for a touchdown vs. the Eagles (his second career KOR for a touchdown) to earn GLIAC (and WSU) Special Teams Player of the Week ... recorded two kickoff returns at Malone ... had three kickoff returns for 84 yards vs. Northwood ... started at wide receiver vs. Tiffin and had a 31-yard kickoff return ... totaled 82 yards on two kickoff returns at Grand Valley State and also had a 23-yard reception ... gained 39 yards on two carries at Northern Michigan, along with a 10-yard reception and 48 kickoff return yards ... had a 73-yard touchdown reception against Walsh ... recorded three kickoff returns at Findlay and lone reception went for a first down ... missed Lake Erie game due to injury ... totaled two receptions and two kickoff returns for 48 yards against Hillsdale ... 621 kickoff return yards rank second in school history and 25 kickoff returns is tied-for-fourth ...
Game-By-Game Stats.2013: Played in all 11 games ... recorded three catches including first career touchdown (six-yard catch on fourth-and-four) at Carson-Newman in first career game as a Warrior ... had a 51-yard touchdown catch against Northwood ... had two kickoff returns vs. both Lake Erie and NU, and one vs. Malone ... made one catch at Hillsdale ... recorded two catches against Saginaw Valley ... totaled three kickoff returns for 70 yards along with an 18-yard reception setting up a TD at Northern Michigan ... had 112 kickoff return yards at Ferris State on five attempts plus 29 rushing yards to finish with a game-high 141 all-purpose yards ... had an 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Grand Valley and totaled 171 kickoff return yards (6 shy of WSU single-game record) ... selected GLIAC Special Teams Player of the Week (11/11) following his performance vs. the Lakers as well as WSU's Special Teams Player of the Week ... finished GVSU contest with a game-high 205 all-purpose yards (most by a Warrior since Toney Davis [326] and Josh Renel [216] against St. Cloud State in the 2011 NCAA Playoffs) ... saw time on the punt return unit against the Pioneers, and the kickoff return team in eight contests ... finished third on the squad with 11 receptions and second with two touchdown catches ... led the team in kickoff returns (17), kickoff return yards (432), average per kickoff return (25.4) and touchdowns (1) ... finished third on the squad with 626 all-purpose yards ...
Game-By-Game Stats.
2012: Redshirted at Wayne State due to transfer rules.
2010: Played in five games for Central Michigan ... had a 42-yard kickoff return to open the game against Miami on October 16 ... finished the year with four kickoff returns for 88 yards.
2009: Made collegiate debut for the Chippewas against Alcorn State on Sept. 19.
2008: Redshirted at Central Michigan.
High School: A 2008 graduate of Detroit Crockett High School ... earned three varsity letters for the Rockets ... No. 60 on
Detroit News Blue Chip list ... named to the
Detroit Free Press Honorable Mention All-State Team in 2007 as a receiver ... caught 38 passes for 590 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior for coach Rod Oden ... also recorded 39 tackles along with five interceptions in 2007 ... as a junior, had six touchdown receptions, two kickoff returns for touchdowns and two punt returns for scores ... earned two letters in track as a sprinter plus relays (4x100 and 4x200) ... ran a 11.45 as a junior at the MHSAA Division 2 state track meet ... also ran a 23.75 for 200m ... served as a football team captain in 2007.
Personal: Full name--Valtorrey D. Showers ... born May 4, 1990, in Detroit ... son of Valtorrey Showers, Sr. and Conya Hall ... has one younger brother, Valdez, who redshirted at the University of Florida in 2011, then
saw action in 11 games in 2012, mostly on special teams ... Valdez had 18 receptions (for 102 yards) and 12 rushes (for 103 yards) in 2013 ... is a criminal justice major.
