Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns · WR RoomWR

#6 Shelton Sampson Jr.

Class  RS JRStatus  ReturningHt / Wt  6'4" · 206 lbHometown  Baton Rouge, LA · Catholic

Depth-chart placement

Current role

Placement

Starter

Room

Wide Receiver

Experience

4-JR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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WR room context

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Shelton Sampson Jr. holds the WR-X · Starter spot in Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

WR-X · StarterShelton Sampson Jr.Starter

WR-H · StarterJaydon JohnsonStarter

WR-Z · StarterLandon StrotherStarter

WR-X · BackupKeDarius WadeBackup

WR-H · BackupTrenton ChaneyBackup

WR-Z · BackupRahji DennisBackup

Shelton Sampson Jr. logged a 6.1% overall usage rate in 2025.

Production

2025 season

Latest season · 2025

Receptions

537

Receiving yds

Receiving TD

16.8

Yards / rec

Background & career

Shelton Sampson Jr. is a redshirt junior member of the Louisiana roster. He is from Baton Rouge, LA and attended Catholic. He joined the program as a transfer from LSU. He was rated a 4-star recruit in the 2023 class.

LSU2023 – 2024

Louisiana2025 — present

Previous schoolLSURecruiting4-star · No. 78 nationalOriginBaton Rouge, LA · Catholic