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2023: Shay appeared in 13 games playing a role at linebacker and special teams. He finished the season with 15 tackles with eight solo stops and seven assisted tackles. He recorded a career-high five tackles for the Cowboys against UNLV. He added four stops against Boise State. He added two tackles against Portland State and Hawai’i.

2022: Shay appeared in 12 games in a reserve role and on special teams. He recorded three tackles on the season coming against Illinois, Colorado State and Fresno State. He earned academic All-Mountain West honors.

2021: Shay appeared in 12 games for the Cowboys as a backup linebacker and on special teams. He finished the season with three tackles with one solo stop and two assisted tackles.

2020: He did not appear in any games in his first season with the program.

High School: Connor Shay was ranked as a three-star recruit by 247Sports.  Shay was named by Cal-Hi Sports as its 2019 North Coast Section (NCS) Defensive Player of the Year.  He was also selected to the 2019 San Francisco Chronicle First Team All-Metro Team as a linebacker.  He earned Second Team All-NorCal Preps honors as selected by Rivals.com.  Shay was named First Team All-East Bay Athletic League (EBAL) Mountain Division and was named his team's Defensive Most Valuable Player as a senior.  He played middle linebacker and tight end for Monte Vista High School.  His senior season, he made 134 tackles, including 51 solo tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and had one forced fumble.  Shay averaged 11.7 tackles per game.  For his career, he was credited with 201 total tackles, including 73 solo stops, 13.0 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks, two interceptions, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.  On offense, he caught 32 passes for 419 yards and four touchdowns from his tight end position as a senior.  For his career, he caught 34 passes for 511 yards and five TDs.  He also served as his team's punter as a senior, averaging 36.1 yards per punt and placing 18 of his 42 punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line.  Shay helped lead Monte Vista High to an 8-4 overall record and a second-place finish in the EBAL Mountain Division.  Monte Vista advanced to the Semifinals of the CIF North Coast Section Playoffs before losing to eventual champion De La Salle.  He played for head football coach Matt Russi.  Shay also received scholarship offers from Fresno State, Nevada, UNLV and Utah.

Personal: He is majoring in communication at Wyoming.