He suffered a high ankle sprain in the preseason and then was suspended from school on September 16, 2009 for an aggressive incident directed at a teacher.

[3] The Falcons waived Shembo on May 29, 2015, after he was arrested for aggravated cruelty to animals after allegedly killing his girlfriend's dog.

[5] Shembo pleaded guilty to misdemeanor animal cruelty in August 2015 and was sentenced to a year's probation and a $1,000 fine.

His sister, Christelle Shembo, was a forward for the Wake Forest University women's basketball team.

[9] In 2009, his senior year of high school, Shembo was suspended[10] for throwing a desk at a teacher who had taken away his cell phone.

[11] During the 2014 NFL Scouting Combine, Shembo admitted that as a Notre Dame student in 2010 he was accused of sexually assaulting Lizzy Seeberg.