He went on to play college football at Tennessee University, where he was a three-year starter at center, and earned second-team All-SEC honors in 1977 and 1978.
Future Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe Avezzano, was his offensive coordinator.
[4] Shaw was expected to anchor the Cowboys offensive line for 1980s, but his ongoing injuries and their effects brought an end to his promising career.
After the end of his football career, he went back to college and earned a degree in architectural design and management.
The first apartment community, positioned between State and Thomas streets, would be the first of many developed using a tax increment financing program with the City of Dallas.