The 6'5", 324-pounder did not miss a snap this season before his injury (850 offensive plays) and is hopeful to be healthy in time for OTAs. As for Shell's play prior to his injury, he described it as "up and down."

"I was happy with some things and wasn't happy with some things. That comes with the game of football," he said. "You're not going to have a good day at the office every day. You have to take the good with the bad, make good out of it and just prepare yourself for the next step."

The former fifth-round pick has started 29 games for the Green & White from 2016-18. However, this season was the first under the tutelage of offensive line coach/run-game coordinator Rick Dennison and Shell believes the line bought in to Dennison's system and did a good job battling injury.

"We had to make some changes when James (Carpenter) went down and Spencer (Long) moved to guard. Jon Harrison came in and did a good job with communication and things, so it wasn't really a big drop-off.