| Devontae Shuler | |
| Position: | Shooting guard |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lbs: | 185 |
| League: | NBA G League |
| Team: | Cleveland Charge |
| Number: | 0 |
| Birth Date: | 9 February 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Irmo, South Carolina, U.S. |
| High School: | |
| College: | Ole Miss (2017–2021) |
| Draft Year: | 2021 |
| Career Start: | 2021 |
| Years1: | 2021–2022 |
| Team1: | Capital City Go-Go |
| Years2: | 2023 |
| Team2: | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
| Years3: | 2023–present |
| Team3: | Cleveland Charge |
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Devontae Shuler (born February 9, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Ole Miss Rebels.
As a sophomore, Shuler averaged 25.5 points per game for Irmo High School in Columbia, South Carolina and led his team to the Class 4A lower state title game.[1] He played alongside Zion Williamson and Ja Morant with the South Carolina Hornets Amateur Athletic Union program.[2] [3] After the season, he transferred to Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia.[1] Shuler helped his team win the High School National title as a junior.[2] In his senior season, Shuler averaged 15.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 3.7 steals per game.[4] A four-star recruit, he committed to playing college basketball for Ole Miss over offers from South Carolina, Oklahoma State and Miami (Florida).[5]
As a freshman at Ole Miss, Shuler averaged six points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game, primarily playing off the ball alongside Breein Tyree. He decided to return to the team despite a coaching change after the season, after meeting with new coach Kermit Davis.[6] Shuler moved into a starting role and averaged 10.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and three assists per game as a sophomore. He recorded 56 steals, the most ever by an Ole Miss sophomore and the seventh-most in program history.[7] Shuler declared for the 2019 NBA draft before returning to college.[8] On February 1, 2020, he scored a junior season-high 28 points along with five three-pointers in a 73–63 loss to LSU.[9] As a junior, Shuler averaged 11.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.[10] He averaged 15.3 points and 3.3 assists per game as a senior, earning First Team All-SEC honors.[11]
After going undrafted in the 2021 NBA draft, Shuler joined the Dallas Mavericks for 2021 NBA Summer League. On October 15, 2021, he signed with the Washington Wizards.[12] Shuler was waived on October 16.[13] In October 2021, he joined the Capital City Go-Go as an affiliate player.[14] On December 29, 2022, Shuler was waived.[15]
On January 15, 2023, Shuler was acquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.[16] He was waived on February 8.[17]
On February 13, 2023, Shuler was acquired by the Cleveland Charge.[18]
On October 21, 2023, Shuler signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers, but was waived the same day,[19] and one week later, he re-signed with the Charge.[20]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18| style="text-align:left;"| Ole Miss| 32 || 9 || 18.8 || .352 || .259 || .750 || 2.7 || 1.1 || 1.0 || .1 || 6.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Ole Miss| 33 || 31 || 32.2 || .458 || .402 || .823 || 4.2 || 3.0 || 1.7 || .2 || 10.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Ole Miss| 32 || 32 || 33.1 || .423 || .355 || .626 || 4.5 || 3.3 || 1.7 || .3 || 11.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Ole Miss| 27 || 27 || 32.8 || .409 || .340 || .766 || 3.0 || 3.3 || 1.6 || .1 || 15.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 124 || 99 || 29.1 || .413 || .340 || .725 || 3.6 || 2.7 || 1.5 || .2 || 10.6
Shuler is the son of Donald and Linda Shuler, and his father works in the state government. Shuler was diagnosed with vitiligo, a skin condition causing a loss of pigment, in his early high school years.[21] He has five brothers and two sisters, including Dontrell, who plays college basketball for Middle Tennessee State, and Dominic, who plays professional basketball. Another brother, Deandre, died in 2000 at the age of three.[6]