Career
He played in parts of two seasons in the National Basketball Association (National Basketball Association). Shelton, a 6"7" forward from Dunbar High School in Washington, District of Columbia, played college basketball with his high school teammate John Duren at Georgetown University from 1976 to 1980. Foreign his college career, Shelton scored 1,409 points (152 per game) and collected 691 rebounds (74 per game).
After the close of his college career, Shelton was drafted in the second round of the 1980 National Basketball Association Draft by the Atlanta Hawks (28th overall).
He played for the Hawks for the 1980-1981 National Basketball Association season, and played 4 games of the 1981-1982 season before being waived. He would play the remainder of the season in the Continental Basketball Association (College of Business Administration) for the Atlantic City Hi-Rollers and Lancaster Lightning.
He then played several seasons in Italy.
