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{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 1 1/8
| weight = 214
| dash = 4.57
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| shuttle = 4.17
| cone drill = 7.07
| vertical = 37+1/2.5
| broad ft = 10
| broad in = 1
| wonderlic = 19<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wonderlictestsample.com/nfl-wonderlic-scores/ |title=Historical NFL Wonderlic Scores |publisher=wonderlictestsample.com |access-date=September 10, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902201337/http://wonderlictestsample.com/nfl-wonderlic-scores/ |archive-date=September 2, 2016 }}</ref>
| arm span = 32 1/8
| note = All values from [[NFL Combine]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=10680&draftyear=2006&genpos=QB | title=D.J. Shockley | publisher=nfldraftscout.com | access-date=September 10, 2016}}</ref>
| hand span = 9
| note = All values from [[NFL Combine]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/d-j-shockley/32005348-4f17-5486-cd6a-bad50cc5ae91 |title=D.J. Shockley Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=July 2, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=10680&DraftYear=2006 |title=D.J. Shockley College Football Profile |website=DraftScout.com |access-date=September 10, 2016}}</ref>
}}
 
===Atlanta Falcons===
Even though many mock drafts projected him to be taken earlier, the {{cvt|6|ft|7/8|in}}, {{cvt|214|lb}} Shockley was selected by the [[Atlanta Falcons]] in the seventh round of the [[2006 NFL draft]] with the 223rd overall pick.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2006 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2006/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He was the first [[Georgia Bulldogs football|University of Georgia]] player selected by the Falcons since 1994.
 
On August 27, 2006, then Falcons head coach [[Jim L. Mora|Jim Mora]] announced that Shockley had made the team as the 3rd string quarterback (over [[Bryan Randall]]) and would lead the scout team.