CINCINNATI -- As the Cincinnati Bengals' rookies prepare to take part in next week's voluntary organized team activities (OTAs), it's a good time to look at some of the things they do well.

We'll spend the next couple of weeks breaking down one statistic connected to each player's college career.

First-round pick Cedric Ogbuehi's run-block efficiency, second-round pick Jake Fisher's uptempo background, third-round pick Tyler Kroft's first-down and touchdown production per reception, and fellow third-round pick P.J. Dawson's interception return-yard average were explored earlier this week. You can read each factoid here.

Up next: fourth-rounder Josh Shaw and his tackles for loss:

5.5

The stats on the Bengals cornerback are quite limited, much like his game tape from last season was.

It's because Shaw missed 10 games during his final season at Southern Cal after admitting to a lie concerning the way he sprained both of his ankles. Originally, he told USC officials a story about how he was hurt rescuing a drowning nephew. After word of the good deed went viral, though, he felt uncomfortable keeping the lie going. He actually was hurt while jumping from an apartment balcony following an argument with a girlfriend the week before the season was about to start.

His suspension meant he only was available for three of USC's games last season in which he compiled 11 tackles, nine of which were solo.

So, for this factoid we go back to his junior season with the Trojans. But let's start at the beginning. After a brief stop at Florida, Shaw finished his college career at USC, playing three seasons. It was in that second season in Los Angeles when he had 5.5 tackles for loss.

That season was his best. He also had a career-high 67 tackles and four interceptions. He also had a defensive touchdown and deflected seven passes.

As for the tackles for loss, he never had more than one in a single game in 2013. It was down the stretch of that season where he saw his greatest tackle-for-loss production. Three of the stops came in the final six games, including in wins over Stanford and Cal, and in the regular-season finale loss to UCLA.

The 5.5 tackles for loss may not come across as an overly dominating statistic, but it isn't easy for a cornerback to rack up many of them in a given year. Often shadowing receivers, they are regularly downfield and hardly in a position to make a stop behind the line of scrimmage. It's unclear if any of the tackles for loss came while Shaw was playing safety, but he would have had a better chance of collecting tackles for loss from that position.

In Cincinnati, Shaw could give the Bengals secondary versatility at safety or corner, but it's most likely that he will be lining up as a slot corner. Veteran Leon Hall's contract expires at the end of the season and he could prove too expensive to re-sign based on the massive deal he's about to finish. If that becomes the case, Shaw might make an adequate replacement.