Sawyer Sheffield Signs NAHL Tender Agreement

The NAPHL’s T1ER League is excited to announce the tender agreement signed between the Shreveport Mudbugs of the NAHL and the Biggby Coffee AAA Hockey 18U forward Sawyer Sheffield. The agreement will carry through the end of the 2026-27 season. 

During the 2025-26 NAT1HL season, Sheffield was a reliable piece of the Biggby Coffee offense. 

The Southlake, Texas native recorded four points in 16 games for Biggby including a goal and three assists. 

Sheffield appeared in the T1ER Top Prospects tournament this year in St. Louis. The tournament is made up of the best players from the NAPHL. Sheffield played in four games for Team Gold.

The best offensive performance of the season for Sheffield came on Nov. 2 against Dallas Stars Elite. The forward recorded a goal in Biggby’s 7-3 victory. 

Sheffield is one of nine players from the Biggby Coffee AAA Hockey 18U team to sign a tender agreement with a NAHL team this season. 

Click here to see a list of T1ER tenders for the 2025-26 season

A tender is a contract, of sorts, a player signs announcing his intentions to play for that particular NAHL team and that NAHL team only. Once a player signs a tender with an NAHL team, his playing rights belong to that team within the NAHL and he may not be recruited by any other NAHL team. Each team is granted ten (10) tenders, which include two (2) tenders exclusively used on players from the T1ER - plus or minus any trades - which became active on November 1st. Tendered players are not eligible for the 2026 NAHL Draft.