Keegan Shoemaker (born February 26, 2001) is a former American football quarterback. He previously played for the Lafayette Leopards and the Sam Houston Bearkats.
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 26, 2001 |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Prosper (Prosper, Texas) |
Early life and high school
editShoemaker grew up in Prosper, Texas and attended Prosper High School.[1] He was rated a two-star recruit and committed to play college football at Lafayette College over offers from Abilene Christian, Georgetown and Stephen F. Austin.[2][3]
College career
editLafayette
editDuring Shoemaker's true freshman season in 2019, he played 12 games and started 11 of them. He finished the season with 216 out of 360 passing attempts for 2,545 yards, 14 touchdowns and 14 interceptions and he was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year,[4] the Patriot League Freshman of the Year and earned Hero Sports Freshman All-American Status and was named the team's offensive MVP.[5][6]
On December 14, 2020, Shoemaker announced that he would be transferring to Sam Houston.[7]
Sam Houston
editShoemaker sat out for the 2020-21 season due to NCAA transfer regulations. During the 2021 season, he played in eight games and started two of them, finishing the season with 23 out of 42 passing attempts for 294 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. During the Week 4 game against Stephen F. Austin, he led the team by completing 16 out of 29 passing attempts for 222 yards and two touchdowns to a comeback win of 21–20. Because of his performance, he was named as the WAC Offensive Player of the Week.[8][9] During the 2022 season, he was named as the starting quarterback[10] and played in seven games and started six of them, finishing the season with 95 out of 204 passing attempts for 1,122 yards, six touchdowns and five interceptions.[11] During the 2023 season, he played in and started 11 games, finishing the season with completing 264 out of 419 passing attempts for 2,507 yards, 15 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.[12]
College statistics
edit| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Lafayette | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 12 | 11 | 216 | 360 | 60.0 | 2,540 | 7.1 | 14 | 14 | 124.3 | 141 | 347 | 2.46 | 3 | |
| Sam Houston | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 42 | 54.8 | 294 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 132.4 | 16 | 46 | 2.88 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 | 95 | 204 | 46.6 | 1,122 | 5.5 | 6 | 5 | 97.6 | 48 | 254 | 5.29 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 11 | 10 | 264 | 419 | 63.0 | 2,507 | 6.0 | 15 | 11 | 119.8 | 93 | 254 | 2.73 | 1 | |
| Career | 38 | 29 | 598 | 1,025 | 58.3 | 6,463 | 6.3 | 38 | 31 | 117.5 | 298 | 901 | 3.0 | 6 | |
References
edit- ^ "Keegan Shoemaker's High School Football Stats". MaxPreps.com. May 6, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ^ "Keegan Shoemaker, Prosper, Pro-Style Quarterback". 247sports.com. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ "Keegan Shoemaker, 2019 Pro Style Quarterback". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ Schwartz, Andy (November 26, 2019). "Lafayette's Keegan Shoemaker, Malik Hamm win Patriot League player of year honors". The Morning Call. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ "Keegan Shoemaker". Lafayette Leopards.
- ^ "Lafayette's Shoemaker Named STATS FCS National Rookie of the Week". Patriot League. September 17, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ Trumbauer, Tyler (December 14, 2020). "Former Lafayette QB Shoemaker commits to Sam Houston State". WFMZ-TV. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ "Keegan Shoemaker". Sam Houston Bearkats.
- ^ "Shoemaker, Kay named WAC Players of the Week". Sam Houston Bearkats. October 4, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ Craven, Mike (September 27, 2022). "Sam Houston to start Keegan Shoemaker at quarterback against SFA". Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ a b "Keegan Shoemaker Stats". The Football Database. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ "Keegan Shoemaker 2023 Gamelog". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
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