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2017 Football Roster

9 Connor Jessop

  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 220
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ashburn, Va.
  • Highschool Broad Run

Biography

2017: Appeared and started in all 11 games ... gained first team All-MEC and MEC Offensive Player of the Year honors as he completed  240-of-294 passes for 3,532 yards and 40 touchdowns ...  set Shepherd single-season marks for total offense (3,887), passing touchdowns, touchdowns responsible for (47), and points responsible for (282) ... ranked second nationally in passing yards per game (321.1), points responsible per game (25.6),, while ranking third in points responsible for, passing yards, passing touchdowns, and total offense (353.4) ... ranked sixth in passing efficiency (167.4) ... had a career-high and school record 35 completion in season opener against Notre Dame ... a four-time MEC Offensive Player of the Week ... passed for 300 yards or more in seven games ... earned second team All-American honors from D2Football.com and Don Hansen ... named Shepherd's Outstanding Male Student-Athlete ... finished fourth in the Harlon Hill balloting.

2016: Appeared in six games ... completed 34-of-46 pass attempts for 658 yards and six touchdowns ... Also rushed five times for 69 yards and four touchdowns ...  set a school record for passing yards against West Virginia State with 480 yards and tied a school mark with five touchdown passes ... named MEC and D2football.com's Offensive Player of the Week for Oct. 17 following performance against WV State ... entered as punter against UVa-Wise, with one punt for 31 yards ... named Outstanding Student in Sport and Event Management.

2015: Appeared in 10 games ... completed 20-of-28 pass attempts for 347 yards ... also rushed eight times for five yards. 

Jessop Flyer

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2015Sophomore

    QB
    6'4" 208 lbs
    8
  • 9

    2016Junior

    QB
    6'4" 210 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2017Senior

    QB
    6'5" 220 lbs
    9