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2019 Football

11 Shea Rodgers

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Indian Land, S.C.

Biography

2019
Preseason First Team All-SAC

Punted 57 times for a 41.3-yard average, sixth-highest in school history...Had six punts of 50 or more yards and 26 that landed inside the 20...Placed five of his seven punts against UVa-Wise...Scored 53 points, one shy of the team lead...Went 8-for-16 on field goal opportunities with a long of 43 yards...Converted 29 of 30 PAT's...Kicked off 33 times, forcing five touchbacks...Finished his career with 211 points scored, fifth in school history and six from Ryan Lukshis's school record for kickers...Ranks second in school history in both field goals (29) and PAT's made (124).
[2019 stats]

2018
Football Gazette Honorable Mention All-American Punter...Football Gazette Second Team All-Super Region 2 Punter...D2CCA Second Team All-Super Region 2 Punter...First Team All-SAC Punter...D2Football.com Co-National Special Teams Player of the Week...Two-Time SAC Special Teams Player of the Week...Preseason Second Team All-SAC

Handled punting duties, most field goals inside 40 yards, and held for most field goals of over 40 yards...All-conference and all-region as a punter...Punted 56 times for a 43.2-yard average, the second-best single-season total in school history...Had 24 punts inside the 20...12 punts of 50+ yards, including a 70-yarder vs. Carson-Newman that came within six yards of matching the school record set in 1968...Named SAC and National Special Teams Player of the Week against the Eagles: four punts for a 52.0-yard average with three inside the 20 and two of over 50 yards, made field goals of 40 and 34 yards, and was 2-for-2 on PAT's...Newberry's first national special teams winner since 2015 and fifth overall in all disciplines...Also won SAC Player of the Week the following week at UNC Pembroke: seven punts for 42.9-yard average with a long of 55 and three inside the 20, field goals of 40 and 26 yards, 2-for-2 on PAT's...For the season, 8-for-10 on field goals and made all 20 PAT's...Ends season as Division II's sixth-most accurate active kicker (80.8 percent - 21-for-26) and ranks fourth among expected returners.
[2018 stats]

2017
SAC Special Teams Player of the Week...Preseason Second Team All-SAC...2018 SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll

Played in all eleven games... Went 8-11 on field goals, including a career record of 49 yards... 33-34 on PAT's (only miss was blocked)... The 8 FG's and 33 PAT's are tied for seventh in a single season in school history... 56 punts for an average of 39.5 yards with a long of 70 yards... Three punts of 50 yards or more... Forced 17 fair catches, 12 punts inside the 20, and only four touchbacks.
[2017 stats]

2016
Played in 11 games...Totaled 57 points...Punted 40 times for 1434 yards...Made five field goals...Kicked 58 times for 3180 yards.
[2016 stats]

2015
Redshirted.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 69

    2015Freshman

    K/P
    5'10" 180 lbs
    69
  • 69

    2016Redshirt Freshman

    K
    6'0" 175 lbs
    69
  • 69

    2017Sophomore

    K
    6'0" 175 lbs
    69
  • 11

    2018Junior

    K/P
    6'0" 185 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2019Senior

    K/P
    6'0" 185 lbs
    11