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2006 Football Roster

56 Shawn Herrmann

  • Position Offensive line
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 245
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Phoenix, NY
  • Highschool C.W. Baker

Biography

2006: CAPTAIN ... Played in eight games, all as a starter ... Photo by Tom KillipsTeam averaged 31.3 points and 358.7 yards per game ... Team averaged 140.8 yards rushing and 217.9 passing ... Team allowed just 16 sacks ... Team rushed for at least 100 yards in six games, including three with over 200 ... Team rushed for a touchdown in nine games, including four with more than one ... Team rushed for four touchdowns two times and six once ... Team passed for at least 200 yards seven times and 300 yards once ... Team had at least one touchdown pass in eight games, including six with more than one ... Team led Liberty League in scoring offense, first downs (185), red zone offense (88.6%) and third down conversions (42.4%) ... Team ranked 25th in the nation in scoring offense ... Liberty League All-Academic … ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 1 First Team … ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American First Team … Team's George Bode Coaches Award ... Team's J&J Tough Guy Award ...

2005: Started all ten games … Team rushed for 1816 yards and passed for 2475 ... Team rushed for at least 100 yards in every game, 200 yards in three games and 300 yards once ... Team had at least one rushing touchdown in every game, at least two in five games, two with three and one with four ... Team threw for at least 200 yards seven times and at least 300 twice ... Team had at least one passing touchdown in every game, including eight with at least two, four with three, one with four and one with five … Team led the Liberty League in scoring offense (33.5 points per game) and was second in passing offense (247.5 yards per game), total offense (429.1 yards per game), first downs (220) and sacks against Photo by Tom Tamsett '07(13) ... Team ranked 31st in nation in total offense and 39th in scoring offense ... Liberty League All-Academic … ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 1 First Team … ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American Second Team … Offense ran for a season-high 324 yards and four touchdowns on 43 carries and had 141 passing yards with a touchdown against Endicott (9/10) …  Team passed for a season-high 28 times on 54 attempts for 394 yards and five touchdowns and ran 36 times for 145 yards and two touchdowns at Hobart (9/24) … Offense moved the ball for a total of 706 all purpose yards, including 223 rushing yards and a touchdown on 35 carries, and completed 18 passes for 329 yards and three touchdowns in Transit Trophy Game win at WPI (10/29) … Offense completed 41 passes for 243 yards and three touchdowns while running 38 times for 151 yards and one touchdown in ECAC Northwest Bowl at St. John Fisher (11/19) …

Photo by Tom Killips

2004: Started all nine games … Quarterbacks threw for over 300 yards three times and over 400 yards twice … Quarterbacks were sacked just six times all season … Team rushed for 100 yards or more in five games and over 150 yards four times … Team ranked twenty-second in the nation in passing offense (266.7 yards per game) and thirty-seventh in total offense (409.7 yards per game) … Liberty League All-Academic … ESPN the Magazine District 1 College Division All-Academic First Team … Offense ran for season-high 333 yards and three touchdowns in addition to 160 passing yards for one touchdown in 28-17 win vs. Coast Guard for the Shot Glass Trophy (10/2) … D3Football.com Offensive Line of the Week (10/4) … Team compiled 198 rushing yards and two touchdowns and 318 passing yards with three touchdowns in 37-20 win at Kings Point (10/23) … Engineers tallied four touchdown passes and 414 passing yards with 69 rushing yards and a touchdown in Transit Trophy Game victory (10/30) …

2003: Played in three games, all in reserve … Team ran for 171 yards and three touchdowns (1, 1, 15 yards) and added 474 passing yards and three touchdowns (9, 5, 9 yards) in a 47-26 win over Rochester (10/4) … Offensive line helped team set school record for yards passing and total offense (516) in a game against the Yellowjackets … Offense ran for 262 yards on 52 carries with four touchdowns (4, 4, 5, 10 yards) and passed for 154 yards and three touchdowns (12, 5, 16 yards) in 52-7 win at Hartwick (10/25) … Team ran 38 times for 246 yards and three touchdowns (2, 2, 20 yards) and completed 27 passes for 346 yards and four touchdowns (32, 7, 8, 5 yards) in 55-0 win at St. Lawrence (11/8) …

High School: Two-year letterwinner in football … Two-time All-League … All-Central New York Third Team as a senior … 2003 Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year … 2003 National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award … Class AA Scholar-Athlete Award … National Honor Society … Class Vice President …

Personal: Aeronautical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering dual major ... Dean’s List … Son of Jack Herrmann.

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Historical Player Information

  • 56

    2005Junior

    Offensive line
    6'1" 245 lbs
    56
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    2006Senior

    Offensive line
    6'1" 245 lbs
    56
    C