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Cornell University Athletics

2017 Football Roster

6 Jeremiah Shaw

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 217
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Westerville, Ohio
  • Highschool Westerville Central HS

Biography

As a senior (2017)
• Did not see varsity action.

As a junior (2016)
• Played in six contests as a reserve linebacker and on special teams.
• Recorded eight tackles, including a sack.
• Had four tackles and a sack in the Homecoming win over Yale.
• Made two stops at No. 16 Harvard.
• Had a tackle in the season finale against Ivy champion Penn.

As a sophomore (2015)
• Shaw played in all 10 contests as a sophomore, registering 12 tackles
• Posted a career-high four tackles in the season finale at Ivy champ Penn.
• Had two stops at Dartmouth.
• Made three tackles at Sacred Heart.
• Notched two tackles at Princeton.
• Made a tackle against both Colgate and Harvard.

As a freshman (2014)
• Played in nine games as a freshman on special teams and as a reserve linebacker to earn his first varsity letter.
• Made four tackles, broke up a pass and forced a fumble while grabbing an interception.
• Intercepted a pass and made a tackle against Dartmouth.
• Had a tackle and recovered a fumble at defending Ivy champ Harvard, returning it 11 yards.
• Had one stop at Columbia and at Brown.
 
At Westerville Central HS
• Shaw was a three-year starter at linebacker at Westerville Central HS, earning all-league and all-county honors as a senior.
• He helped the team to a pair of conference titles, including as a senior captain.
• He piled up 50 tackles, including 1.5 for a loss, in his final season while splitting time at tight end.
• He also lettered in both basketball and track and field during his career.

Personal
• Jeremiah Amaan Shaw is the son of Vincent Shaw and Berin Ucar-Shaw and has an older brother and younger sister.
• His father played football at Michigan, and he has three aunts and uncles that played college basketball or football.
• His uncle, Fred Shaw ’81, attended Cornell.
• He is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the SC Johnson College of Business.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2014-15Freshman

    Inside Linebacker
    6'3" 216 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2015-16Sophomore

    Outside Linebacker
    6'3" 226 lbs
    29
  • 6

    2016-17Junior

    Inside Linebacker
    6'3" 220 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2017-18Senior

    Linebacker
    6'3" 217 lbs
    6