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2025 Football Roster

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40 Jon Schaffer

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 238
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Early Branch, S.C.
  • High School Andrew Jackson

Biography

2024: Played in all 12 games ... Recorded a solo tackle against William & Mary (9/14) ... At Western Carolina (10/5) had a two-yard run on a fake punt for a first down ... At Chattanooga (10/19) completed a 19-yard pass to Kyle Parsons out of punt formation for a first down ... Added a solo tackle against ETSU (10/26) ... At South Carolina (11/23) completed a four-yard pass to Kyle Parsons on a fake punt for a first down and returned a kickoff in the second quarter ... Named to the SoCon Fall All-Academic Team and the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Named CSC Academic All-District ... 2023: Played in seven games ... In the season opener at Pitt (9/2) had one tackle ...  Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... 2022:  Saw action against VMI (11/12) and at Furman (11/19) ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ...

HIGH SCHOOL: Named All-State and All-Region four times at Andrew Jackson Academy, playing linebacker and fullback ... As a senior was team captain and had 127 tackles on defense and ran for 1,555 yards with 19 touchdowns to earn state Defensive Player of the Year honors ... During his junior season had 73 tackles and 537 rushing yards ... Team won a state title as a sophomore as he had 775 rushing yards and 92 tackles ... Recorded 119 tackles as a freshman and the team won the state championship his eighth grade season ... School was 54-5 during his five seasons ... Also played basketball, earning All-Region honors four times and holding the school records with 1,217 career rebounds and 1,845 career points ... Played baseball and was named All-State twice and All-Region twice as the team won the 2022 state championship ... Member of the Beta Club and was class valedictorian, along with serving as student government president ...

PERSONAL: Son of Jon and Allison Schaffer ... A biology major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 40

    2022Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 238 lbs
    40
  • 40

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 238 lbs
    40
  • 40

    2024Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 238 lbs
    40
  • 40

    2025Junior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 238 lbs
    40