Quarterback, Rice, 2005–⁠09

John Thomas Shepherd

Number: No. 17
Height: 6′1″
Hometown: El Dorado, AR

John Thomas Shepherd played quarterback at Rice (2005–⁠09).

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

128

506

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2006*	Rice	10	25	40.0	128	5.1	0	0
2007*	Rice	8	9	88.9	91	10.1	0	0
2008*	Rice	8	15	53.3	78	5.2	0	0
2009	Rice	59	110	53.6	506	4.6	2	5
On file (2006–⁠09)		85	159	53.5	803	5.1	2	5

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	Long
2006*	Rice	8	−17	−2.1	3
2007*	Rice	5	7	1.4	9
2008*	Rice	9	7	0.8	16
2009	Rice	50	110	2.2	19
On file (2006–⁠09)		72	107	1.5	19

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2006	Rice	17	QB
2007	Rice	17	QB
2008	Rice	17	QB
2009	Rice	17	QB	6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2009 Rice 10 games, 506 passing yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 5	atUAB	L 24–⁠44	10	22	81	0	1	48
Sep 12	atTexas Tech	L 10–⁠55	14	19	109	1	0	−3
Sep 19	atOklahoma State	L 24–⁠41	12	23	119	0	0	−5
Sep 26	vs.Vanderbilt	L 17–⁠36	6	14	58	1	2	53
Oct 3	vs.Tulsa	L 10–⁠27	5	11	45	0	1	15
Oct 10	vs.Navy	L 14–⁠63	0	3	0	0	0	4
Oct 17	atEast Carolina	L 13–⁠49	4	7	32	0	1	3
Oct 24	vs.UCF	L 7–⁠49	8	11	62	0	0	−20
Nov 21	vs.UTEP	W 30–⁠29	–	–	–	–	–	12
Nov 28	atHouston	L 14–⁠73	–	–	–	–	–	3

2008 Rice 6 games, 78 passing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 29	vs.SMU	W 56–⁠27	–	–	–	–	–	1
Sep 20	atTexas	L 10–⁠52	5	10	47	0	0	5
Sep 27	vs.North Texas	W 77–⁠20	0	1	0	0	0	−2
Oct 4	atTulsa	L 28–⁠63	2	3	27	0	0	16
Nov 1	atUTEP	W 49–⁠44	1	1	4	0	0	–
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Western Michigan	W 38–⁠14	–	–	–	–	–	−13

2007 Rice 2 games, 91 passing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 8	atBaylor	L 17–⁠42	3	4	32	0	0	7
Sep 22	atTexas	L 14–⁠58	5	5	59	0	0	–

No box score in the source for Sep 2 vs. Nicholls, so that game is not listed.

2006 Rice 4 games, 128 passing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 9	atUCLA	L 16–⁠26	6	10	66	0	0	−5
Sep 23	atFlorida State	L 7–⁠55	0	3	0	0	0	1
Nov 18	vs.East Carolina	W 18–⁠17	4	12	62	0	0	−9
Nov 25	vs.SMU	W 31–⁠27	–	–	–	–	–	−4

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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