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Jersey Number 3
Ja'Quan Sheppard
- Position:
- DB
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 202
- Hometown:
- Zephyrhills, FL
- High School:
- Zephyrhills
- Prev School:
- Cincinnati
- Major:
- Criminal Justice
- Shop:
- Shop
As a Senior (2023): Honorable Mention All-Big Ten selection ... Participated in the East–West Shrine Bowl & Hula Bowl ... Started all 13 games for the Terrapins ... Led the team and ranked tied for fourth in the Big Ten with 8 pass break-ups ... Also posted 31 tackles, 3 tackles for loss and a sack to his stat line ... In Maryland's win over Auburn in the 2023 TransPerfect Music City Bowl, Sheppard was targeted five times but allowed just one reception for six yards, while forcing two incompletions and tallying the top coverage grade among postseason corners from Pro Football Focus ... Tallied six solo tackles including a seven yard tackle for loss vs. #2 Michigan (11/18) ... Notched four solo tackles, a four-yard tackle for loss and a pass breakup in win at Nebraska (11/11) ... Broke up a career-best three passes and had three tackles vs. Illinois (10/14) ... Had two tackles (one solo) and a pass breakup at #4 Ohio State (10/7) ... Tallied three-yard tackle for loss and a pass breakup in win over Charlotte (9/9)... Started first game as a Terp vs. Towson (9/3), tallying two tackles
Before Maryland: 2022 First Team All-AAC ... Has totaled 64 tackles (43 solo), 10 pass breakups, 5.5 tackles for loss and one sack over four year Cincinnati career ... Led Cincinnati with 10 pass breakups in 2022, to go with 50 total tackles (33 solo), 4.5 tackles for loss and one sack in 12 games ... Had at least one pass breakup in seven of 12 games this season ... Has played in 37 games over Cincinnati career, helping lead Bearcats to 2020 & 2021 AAC Championships, and a College Football Playoff berth in 2021 ... Played alongside top-10 pick Sauce Gardner for first three years of career ... Played both wide receiver and defensive back at Zephyrhills HS .. Has one year of eligibility remaining
Career Highs:
Tackles - 9 (Cincinnati at Arkansas, 9/3/22)
Solo Tackles - 8 (Cincinnati at Arkansas, 9/3/22)
Tackles for Loss - 2.0 (Cincinnati at UCF, 10/29/22)
Pass Breakups - 3 (Illinois, 10/14/23)
Before Maryland: 2022 First Team All-AAC ... Has totaled 64 tackles (43 solo), 10 pass breakups, 5.5 tackles for loss and one sack over four year Cincinnati career ... Led Cincinnati with 10 pass breakups in 2022, to go with 50 total tackles (33 solo), 4.5 tackles for loss and one sack in 12 games ... Had at least one pass breakup in seven of 12 games this season ... Has played in 37 games over Cincinnati career, helping lead Bearcats to 2020 & 2021 AAC Championships, and a College Football Playoff berth in 2021 ... Played alongside top-10 pick Sauce Gardner for first three years of career ... Played both wide receiver and defensive back at Zephyrhills HS .. Has one year of eligibility remaining
Career Highs:
Tackles - 9 (Cincinnati at Arkansas, 9/3/22)
Solo Tackles - 8 (Cincinnati at Arkansas, 9/3/22)
Tackles for Loss - 2.0 (Cincinnati at UCF, 10/29/22)
Pass Breakups - 3 (Illinois, 10/14/23)
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