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Nathan Scheelhaase Illinois Fighting Illini — No. 2 Quarterback Sophomore
Major: Communication Date of birth: November 8, 1990 Place of birth: Missouri Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight: 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb) Career history High school: Rockhurst High School College(s):
- Illinois (2010–present)
Bowl games u - 2010 Texas Bowl
Career highlights and awards - 2008 Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year
- Fourth-team Freshman All-American by Phil Steele
- Honorable Mention Freshman All-American by CollegeFootballNews.com
- 6 x Big Ten Freshman of the Week
Stats at CBSSports.com Nathan Scheelhaase (born November 8, 1990) is an American football quarterback at the University of Illinois. While playing at Rockhurst High School, he won the 2008 Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year.
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High school career
Scheelhaase attended Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri. While at Rockhurst, Shceelhaase was a good student as well as a ten-time varsity letterman in football, track, and basketball. He was a four-star prospect on both Scout.com and Rivals.com. He was ranked as the seventh best dual-threat quarterback on Rivals.com. In football, Scheelhaase won the Thomas A. Simone Award, which is given to the most outstanding high school football player in the Kansas City Metropolitan area, his junior season. He was the fifth player from Rockhurst to have won the award, and the first since Brandon Shelby in 1999. Scheelhaase also was the recipient of the Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year for football his junior year. His junior year he led Rockhurst to a 13-0 season, and a Missouri Class-6 state championship passing for 1861 yards, 20 touchdowns and only five interceptions. On the ground he also rushed 120 times for 917 yards and 14 scores. He is 6’2” weighing 190 lb., and he runs a 4.5 40-yard dash.
Recruiting
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date Nathan Scheelhaase
QBKansas City, Missouri Rockhurst High School 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) 184 lb (83 kg) 4.53 Jul 16,
2008Scout: Rivals:
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 20 (QB) Rivals: 7 (QB), 3 (MO) ‡ Refers to 40 yard dash
Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time.
In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:- "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. http://www.rivals.com/TeamRank.asp?type=0&sort=0&year=2009. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
Scheelhaase committed to the University of Illinois on July 16th, 2008.[1] Scheelhaase was recruited by The University of Oklahoma, The University of Missouri, The University of Iowa, The University of Arkansas, and The University of Kansas among others before signing with The University of Illinois.[2] Scheelhaase played safety as a sophomore and admits that some schools talked to him about the possibility of him playing on defense, but under center is where he wants to be. "Most everybody is recruiting me at quarterback and that's what I think I'm gonna play."
College career
2009 season
Nathan Scheelhaase was red-shirted his freshman year; Illinois would start QBs Juice Williams and Eddie McGee.
2010 season
Scheelhaase became the starting quarterback for the 2010 season.[3] Nathan would lead Illinois to a 6-6 season; completing 137 passes on 241 attempts for 1,583 yards in the regular season, along with 17 touchdown passes and 8 interceptions. Scheelhaase also ran for 806 yards on 175 carries and 4 touchdowns, and was an excellent complement to Illini RB Mikel Leshoure in the running game.
In the 2010 Texas Bowl against Baylor, Scheelhaase completed 18 passes on 23 attempts for 242 yards with no interceptions.[4] Scheelhaase had a 55 yard touchdown run late in the game, and led Illinois to their first bowl victory in over a decade. The Fighting Illini won the game 38-14.
Personal information
His father, Nate Creer, started at defensive back for the University of Iowa, and started for the 1985 team that lost to UCLA in the Rose Bowl to finish 10-2, and be ranked No. 10 at the end of the season AP Poll. He was named as one of Iowa’s all-time team MVPs.
Nicknames
Illini nation has given multiple nicknames to Scheelhaase over his career. Some include, "Nasty Nate", "Haase Odds", "Full Haase", and "the Haase always wins".[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Nathan Scheelhaase". Rivals.com. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Nathan-Scheelhaase-68404. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "Nathan Scheelhaase". Scout.com. http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=3129341. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/ncf/news/story?id=5242601
- ^ http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=303630239
External links
Current starting quarterbacks of the Big Ten Conference Legends Division James Vandenberg (Iowa) • Denard Robinson (Michigan) • Kirk Cousins (Michigan State) • MarQueis Gray (Minnesota) • Taylor Martinez (Nebraska) • Dan Persa (Northwestern)
Leaders Division Nathan Scheelhaase (Illinois) • Tre Roberson (Indiana) • Braxton Miller (Ohio State) • Matt McGloin (Penn State) • Caleb TerBush (Purdue) • Russell Wilson (Wisconsin)
Categories:- 1990 births
- Living people
- American football quarterbacks
- Illinois Fighting Illini football players
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