# Keegan Shoemaker

Keegan Shoemaker (born February 26, 2001) is an American professional indoor football quarterback for the Fishers Freight of the Indoor Football League (IFL). He played college football for Lafayette before transferring to Sam Houston.

## Early life and high school

Shoemaker grew up in Prosper, Texas and attended Prosper High School. He was rated a two-star recruit and committed to play college football at Lafayette College over offers from Abilene Christian, Georgetown and Stephen F. Austin.

## College career
### Lafayette

During Shoemaker's true freshman season in 2019, he played 12 games and started 11 of them. He finished the season with 216 out of 360 passing attempts for 2,545 yards, 14 touchdowns and 14 interceptions and he was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year, the Patriot League Freshman of the Year and earned Hero Sports Freshman All-American Status and was named the team's offensive MVP.
On December 14, 2020, Shoemaker announced that he would be transferring to Sam Houston.

### Sam Houston

Shoemaker sat out for the 2020-21 season due to NCAA transfer regulations. During the 2021 season, he played in eight games and started two of them, finishing the season with 23 out of 42 passing attempts for 294 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. During the Week 4 game against Stephen F. Austin, he led the team by completing 16 out of 29 passing attempts for 222 yards and two touchdowns to a comeback win of 21–20. Because of his performance, he was named as the WAC Offensive Player of the Week. During the 2022 season, he was named as the starting quarterback and played in seven games and started six of them, finishing the season with 95 out of 204 passing attempts for 1,122 yards, six touchdowns and five interceptions. During the 2023 season, he played in and started 11 games, finishing the season with completing 264 out of 419 passing attempts for 2,507 yards, 15 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

### College statistics

| Season | Games | Games | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Rushing | Rushing | Rushing | Rushing |
| Season | GP | GS | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| Lafayette |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 12 | 11 | 216 | 360 | 60.0 | 2,540 | 7.1 | 14 | 14 | 124.3 | 141 | 347 | 2.46 | 3 |
| Sam Houston ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 42 | 54.8 | 294 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 132.4 | 16 | 46 | 2.88 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 | 95 | 204 | 46.6 | 1,122 | 5.5 | 6 | 5 | 97.6 | 48 | 254 | 5.29 | 2 |
| 2023 | 11 | 10 | 264 | 419 | 63.0 | 2,507 | 6.0 | 15 | 11 | 119.8 | 93 | 254 | 2.73 | 1 |
| Career | 38 | 29 | 598 | 1,025 | 58.3 | 6,463 | 6.3 | 38 | 31 | 117.5 | 298 | 901 | 3.0 | 6 |

## Professional career

Pre-draft measurables :
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump |
| 6 ft 1+3⁄4 in (1.87 m) | 201 lb (91 kg) | 30+3⁄4 in (0.78 m) | 9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 4.93 s | 1.80 s | 5.00 s | 7.51 s | 30.5 in (0.77 m) | 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) |
| All values from Pro Day ||||||||||
On January 22, 2025, Shoemaker signed to play for the Fishers Freight of the Indoor Football League (IFL).

## Coaching career

On July 24, 2024, Shoemaker was hired as an offensive assistant at McKinney Boyd High School in McKinney, Texas.