Ex-Wellington QB gets offers after big junior college year
During his senior season as Wellington High School’s starting quarterback, Shannon Patrick threw for 3,438 yards and 49 touchdowns.
Three years later, he’s putting up even bigger numbers.
Now a redshirt sophomore at Northland Community & Technical College, Patrick has starred for the Pioneers, who compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Minnesota College Athletic Conference.
He has thrown for an NJCAA-leading 4,122 yards and 41 touchdowns this season, leading Northland to a 9-2 record and a berth in Sunday’s Graphic Edge Bowl against Ellsworth Community College of Iowa.
The game is part of a doubleheader at the University of Northern Iowa.
Patrick’s accomplishments this season have earned him numerous honors, among them NJCAA Region XIII Player of the Year.
He was named fifirst- team all-conference, and was voted a GridironRR All-American.
“I hold myself to a high standard, and I’m a hard critic on myself,” said Patrick, who was named The Post’s 2014 Large Schools Of ff ff ff ff ff fens ive Player of the Year. “I did believe that I could have this success in college, because I’ve done it in high school.”
Patrick, 6-foot-2 and 200 pounds, had opportunities to walk on at Florida, South Florida and other Division I schools after graduating from Wellington but chose to sign with the University of Pikeville in Kentucky.
Pikeville is a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics school that competes in the Mid-South Conference.
He redshirted as a freshman and played one season before transferring to Northland.
“I believed that I could play football at a higher level, so I wanted to take the junior college route,” he said.
“So for my redshirt sophomore season, I took the junior college route, and it’s been a great experience.”
Patrick said he has received offffffffffffers from eight Division I I schools but is holding out hope he gets a Division I offffffffffffer.
All- District team named: More than two dozen Palm Beach County football players have been named to the Florida Athletic Coaches Association’ s All-District team.
The players represent 13 area schools, and include juniors and seniors.
Players were no minated and selected by area coaches.
Seniors are eligible to be selected as participants in the 63rd North-South AllStar Football Classic on Dec. 16 at The Villages.
Rosters have not been set. Here is the All-District team:
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QB-Jordan Travis, Benjamin, Sr.; RB-Mark- Antony Richards, Wellington, Jr.; RB-Jeremiah Brown, Seminole Ridge, Sr.; WR-Ato - rian Perry, Park Vista, Sr.; WR-Jymetre Hester, Glades Central, Jr.; WR-Andrew Kasten, Dwyer, Sr.; OL-Jordon Earle, Forest Hill, Sr.; OL-Vincent Lumia, Suncoast, Sr.; OL-Dustin Drake, Seminole Ridge, Sr.; OL-Adrian Tiburio, Wellington, Sr.; K-Dawson Suncine, Suncoast, Sr.
Defense
DL- Dalton Hustad, Dwyer, Sr.; DL-Wilkevious Davis, Glades Central, Sr.; DL-Zac Cohen, Seminole Ridge, Sr.; DL-Kerri Shannon, Glades Central, Sr.; LB-Ivan Johnson, Park Vista, Sr.; LB-Horace Stephenson, Glades Central, Sr.; LB-Jonathan Fioramonti, Seminole Ridge, Sr.; CB-Jamarian Green, Glades Central, Sr.; CB-Kaiir Elam, Benjamin, Jr.; SS-John Smith, Park Vista, Sr .; F S-Earnest Jackson, Glades Central, Jr.; P-Ryan Kingman, King’s Academy, Sr.; LS-Taylor Branine, Wellington, Sr.