Blake Shapen

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Blake Shapen
Shapen during the 2022 Armed Forces Bowl
No. 2 – Mississippi State Bulldogs
PositionQuarterback
Personal information
Born (2001-01-21) January 21, 2001 (age 25)
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High schoolEvangel Christian
(Shreveport, Louisiana)
College
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Blake Shapen (born January 21, 2001) is an American college football quarterback who plays for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. He previously played for the Baylor Bears.

Early life

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Shapen grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana and attended Evangel Christian Academy.[1] He passed for 2,049 yards with 24 touchdowns and five interceptions and also rushed for 324 yards with five touchdowns.[2] Shapen committed to play both baseball and football at Arizona State over offers from Ole Miss, Arizona, Louisiana-Lafayette, and Arkansas State, but later de-committed.[3] He later committed to play at Baylor as a two-sport athlete.[4]

College career

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Shapen redshirted his true freshman season.[5] He entered his redshirt freshman season as the backup to starting quarterback Gerry Bohanon. Shapen saw his first serious playing time late in the season in a 20–10 win against Kansas State after Bohannon suffered a hamstring injury.[6] He made his first career start the following week against Texas Tech and completed 20 of 34 pass attempts for 254 yards and two touchdowns in a 27–24 victory.[7] Shapen also started the 2021 Big 12 Championship Game and was named the game's MVP after passing for 180 yards and three touchdowns in a 21–16 win over Oklahoma State.[8][9] He finished the season with a 72.1% completion percentage for 596 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions.[10]

Shapen won the starting quarterback job for 2022 during spring practices.[11]

On November 27, 2023, Shapen announced that he would be entering the transfer portal.[12] On December 8, he announced that he would be transferring to Mississippi State to play under head coach Jeff Lebby.[13]

On September 21st 2024, Shapen suffered a broken scapula in his right shoulder during the fourth quarter of Mississippi State’s week 4 game against Florida.[14] The injury and subsequent surgery would keep him out for the remainder of the 2024 season. He was also granted a medical redshirt.[15]

Shapen would return for the 2025 season. Despite leading the Bulldogs to an upset win over No. 12 Arizona State in Week 2 and leading the team to a 4–0 start, the Bulldogs would slide to a 5-6 record before Shapen was benched for of the Egg Bowl against rival Ole Miss. The Bulldogs finished with a 5-7 record on the season.

Statistics

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Season Team Games Passing Rushing
GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Avg TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD
2020 Baylor 0 0 — Redshirt Redshirted
2021 Baylor 6 2 2–0 62 86 72.1 596 6.9 5 0 149.5 21 59 2.8 0
2022 Baylor 13 13 6–7 233 368 63.3 2,790 7.6 18 10 137.7 76 96 1.3 2
2023 Baylor 8 8 2–6 184 298 61.7 2,188 7.3 13 3 135.8 67 29 0.4 4
2024 Mississippi State 4 4 1–3 74 108 68.5 974 9.0 8 1 166.9 34 36 1.1 2
2025 Mississippi State 11 11 5–6 195 303 64.4 2,433 8.0 15 8 142.9 111 28 0.3 3
Career 42 38 16–22 748 1,163 64.3 8,981 7.7 59 22 142.1 309 248 0.8 11

References

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