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2023 Football Roster

16 Shane Illingworth

  • Position Quarterback
  • Ht./Wt. 6-6 / 233
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Norco, Calif.
  • High School Norco
  • Previous School Oklahoma State

Biography

NEVADA CAREER
RS JUNIOR (2023):
Appeared in one game, the season finale against Wyoming ... Completed 15-of-27 passes for 175 yards with an interception against the Cowboys (Nov. 25).

RS SOPHOMORE (2022): Appeared in six games, making five starts ... Threw for 761 yards and two touchdowns, completing 84-of145 passes with three interceptions ... Started in his Nevada debut at New Mexico State, going 7-for-12 for 51 yards in just over a half of action (Aug. 27) ... Went 11-for-13 for 101 yards in just over a half of action against Texas State (Sept. 3) ... Threw his first touchdown pass in a Nevada uniform, went 21-for-33 for 181 yards against San Diego State (Oct. 22) ... Went 18-for-29 for 223 yards and a touchdown at San José State (Oct. 29).

OKLAHOMA STATE CAREER
SOPHOMORE (2021): First-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Played in three games to preserve a redshirt year ... Started and won the season opener vs. Missouri State after Spencer Sanders was held out due to COVID-19 protocols ... Finished the game with 315 passing yards and a touchdown while completing 22 of his 40 pass attempts ... Added two touchdowns and 70 passing yards vs. Kansas to bring his season passing total to 385 yards ... Also played one snap in the win over No. 5 Notre Dame in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl.

FRESHMAN (2020): Garnered substantially more playing time than what would have typically been expected of a true freshman quarterback ... Played a very important role in helping the Cowboys to a win over Tulsa in the season opener, which doubled as his first career game ... With OSU trailing the Golden Hurricane, 7-3, late in the third quarter and largely ineffective on offense to that point, Illingworth entered and immediately completed a 29-yard pass to All-American Tylan Wallace. Four plays later, he connected again with Wallace on a 36-yard completion to set up a three-yard touchdown run by Chuba Hubbard that gave the Cowboys a lead they would not surrender ... Illingworth led three OSU drives in that game and all three produced points - Hubbard’s touchdown and two Alex Hale field goals ... For his efforts against Tulsa, he was recognized as Big 12 Newcomer of the Week ... The following week against West Virginia, Illingworth completed 15 of 21 passes for 139 yards to help the Cowboys to a victory in his first career start ... Best statistical performance of the season came against Kansas in week three, when he completed 17 of 23 passes for 265 yards and three touchdowns ... Was called back into action when Spencer Sanders was injured in the first quarter of the Bedlam game in Norman and completed five of 21 passes for 71 yards and a touchdown.

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Played for Chuck Chastain at Norco … Started 11 games as a senior, completing 150 passes on 230 attempts for 3,081 yards and 40 touchdowns … Had a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 40 to 2 … On the ground, he carried the ball 64 times for 168 yards and four touchdowns … Threw for 479 yards and seven touchdowns on 20-of-29 completions in the season opener against Williams Field … Completed 19 passes on 29 attempts for 310 yards in a win against Rancho Cucamonga … Went for 328 yards on 24-of-38 passes and three touchdowns in a loss against Rancho Verde … Passed for 567 yards on 24-of-30 completions and seven touchdowns in a win against Vista Murrieta, including a season-long 91-yard pass … Registered seven games with three or more touchdowns … Had four games with more than 300 yards passing … Rushed for two touchdowns on six carries in the final game of the season against Chaminade … As a junior in 2018, he registered 167 completions on 264 attempts for 2,739 yards and 20 touchdowns in 12 games … In three years of varsity football, he totaled 6,433 passing yards, 184 rushing yards, 79 passing touchdowns and six rushing touchdowns … Rated as a four-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN … 247Sports ranks him as the No. 5 pro-style quarterback, the No. 17 player out of California and the No. 158 player overall ... Chose Oklahoma State over Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Boston College, Colorado, Louisville, Missouri, Oregon State, Washington State and others.

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Quarterback
    6'6" 233 lbs
    1
  • 16

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Quarterback
    6'6" 233 lbs
    16