Brent Schaeffer

Brentis Jarryn Schaeffer (born January 25, 1986) is an American former Arena football quarterback. He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels.

He also played college football at the University of Tennessee and College of the Sequoias.

High school career Schaeffer attended Deerfield Beach High School where he played high school football. As a junior in 2002, he passed for 2,574 yards and 31 touchdowns while recording 538 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns. That year, he also attended the Elite 11 Quarterback camp. He also earned All-State Honorable mention honors. As a senior, he passed for 2,177 yards, 24 touchdowns, 397 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns. That season, he was named the No. 11 overall prospect in Florida by the Miami Herald and the top prospect in Broward County. He was named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitutions Super Southern 100 team. He was rated by TheInsiders.com as a four-star prospect and the 14th-ranked quarterback in the nation. He was also rated by Rivals.com as a four-star prospect and the No. 7 rated dual-threat Quarterback in the nation. He was rated by SuperPrep as the No. 10 ranked Quarterback prospect in the nation and the No. 8 ranked overall prospect in Florida. He was a PrepStar All-America selection. He was also listed by recruiting expert Tom Lemming as the No. 16 ranked Quarterback prospect in the nation.

College career Schaeffer, a four-star quarterback recruit, received offers from several different schools, those schools included: Tennessee, Auburn, Kansas State, NC State, and South Florida. He visited Tennessee first on December 12, 2003, then Kansas State on December 19. and the first in 59 years. In the season opener against UNLV, he was 7 for 10 for 123 passing yards and one passing touchdown to go along with 29 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown. However, he was then replaced as the starter by Erik Ainge a few weeks later, then he broke his collarbone and missed the rest of the season. Where he was named First-team All-American and Co-Offensive Player of the Year by the California Community College Coaches Association as well as First-team All-America by J.C Gridwire. He was also a finalist for the Junior College National Player of the Year Award. He was rated the No. 1 JUCO Quarterback in the nations by Scout.com and CollegeFootballNews.com. He was rated the No. 1 JUCO Quarterback and No. 3 Overall JUCO player in the nation by Rivals.com. He was also rated the No. 1 JUCO player in the nation by SuperPrep and No. 2 JUCO player in the nation by CollegeFootballNews.com. For his season at College of the Sequoias, he passed for 2,970 yards and 40 touchdowns. He also rushed for 860 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Schaeffer, a five-star quarterback, received offers from Ole Miss, NC State, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin, Auburn, and Florida. He first visited NC State on December 2, 2005.

Ole Miss Schaeffer then transferred to Ole Miss prior to the 2006 season and was named the team's starting quarterback, even before arriving to campus or being ruled academically qualified to play. Then in 2007, he completed 35-of-93 passes (37.6%) for 578 yards, five touchdowns, four interceptions and a passer rating of 98.98. In the preseason, he was selected as the SEC's best Scrambler by Athlon.

Collegiate statistics Year Team Passing GP Comp Att Pct Yards Y/A AY/A TD Int Rating 2004 Tennessee 8 18 37 48.6 302 8.2 8.0 2 1 129.6 2006 Ole Miss 12 115 244 47.1 1442 5.9 4.8 9 10 100.7 2007 Ole Miss 6 35 93 37.6 578 6.2 5.4 5 4 99.0 Career 26 168 374 44.9 2,322 6.2 5.3 16 15 103.2

Professional career

NFL draft Schaeffer was projected as a wide receiver in the National Football League by NFLDraftScout.com, rated the 94th best out of 334 and was projected to go unselected in the draft. He went unselected in the 2008 NFL draft.

af2 Schaeffer joined the af2 in 2008 and on December 16, 2008, he was assigned to the Central Valley Coyotes. However, on March 1, 2009, he was placed on the teams' Refused to Report' list along with WR/DB Steve Gonzalez and OL/DL Earl Stephens.

Personal life Schaeffer is a cousin of former Iowa quarterback and Heisman Trophy runner-up Brad Banks.