Keegan Shoemaker

Keegan Shoemaker (born February 26, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the Sam Houston Bearkats. He previously played for the Lafayette Leopards.

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.

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.