Ajani Sheppard
QB · Senior
6'2" · 230 lbs · Offense
Also wearing #13: Denzel Chavis (CB)
Background
- Hometown
- Bronx, N.Y.
- High school
- Iona Prep
- Previous school
- Washington State
Recruiting
- Rating
- 3-star (0.8586 247 composite)
- National rank
- #1166
- Class
- 2023
- Source
- 247 composite
2026 season
No 2026 stats recorded yet.
Season by season
2025tap to read
Did not appear in a game.
2024tap to read
Played in four games ... rushed three times for 24 yards ... contributed a 20-yard rush against Wisconsin ... took snaps versus Akron and Howard .
2023tap to read
Played in one game ... completed both passing attempts for 23 yards and added a 10-yard carry in collegiate debut against Wagner. High School: Played quarterback at Iona Prep for head coach Joe Spagnola … led the Gaels to a 9-3 record, a 6-1 mark in Catholic AAA league action and a NYCCHSFL AAA title game appearance as a senior in 2022 … finished senior season 150-of-242 for 2,393 yards and 21 touchdowns and added 142 carries for 1,291 yards and 11 scores on the ground … threw for 2,357 yards and 22 touchdowns and rushed for 1,041 yards and 16 scores as a junior … CHSFL first team all-state Class AA Co-Player of the Year by the New York Sportswriters Association as a junior … No. 6 overall prospect in New York by ESPN … first Power 5 quarterback signee from Westchester County in 28 years. Personal: Born Ajani Sheppard.
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Ajani Sheppard's game-by-game stats
2026 (Redshirt Junior, Temple): Transferred to Temple in January.
2025 (Redshirt Sophomore, Washington State): Did not appear in a game.
2024 (Redshirt Freshman, Rutgers): Played in four games ... rushed three times for 24 yards ... contributed a 20-yard rush against Wisconsin ... took snaps versus Akron and Howard .
2023 (Freshman, Rutgers): Played in one game ... completed both passing attempts for 23 yards and added a 10-yard carry in collegiate debut against Wagner.
High School: Played quarterback at Iona Prep for head coach Joe Spagnola … led the Gaels to a 9-3 record, a 6-1 mark in Catholic AAA league action and a NYCCHSFL AAA title game appearance as a senior in 2022 … finished senior season 150-of-242 for 2,393 yards and 21 touchdowns and added 142 carries for 1,291 yards and 11 scores on the ground … threw for 2,357 yards and 22 touchdowns and rushed for 1,041 yards and 16 scores as a junior … CHSFL first team all-state Class AA Co-Player of the Year by the New York Sportswriters Association as a junior … No. 6 overall prospect in New York by ESPN … first Power 5 quarterback signee from Westchester County in 28 years.
Personal: Born Ajani Sheppard.