2007 Football Roster
Roster
Will Shoppa
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Fort Worth
- High School:
- All Saints Episcopal
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2007: Redshirt freshman who moved to defensive end this fall... Set up the Owls first score against Southern Miss by intercepting a pass and returning it 58 yards, the longest return by an Owl of an interception since Andray Downs returned one 72 yards for a score at Army in 2006... Recovered his first career fumble against Texas Tech 2006: Redshirt High School -- 2006 graduate of All Saints Episcopal High in Fort Worth... Two-time all-state linebacker for coach Matt Cook... Two-year member of Fort Worth Star-Telegram[apos]s all-private schools team (2004-05)... Helped Saints to Division II titles in the Southwest Preparatory Conference in 2002 and again in 2004... Team captain and most valuable player for Saints as a senior linebacker/running back... Rushed for 537 yards and five touchdowns as a senior, along with one receiving TD... Defensively, credited with 89 tackles, four forces and one interception in [apos]05... For his career, had 345 tackles in four seasons as a varsity starter, plus six interceptions, 12 forces, 11 recoveries... Had more than 1,250 yards rushing in his career and scored 18 TDs... Also competed in wrestling and baseball... Also recruited by SMU, TCU, Colorado State, Air Force and Navy. Personal -- Full Name: William Rice Shoppa... Parents: Chris and Laura Shoppa, Fort Worth (two sisters)... Father, Chris, was a three-year football letterman (1980-82) as a defensive end; his mother, Laura E. Wright-Shoppa, was a sprinter on Rice track teams (1982-84), once holding the school record in the 400-meter dash.
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