University of South Alabama Athletics

Jaguar Highlights: Set to make move from tackle to right guard in the fall ... Picked preseason third-team all-Sun Belt Conference by Athlon and is a Phil Steele Publications preseason fourth-team all-league selection as well.

As A Junior (2019): Started all 12 games at left tackle his first season at the NCAA Division I level ... After grading out at 80 percent overall and finishing second on the squad with 63 knockdown blocks received honorable mention all-Sun Belt Conference recognition ... Also was second on the team with an 87 percent assignment mark ... Earned a grade of 80 percent or higher six times, with five of those performances coming the second half of the year ... Posted season-high marks with an 87 percent overall grade, 98 percent assignment grade and 11 pancakes — earning a coaches’ award for a big hit afterward — in win over Arkansas State in the finale ... Also graded out at 87 percent overall, adding a 93 percent mark on assignments and five knockdowns, at Troy in the annual “Battle For The Belt” ... Credited with grades of 85 percent overall and 88 percent on assignments to go along with four pancake blocks against Louisiana ... Recorded 83 percent overall grade and 87 percent assignment grade at Georgia State ... Had marks of 82 percent overall and 92 percent on assignments in match-up with 21st-ranked Appalachian State ... Received an 80 percent grade overall and 87 percent assignment mark, adding seven knockdown blocks in defeat of Jackson State ... Also finished with eight pancakes and an 88 percent assignment grade at UAB ... Posted six knockdowns in Sun Belt opener at ULM as well.

Junior College Highlights (2017-18): Received three stars coming out of junior college from 247Sports.com, with the organization considering him among the top 12 guards in the country ... Also earned two stars from Rivals.com ... Was chosen second-team all-Mississippi Association Of Community & Junior Colleges South Division following his sophomore season ... Helped MGCCC go 7-2, with the team ending the year 12th in the final National Junior College Athletic Association poll as the Bulldogs ranked among the top 10 in the country in rushing, total and scoring offense.

High School Highlights: A four-year letterwinner at Harrison Central High ... Was invited to participate in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game at the end of his senior season ... Credited with 25 pancake blocks his final year to be named first-team American Family Insurance All-USA Mississippi ... Also received first-team all-state honors from the Mississippi Association of Coaches and was a second-team all-state selection by Jackson Clarion-Ledger ... The Biloxi Sun Herald named him to its All-South Mississippi Team while he earned first-team all-region accolades as well that fall ... Helped the Red Rebels earn a berth in the state 6A state playoffs as a junior.

Personal: Full name is Jacob Logan Shoemaker ... Born May 2, 1999, in Gulfport, Miss. ... Son of Jerry and Marcie Shoemaker ... Favorite movie is “First Blood” ... Favorite team is the New Orleans Saints ... Favorite musical artists are AC/DC and ZZ Top ... Favorite food is crawfish ... Favorite subject is history ... Enjoys fishing and hunting in his spare time ... Would like to run a fishing charter boat in the future ... Had scholarship offers from Tulane and Texas-San Antonio at the end of the junior-college season ... Also recruited by Arkansas State, Louisiana and Southern Mississippi out of high school ... Major is interdisciplinary studies.