2021 Football Roster
Justin Shaffer
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 330
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ellenwood, Ga.
- High School:
- Cedar Grove
2021: AP & Coaches’ All-SEC 2nd Team...started at left guard in all 15 of Georgia’s games...second only to Sedrick Van Pran in total number of offensive snaps played (88 percent), including every possible play in five games: Clemson, Kentucky, Florida, Michigan and Alabama...named as one of three team captains for Missouri game...First-team Pre-season All-American by Pro Football Focus (PFF)...pre-season All-SEC 2nd team pick by Phil Steele.
2020: Started the season's first nine games at left guard...moved to right guard for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl...All-SEC third team by Phil Steele...played all offensive snaps in six contests, including the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. Cincinnati.
2019: Saw action in six of 14 games...played extensively at left guard vs. Notre Dame...first collegiate start came at left guard in win at Tennessee...played every offensive snap vs. UT...started again vs. South Carolina...has missed the last eight games due to injury.
2018: Saw action in 12 games as a reserve offensive lineman.
2017: Played in eight games as a reserve offensive lineman.
High School: Cedar Grove, coached by Jermaine Smith...PrepStar Magazine three-star prospect, All-Southeast Region...ESPN.com three-star prospect, #29 offensive guard nationally and #51 overall prospect in Georgia... Rivals.com three-star prospect, #28 offensive guard nationally and #55 overall prospect in Georgia...247Sports.com three-star prospect, #22 offensive guard nationally, #420 overall prospect nationally and #43 overall prospect in Georgia...Scout.com four-star prospect, #16 offensive guard nationally and #239 overall prospect nationally...Dawg Post #18 overall prospect in Georgia...Named to the AJC 2016 All-State Class AAA offense...Named to the Georgia Sportswriters Association 2016 All-State Class AAA First Team offense...led team to a 13-2 record and state championship in 2016.
Personal: Full name is JUSTIN DONNNELL SHAFFER...received his undergraduate degree in Sociology during Fall 2021 commencement exercises...recipient of the Crosswy-Mackey Families Football Scholarship.
