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Shawn Wilkins

Shawn Wilkins (born October 16, 1994) is an American football player (quarterback and wide receiver).

Wilkins, a highly recruited football player out of Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School in Upton, Massachusetts, was the first football player to be on scholarship at a Division I FCS football program (Bryant University). Wilkins completed his high school career as one of the team captains, MVP for Offense, Colonial Athletic League All Star - 2011 & 2012, Ranked in the top ten for receiving in Central Mass (two years), and ranked 27th overall class of 2013 in Massachusetts by ESPNBoston. [1] He committed to Bryant in April 2013. [2] [3]

While at Bryant, Wilkins was a wide receiver and backup long snapper. Upon transferring to Penn State University (World Campus) Wilkins joined Europlayers and signed under contract to play football in Germany for the GFL. [4] Wilkins was a member of the Pforzheim Wilddogs playing wide receiver, safety, cornerback, punter, kick returner and back-up quarterback. [5] Upon completion of his season with the Wilddogs, Wilkins returned to a tryout with the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks of the Professional Indoor Football League. [5] Through that tryout and later into 2016 Wilkins received a roster spot with the Steel City Stampede of the Major Indoor Football League. [6]

On January 10, 2016, Wilkins attended the College Gridiron Showcase in Bedford, Texas for a Pro Free Agent Day as a quarterback. [7] It was from this showcase, Wilkins moved to Pennsylvania to train with quarterback coach Anthony Glaud of ASK Athletics.

On April 16, 2016, Wilkins competed for a roster spot on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, [8] opting instead to head back to the GFL (third division) and play the 2017 season with the Bremerhaven Seahawks. [9] He led the Bremerhaven Seahawks of the GFL 4th division to a 5–0 start during the 2017 season, before being sidelined with a concussion.[ citation needed ]

To round out the 2017 season, Wilkins was chosen in the 60th round of the Rivals Professional Football League draft by the Michigan Bearcats. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Shawn Wilkins". ESPNBoston. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Blackstone Valley Tech wide receiver/safety Shawn Wilkins commits to Bryant". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ Mandeville, Ben (April 11, 2013). "Blackstone Valley Tech Star to Play Football at D1 Bryant Univ". Archived from the original on January 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Beat: Wilkins ready for an adventure in Deutschland". Milford Daily News. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "The Beat: Arena football could be the next step in Wilkins' gridiron odyssey". Metrowest Daily News. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Steel City Stampede". Europlayers. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Pro Free Agents". January 5, 2016.
  8. ↑ 81Blackstone (May 19, 2016), Shawn Wilkins Quarterback 2016 (April) Winnipeg Blue Bombers Workout , retrieved August 17, 2018{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ 81Blackstone (September 21, 2017), Shawn Wilkins Quarterback Bremerhaven Seahawks 2017 , retrieved August 17, 2018{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "2017 Rivals Professional Football League drafted players by round (media)". Issuu. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
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