Shaun Joplin

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-2
Weight:
209
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Sylvania, Ohio
High School:
Southview

2013: Played in and started all 14 games … led team with 54 receptions for 908 yards … averaged 64.9 yards per game and 16.8 yards per reception … had three touchdowns … had three 100-yard games … caught six passes for 113 yards in a win at Kent State … caught a season-high seven passes for 104 yards in a week three loss at Indiana … caught six passes for a career-high 149 yards and a touchdown at Buffalo to clinch the MAC East … was named MAC East Offensive Player of the Week for his performance at Buffalo … also caught touchdown passes vs. Akron and at Maim … had a season-long 62-yard reception in the win at Buffalo.

2012: Played in all 13 games, starting 12 ... finished the season with 40 receptions for 639 yards and 4 touchdowns ... had seven receptions for 117 yards in a win against Idaho ... added five more receptions for 61 yards at Toledo ... recorded three receptions for 71 yards in a win against Rhode Island ... caught a touchdown in back-to-back weeks at Massachussetts and agaist Eastern Michigan ... had five receptions for 74 yards and a touchdown against Kent State ... followed that up by recording three receptions for 77 yards in a win versus Buffalo ... recorded a touchdown in four of the team’s final five games.

2011: Played in all 12 games ... finished the year with 21 catches for 292 yards and one touchdown ... had two catches for 37 yards and the game-winning touchdown versus Temple ... had a season-high four catches for 33 yards versus Wyoming ... had three catches for 61 yards in a win at Buffalo.

2010: Played in two games ... caught one pass for 11 yards versus Kent State.

2009: Redshirt.

High School: Is a 2009 graduate of Sylvania Southview High School ... earned first-team all-state honors as a senior, leading his team to a 15-0 record and a state title ... earned all-state honors in the high jump while competing for the track and field team ... team captain ... coached by Jim Mayze.

Personal: Full name -- Shaun Christopher Joplin ... born June 25, 1991 ... son of Stanley and LaDonna Joplin ... has one brother ... his father was the head men’s basketball coach at Toledo for 12 years (1996-2008) ... majoring in liberal studies.