Shawn Thigpen

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-4
Weight:
180
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Springfield, Ohio
High School:
Springfield HS

Bowling Green

2024 | Redshirt Freshman
• Did not appear in any games

2023 | Freshman
• Appeared in one of BGSU's 13 games
• Made collegiate debut against Akron, seeing action on three plays
• Retained redshirt

Springfield High School

Springfield, Ohio

• Played wide receiver and safety for head coach Maurice Douglass at Springfield High School
• Made 28 receptions for 439 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior in 2022
• Caught 54 passes for 780 yards and five touchdowns as a junior in 2021
• Notched 19 receptions for 265 yards and three touchdowns in 2020

Personal

• Son of Amy Parker and Shawn Thigpen
• Father, Shawn, ran track at Toledo and played basketball at the University of Charleston
• Has two brothers, Orrick Williams and Tirese Carr
• Has two sisters, Dezire Thigpen and Tiese Carr
• Cousin, Kierstan Bell, plays in the WNBA for the Las Vegas Aces