Bowling Green State University Athletics
2024 Football Roster

Jersey Number 19
Shawn Thigpen
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Springfield, Ohio
- High School:
- Springfield HS
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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
BG Football Press Conference 10.20
Monday, October 20
BG FB Postgame vs CMU 10.18
Saturday, October 18
BG Football Cinematic Highlight 10.11 vs UT - "Take Back the Doyt"
Tuesday, October 14
BG Football Press Conference vs CMU 10.13
Monday, October 13