15 Facts About Nathan Scheelhaase

Nathan Scheelhaase previously served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Iowa State University in 2023.

Nathan Scheelhaase was ranked as the seventh best dual-threat quarterback on Rivals.

In football, Scheelhaase won the Thomas A Simone Award, which is given to the most outstanding high school football player in the Kansas City Metropolitan area, his junior season.

Nathan Scheelhaase was the fifth player from Rockhurst to have won the award, and the first since Brandon Shelby in 1999.

Nathan Scheelhaase was the recipient of the Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year for football his junior year.

Nathan Scheelhaase committed to the University of Illinois on July 16,2008.

Nathan Scheelhaase was recruited by the University of Oklahoma, the University of Missouri, the University of Iowa, the University of Arkansas, and the University of Kansas among others before signing with Illinois.

Nathan Scheelhaase played safety as a sophomore and said some schools had talked to him about the possibility of playing on defense, but under center is where he wanted to be.

Nathan Scheelhaase was redshirted his freshman year; Illinois started QBs Juice Williams and Eddie McGee.

Nathan Scheelhaase ran for 806 yards on 175 carries and 4 touchdowns, and was an excellent complement to Illini RB Mikel Leshoure in the running game.

Nathan Scheelhaase holds the Illinois Fighting Illini football record for career total offensive yards with 10,634.

Nathan Scheelhaase had been offered the same position the year previous, but declined it because of a previous commitment to a youth ministry in Louisville, Kentucky.

On January 25,2018, it was announced Nathan Scheelhaase was hired as the running backs coach under Matt Campbell at Iowa State.

On February 19,2024, Nathan Scheelhaase was hired as pass game specialist by the Los Angeles Rams.

Nathan Scheelhaase was named as one of Iowa's all-time team MVPs.