54 Facts About Shea Patterson

Shea Christopher Patterson was born on January 17,1997 and is an American professional football quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.

Shea Patterson played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels and the Michigan Wolverines.

Shea Patterson was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2020.

Shea Patterson was drafted in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft by the Texas Rangers and they retain his rights until 2024.

Shea Patterson has played with the New Orleans Breakers of the United States Football League.

Shea Patterson was considered among the top 5 high school class of 2016 football prospects in the entire country.

Shea Patterson earned the Pete Dawkins Trophy as a high school senior.

Shea Patterson began his college football career at the University of Mississippi before transferring to the University of Michigan.

Shea Patterson was a two-time third-team All-Big Ten Conference selection.

Shea Patterson grew up in Toledo, Ohio before moving to Brownsville, Texas for a few years and then to nearby Hidalgo to attend Hidalgo High School as a freshman in 2012.

Shea Patterson threw for 2,655 yards with 34 touchdowns as a sophomore and 2,428 passing yards, 38 touchdowns as a junior.

In 2015, Shea Patterson transferred to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida for his senior year.

Shea Patterson was regarded as a 5-star prospect by Scout, Rivals, and 247Sports, and a 4-star by ESPN.

Shea Patterson was the highest rated recruit at his position by all four recruiting services.

Shea Patterson was the 4th-highest rated recruit overall in the class of 2016 on the 247Sports Composite, which aggregates the ratings of the four recruiting services.

Shea Patterson enrolled early at the University of Mississippi and was tabbed as the second quarterback on the depth chart, along with second-year freshman Jason Pellerin, going into 2016 fall camp.

Shea Patterson became the starting quarterback after Kelly tore his ACL, losing Patterson's redshirt season.

Shea Patterson's first career touchdown was a six-yard pass to wide receiver Damore'ea Stringfellow.

Shea Patterson finished his true freshman season completing 72 of 132 pass attempts for 880 passing yards, six touchdowns, and three interceptions in three starts and one victory.

Shea Patterson was named the starter for Ole Miss heading into the 2017 season as a sophomore.

Shea Patterson's success began to taper as the Rebels lost four of their next five games, with Shea Patterson throwing eight interceptions to his eight touchdowns during that span.

The next day it was revealed that Shea Patterson had suffered a torn PCL and would miss the remainder of the season.

Shortly thereafter, Shea Patterson sought and was granted permission to explore a transfer to another school.

On December 11,2017, Shea Patterson announced he would be transferring to the University of Michigan to play for the Michigan Wolverines.

Shea Patterson sought a waiver in order to be eligible for play immediately at Michigan, claiming that he had been misled by Ole Miss coaches during his recruitment regarding the ongoing NCAA investigation.

Shea Patterson was named the starting quarterback going into Michigan's 2018 season opener against Notre Dame.

Shea Patterson threw for 227 yards and one interception in the game.

Shea Patterson was named Big Ten Player of the Week by the Rose Bowl Game Football Committee following the win.

Shea Patterson totaled 24 touchdowns with 22 passing scores and two rushing touchdowns and had a 64.4 percent completion rate.

Shea Patterson generated a pass efficiency rating of 149.4, second in the Big Ten in 2018.

On December 21,2018, Shea Patterson announced that he would be returning to Michigan for his senior year.

Shea Patterson was named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week following the performance.

Shea Patterson became the first quarterback in program history to record four touchdown passes in consecutive games.

Shea Patterson completed 17 of 37 passes for 233 yards and a touchdown in the game.

Shea Patterson ended his senior year with 3,061 passing yards and 23 touchdowns, becoming the third quarterback in program history to pass for over 3,000 yards in a season after John Navarre and Jake Rudock.

Shea Patterson ended his career at seventh on the all-time Michigan passing yards leaderboard with 5,661 career yards.

Shea Patterson passed Tom Brady in his last game against Ohio State and passed his head coach Jim Harbaugh in the Citrus Bowl.

Shea Patterson played baseball in high school, and during the offseason before his first year at Michigan, Shea Patterson was selected in the 39th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers.

Shea Patterson signed a contract with the Texas Rangers that allowed him to play out his final two years of eligibility at Michigan, while not appearing in any minor-league games during that time.

Shea Patterson spent a few games with the Round Rock Express between the end of summer football and the start of fall camp in July 2018; taking hitting and fielding practice, and being in the dugout during the games.

Shea Patterson reported to 2019 minor league spring training, before attending spring football practice at Michigan.

Shea Patterson was selected by the Blues of The Spring League during its player selection draft on October 12,2020.

Shea Patterson signed with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League on June 16,2021.

Shea Patterson was assigned to the practice roster after training camp as the fourth-string quarterback.

Shea Patterson was released on September 10,2021, without having played in a game.

On September 21,2021, Shea Patterson signed with the CFL's Montreal Alouettes.

On February 22,2022, Shea Patterson was drafted first overall by the Michigan Panthers in the 2022 USFL draft.

Shea Patterson was claimed off waivers by the New Orleans Breakers on May 25,2022.

On February 13,2023, Shea Patterson signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL.

On February 12,2025, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers announced that Shea Patterson had signed a one-year contract with the team.

Shea Patterson's parents are Sean and Karen Patterson; his grandfather, George Patterson, played for the Detroit Pistons.

Shea Patterson's older brother, Sean, was an associate player personnel analyst with the Ole Miss football staff.

Shea Patterson has two older sisters, Abby Ehrlich and Kacie Patterson, and one younger brother, Nick Patterson.

In 2020, Nick Shea Patterson committed to play football at Princeton after withdrawing a previous commitment to Michigan.