Shane Buechele

Shane Buechele (born January 8, 1998) is an American football quarterback for the Southern Methodist University Mustangs.

Shane Buechele
Shane Buechele in 2016
SMU Mustangs – No. 7
PositionQuarterback
Class
Redshirt
Senior
Career history
College
  • Texas (2016–2018)
  • SMU (2019–2020)
Bowl games
High schoolArlington (TX) Lamar
Personal information
Born: (1998-01-08) January 8, 1998
Arlington, Texas
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2016 honorable mention Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year
  • 2016 ESPN.com's All-Big 12 Underclassmen team
  • 2016-17Academic All-Big 12 Rookie team
  • 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
  • First-team All-AAC (2019)

Early years

Buechele attended Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas, where he was a star in both football and baseball.[1] During his career as a quarterback, he passed for 6,379 yards with 73 touchdowns and rushed for 1,805 yards and 21 touchdowns. Buechele was ranked among the top quarterback recruits in his class and was invited to the Elite 11 quarterback competition where he impressed the coaches with his accuracy, eventually finishing second overall.[2] Despite growing up in a pro-Oklahoma Sooner household, Buechele committed to rival Texas to play college football.[3][4][5]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Shane Buechele
QB		 Arlington, Texas Lamar High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Dec 12, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN grade: 81
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2016 Texas Football Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  • "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 9, 2017.

    College career

    Freshman year

    Buechele competed with Tyrone Swoopes for the Longhorns' starting quarterback job his freshman year in 2016.[6][7][8] After winning the job, he started his first career game against 10th-ranked Notre Dame, making him only the second true freshman to ever start at QB for Texas and the first since Bobby Layne in 1944.[9] Buechele led the unranked Longhorns to a 50–47 double overtime victory in what was the first-ever overtime game in Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium. The game was widely regarded as an instant classic.[10] Buechele finished with 280 yards on 16 for 26 passing for 2 touchdowns and one interception. In a week 10 battle against West Virginia, Buechele passed Colt McCoy for most passing yards by a freshman in school history. Buechele finished his freshman season with 2,958 passing yards, 21 passing touchdowns, and 11 interceptions.[11]

    Sophomore year

    Buechele started in Texas' first game of the 2017 season, a 51–41 loss to Maryland.[12] In that game he set career highs for completions, attempts and yards. However, due to various injuries, he was replaced by backup quarterback Sam Ehlinger in subsequent games against San Jose State and USC. Buechele returned to lead Texas over Iowa State, but then injuries again sidelined him in losses in the next two games, against Kansas State and Oklahoma, though he did take the field briefly in the latter. He returned to start against Baylor, TCU and Kansas, losing only the TCU game.[13] He then started the West Virginia game, but only played the first two series before being benched for Ehlinger. Buechele finished the season as Ehlinger's backup in games against Texas Tech and Missouri.

    Junior year

    In 2018, Buechele saw action in only 2 games, therefore redshirting that season. Against Baylor he replaced an injured Sam Ehlinger after game officials made Ehlinger leave because his right (throwing) hand was bleeding. Ehlinger had an injured shoulder and never returned. Buechele led the Longhorns to a 24–17 victory. Against Iowa State, Ehlinger again injured his shoulder, this time in the second half. Buechele again replaced him in another Longhorn win. This time Buechele merely needed to hold on to the lead, but he went 10 for 10 for 89 yards passing and one touchdown.

    Redshirt Junior year

    Buechele transferred to Southern Methodist University after graduating from Texas in the spring, replacing Ben Hicks who transferred to the University of Arkansas.[14]

    Buechele started for the Mustangs in their first game of the season at Arkansas State. He finished the game with 30 completions out of 49 attempts for 360 yards with one interception in the 37–30 victory.[15]

    Statistics
    Updated through September 19, 2020[16]
    Season GP Passing Rushing
    CmpAttPctYdsTDIntRATAttYdsAvgTD
    Texas Longhorns
    20161223639160.42,9582111136.0961611.72
    2017913721364.31,40574126.862991.62
    20182304468.227321130.81080.80
    SMU Mustangs
    20191330749062.73,9293410148.8641051.62
    20202506972.571152177.18293.61
    Totals38760120763.09,2766928141.72404021.77

    Personal life

    Buechele's father, Steve, played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1985 to 1995 and is currently a TV analyst for the Texas Rangers.[17]

    References
    1. "Sayles: Baseball's in their blood, but they're picking football".
    2. "Shane Buechele shines at Elite 11".
    3. "From medical science flub to Texas' godsend".
    4. "Four-star quarterback Shane Buechele commits to Longhorns for..."
    5. Johnson, Chris. "Is Shane Buechele Texas's long-awaited QB answer?".
    6. "Freshman Shane Buechele looking like Texas' QB solution".
    7. "Official or not, Shane Buechele looking like UT's quarterback".
    8. "Texas might start a true freshman QB". April 19, 2016.
    9. "Texas starts Buechele at QB against Notre Dame". ESPN.com. September 4, 2016.
    10. "Unforgettable Win, Unforgettable Night, For Texas". ESPN.com.
    11. "Shane Buechele 2016 Game Log - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sportsreference.com.
    12. "Maryland vs. Texas – Game Summary – September 2, 2017". espn.com.
    13. "Freshman QB Sam Ehlinger impresses as Shane Buechele sits with injury". espn.com.
    14. Trotter, Jake (February 7, 2019). "Former Texas QB Shane Buechele announces transfer to SMU". espn.com. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
    15. "SMU vs. Arkansas State – Game Summary – August 31, 2019". ESPN. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
    16. "Shane Buechele College Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
    17. Sports, Fox. "Rangers Insider: Steve and Shane Buechele".
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