D.J. Shockley
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||
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| Date of birth: | March 23, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth: | College Park, Georgia | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Weight: | 222 lb (101 kg) | ||
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| High school: | College Park (GA) North Clayton | ||
| College: | Georgia | ||
| NFL Draft: | 2006 / Round: 7 / Pick: 223 | ||
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Donald Eugene "D. J." Shockley (born March 23, 1983) is a former American football quarterback. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft where he served as a backup quarterback for four and a half years. He played college football at the University of Georgia. He is also a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
D.J. Shockley played football, basketball and ran track at North Clayton High School. His father, Jonaliu Shockley, was his team's head coach. As a senior, he threw for 1,861 yards and 11 touchdowns, as well as rushing for 864 yards and eight more TDs. Shockley became the starting quarterback by his sophomore season at North Clayton High School. He threw 28 touchdowns and for more than 3,200 yards his final two seasons while rushing for nearly 1,600 yards. The native of College Park, Georgia was a highly recruited QB earning various national accolades: 2000 USA Today All-USA Second Team, Max Emfinger's Top 125 players (#1 Athletic quarterback), 2000 Parade Magazine All-America Team, SUPERPREP Elite 50 (SuperPrep's No. 1 ranked QB), The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100, Top 50 in Georgia, Marvelous Metro Eleven, Class AAAA All-State Quarterback, and 2000 Georgia Sports Writers Association Class AAAA All-State Quarterback. In track & field, Shockley ran the 100 meters in 11.39 seconds, and cleared 6.73 meters in long jump.
UGA's new incoming head coach in 2001, Mark Richt, made Shockley a priority recruit, and he is generally regarded as Richt's first official recruit at Georgia.
Richt ultimately chose redshirt freshman David Greene to be the starting quarterback for the Bulldogs in 2001, while Shockley was redshirted. Greene went on to set the NCAA record for wins as a starting quarterback in a career, but over the course of those four years, Shockley did see some playing time in a modified dual-quarterback system.
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