Honors
- MVFC Offensive Player of the Year (2021)
- MVFC Newcomer of the Year (2021)
- All-MVFC (2021 first team)
- CFPA National FCS Performer of the Week (9/8/22)
- MVFCÂ Offensive Player of the Week (10/31/21, 11/14/21, 9/8/22, 9/18/22)
- MVFC Newcomer of the Week (9/5/21, 9/26/21, 10/31/21)
- Walter Payton Award Finalist (2021)
- Team Co-Captain (2022)
2022
Bears co-captain completed 61.1 percent of his passes (204-for-334) for 2,643 yards and 18 touchdowns, just 6 interceptions and a 141.7 pass efficiency in starting all 11 games ... His 2,805 yards total offense ranked No. 2 in MSU history behind his own 3,789-yard effort from 2021 ... Ranked 3rd in MVFC in passing yards per game (240.3), total offense (255.0), and points responsible for per game (12.2), while finishing 4th in the league in yards per completion (19.96) and completions per game (18.55) ... Ranked 27th nationally in passing yards per game, 28th in yards per attempt (7.91), 29th in total passing yards, 30th in total offense, 31st in yards per completion and 35th in completions per game ... Broke MSU career record for 200-yard passing games (19) and consecutive games with a TD pass (15) ... Passed for a touchdown in every game of the season until season finale ... Passed for career-high 5 touchdowns in home win over No. 14 UT Martin (9/8/22) on 19-of-24 (.792) passes for 297 yards to earn MVFC Offensive Player of the Week and CFPA National FCS Performer of the Week ... Posted season-high 357 passing yards, accounted for 2 TD's, including a 24-yard rushing score, at No. 10 Arkansas (9/18/22) for second straight MVFC Offensive Player of the Week honor ... Arkansas game was also Shelley's 15th straight 200-yard passing game to extend his team record and marked the second-most passing yards ever by a Bear vs. an FBS foe ... Completed 24-of-39 passes for 271 yards at North Dakota (10/1/22) with 3 touchdowns ... Had 51 rushing yards on 13 carries in season opener at UCA (9/1/22) to go with 266 passing yards on 18-of-30 attempts with a touchdown, while eclipsing 5,000 career passing yards ... 2022 Preseason All-MVFC first-team honoree who also was named to 2022 Walter Payton Award Watch List and 2022 CFPA Player of the Year Watch List ... Did not receive MVFC postseason honors, despite racking up 240.3 passing yards and 255.0 total offense yards per game.
2021
Named as the Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year in 2021 after throwing for a school-record 3,347 yards and racking up another program record 3,789 yards of total offense, both of which led the conference ... Shelley was also a finalist for the Walter Payton Award and the CFPA Player of the Year in addition to earning All-MVFC first-team selection at QB ... Ranked 11th nationally in points responsible for (194), while ranking 7th among all FCS passers in yards per completion (14.24), 9th in passing yards (3,347), 14th in passing yards per game (278.9), 18th in passing TDs (22), and 22nd in passing efficiency (142.69) ... Also ranked 2nd in the MVFC in passing yards per game (1st in league games - 293.9), 5th in passing efficiency and 7th in scoring touchdowns (60), while passing for 200 yards or more in all 12 games ... Earned MVFC Offensive Player of the Week twice after wins over North Dakota (10/30/21) and Northern Iowa (11/13/21) and MVFC Newcomer of the Week three times after games vs. Oklahoma State (9/4/21), South Dakota (9/25/21) and North Dakota (10/30/21) ... College Sports Madness recognized Shelley as the league offensive player of the week in wins over Illinois State (10/2/21) and North Dakota ... Became first MSU quarterback to throw for 200 yards or more in every game (12) for the season ... Set Bears season records for plays (555), total offense (3,789), passing attempts (400), completions (235) and passing yards (3,347) ... Engineered four game-winning drives in the fourth quarter ... Â Logged season-high 372 passing yards and 443 yards of total offense on 27-of-48 passes with 4 touchdowns at Youngstown State (10/9/21) ... Threw for 320 yards in home win over No. 20 UNI (11/13/21) on 22-of-33 with a TD; threw for 349 vs. North Dakota (10/30/21) on 29-of-42 with 3 touchdowns; and 319 yards in win at Illinois State (10/2/21) on 19-of-27 passes with a pair of TD passes ... 29 completions vs. North Dakota was also school record ... Racked up season-high 93 rushing yards on 13 carries in NCAA Playoff game vs. UT Martin (11/27/21), while throwing for 279 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Utah State
Started all 4 games he played in as a junior at Utah State in 2020 … Finished the season 51-of-99 (.515) passing for 420 yards with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, while adding 68 rushing yards on 33 carries (2.1 ypc)… Threw for a season-high 144 yards against Fresno State (11/14/20) on 9-of-24 passing… Also carried the ball a season-high 12 times for 8 yards against the Bulldogs… Was 15-of-27 passing for 96 yards, including a 4-yard touchdown toss, against Nevada (11/5/20)… Also rushed for 46 yards on 7 carries against the Wolf Pack… Was 13-of-21 passing for 88 yards, including a season-long 37-yard completion for a touchdown, against San Diego State (10/31/20)… Rushed for 22 yards on 5 carries against SDSU, as well… Completed 14-of-27 passes for 92 yards against Boise State (10/24/20) in the season opener.
Utah
Spent three seasons (2017-19) at Utah, where he redshirted in 2017 and played in 19 games from 2018-19 with 5 starts... Overall, he produced 1,428 yards of total offense with 1,205 passing yards and 223 rushing yards in his career ... In
2019, he played in 11 games, including one on defense vs. Texas in Alamo Bowl (12/31/19) with one tackle as a safety ... In
2018, he was 3-2 as a starter, completing 98-of-168 (.583) passing for 1,162 yards with 5 touchdowns and 6 interceptions... Also carried the ball 63 times for 192 yards (3.0 ypc) with 3 touchdowns ... Passed for a career-high 302 yards (27-of-45) and 2 touchdowns against Northwestern in the Holiday Bowl (12/31/18) … Was 18-of-31 passing for 262 yards and 22 yards rushing with 2 touchdowns in first career start against Oregon (11/10/18)… Passed for 221 yards and two touchdowns at Colorado (11/17/18)… Rushed for a season-high 61 rushing yards and a 33-yard touchdown run vs. BYU (11/24/18) ... Earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic Team honors as a redshirt freshman (2018) ... Redshirted in
2017.
High School
Ranked 12th nationally among dual-threat quarterbacks by 247Sports and 27th by ESPN … Was a two-time honorable mention all-state selection and two-time All-District MVP for coach Jeff Rayburn at Lone Star High in Frisco, Texas … Was a unanimous Class 5A all-district pick in 2015 and the District 13 MVP in 2016 … Was also a two-time district offensive newcomer of the year … Earned first-team all-area in 2015 … As a senior (2016), he passed for 2,975 yards (195-of-306) and 24 touchdowns with just 4 interceptions while rushing 180 times for 629 yards and 20 touchdowns ... As a junior (2015), he earned second-team all-state laurels and threw for 3,716 yards (233-of-371) and 39 touchdowns, while rushing for 1,661 yards (295 attempts) and 21 touchdowns as part of a state runner-up run by Lone Star ... Named Dallas Morning News Offensive Player of the Week after scoring 7 touchdowns (two passing, five rushing) and accumulating more than 500 yards (316 passing, 204 rushing) in a triple-overtime state semifinal win over Lake Dallas … As a sophomore, he passed for 2,081 yards and 21 TDs and 873 yards rushing with 13 touchdowns in 2014 … Finished career with the 13th-best passing yard total in Texas history ... Also played baseball and basketball … Was a two-time all-district outfielder and was the 2013 district newcomer of the year.
Personal
Jason Paul Shelley II was born 11/1/98 in Columbus, Ohio ... Son of Jason and Janine Shelley of Littleton, Texas ... Father played wide receiver for NFL Europe, the XFL and the AFL … Has one brother, Jalen, and one sister, Calesha … Majoring in Professional Studies / Sports Management (graduate certificate).
