Nathan Scheelhaase
Los Angeles Rams | |
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Position: | Offensive assistant/passing game specialist |
Personal information | |
Born: | Davenport, Iowa, U.S. | November 8, 1990
Career information | |
High school: | Rockhurst (Kansas City, Missouri) |
College: | Illinois |
Career history | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
Nathan Scheelhaase (born November 8, 1990) is an
Scheelhasse played college football at Illinois from 2010 to 2013. While playing at Rockhurst High School, he won the 2008 Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year.
High school career
Scheelhaase attended Rockhurst High School in
Recruiting
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | 40‡ | Commit date |
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Nathan Scheelhaase QB |
Kansas City, Missouri | Rockhurst High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 184 lb (83 kg) | 4.53 | Jul 16, 2008 |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 20 (QB) Rivals: 7 (QB), 3 (MO) | ||||||
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Scheelhaase committed to the
College career
Scheelhaase was redshirted his freshman year; Illinois started QBs Juice Williams and Eddie McGee.
Scheelhaase became the starting quarterback for the 2010 season.[4] Nathan led Illinois to a 6-6 season; completing 137 passes on 241 attempts for 1,583 yards in the regular season, along with 17 touchdown passes and 8 interceptions. Scheelhaase also ran for 806 yards on 175 carries and 4 touchdowns, and was an excellent complement to Illini RB Mikel Leshoure in the running game.
In the 2010 Texas Bowl against Baylor, Scheelhaase completed 18 passes on 23 attempts for 242 yards with no interceptions.[5] Scheelhaase had a 55-yard touchdown run late in the game, and which helped secure Illinois's first bowl victory in more than a decade, winning 38-14.
Statistics
Scheelhaase's college stats at the completion of the 2013 season. Source:[6]
Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||
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Season | Team | Rating | Att | Comp | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |||
2009 | Illinois | Redshirted | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
2010 | Illinois | 132.0 | 264 | 155 | 58.7 | 1,825 | 17 | 8 | 185 | 868 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 0 | |||
2011 | Illinois | 133.4 | 291 | 184 | 63.2 | 2,110 | 13 | 8 | 191 | 624 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||
2012 | Illinois | 105.9 | 246 | 149 | 60.6 | 1,361 | 4 | 8 | 125 | 303 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2013 | Illinois | 140.7 | 430 | 287 | 66.7 | 3,272 | 21 | 13 | 113 | 271 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 130.2 | 1,231 | 775 | 63.0 | 8,568 | 55 | 37 | 614 | 2,066 | 19 | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||||
Records
Scheelhaase holds the Illinois Fighting Illini football record for career total offensive yards with 10,634. Other records held by Scheelhaase are the third most career passing yards with 8,568, the highest season completion percentage with 66.74% (287-430), and the second most career rushing yards by a quarterback with 2,066.
Coaching career
Illinois
On May 19, 2015, the University of Illinois announced it had hired Sheelhaase as Assistant Director of Football Operations.[7] He 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 August 29, 2015, after the firing of Scheelhaase's head coach from his playing days, Tim Beckman, Illinois offensive coordinator Bill Cubit was promoted to interim head coach, which opened up a slot on the Illinois coaching staff, and Scheelhaase was promoted to running backs coach.[8]
Iowa State
On January 25, 2018, it was announced Scheelhaase was hired as the running backs coach under Matt Campbell at Iowa State.[9] In 2019, he became the wide receivers coach for Iowa State. In 2021, in addition to coaching the wide receivers, he was given the additional titles of running game coordinator and running backs coach.[10] Prior to the 2023 season, he was promoted to offensive coordinator, replacing Tom Manning.[11]
Los Angeles Rams
On February 19, 2024, Scheelhaase was hired as pass game specialist by the Los Angeles Rams. “Nate is going and will do a great job. Honestly, an opportunity he couldn’t pass up. Love him and will miss him, but truly a great opportunity for him!” said Cyclones head coach Matt Campbell upon Scheelhaase's departure.[12]
Personal information
Scheelhaase's father, Nate Creer, started at defensive back for the
References
- ^ "Nathan Scheelhaase". UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Nathan Scheelhaase". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "Nathan Scheelhaase". Scout.com. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "Ron Zook named redshirt freshman Nathan Scheelhaase the Illini's 2010 starting quarterback". 2 June 2010.
- ^ "Illinois vs. Baylor - Box Score - December 29, 2010 - ESPN".
- ^ "Nathan Scheelhaase Statistics". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
- ^ "Source: Illini hiring Scheelhaase". Champaign News-Gazette. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
- ^ "Illinois expected to promote Nathan Scheelhaase to running backs coach". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
- ^ "Iowa State hires offensive analyst Nathan Scheelhaase as assistant coach". Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ Peterson, Randy. "Campbell promotes Nate Scheelhaase to Iowa State football running game coordinator". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ^ "Scheelhaase Named Cyclones' Offensive Coordinator". Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ "Iowa State offensive coordinator Nate Scheelhaase is headed to the Los Angeles Rams". DesMoinesRegister.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.