6^th Annual National Bowl Information
 
ROME, Ga. – Having closed out what was one of the best careers ever recorded by a Shorter football player, Jordan Shaw will get to wear his blue helmet with the Hawk logo one more time as he chases his dream of playing the  game at the next level.

On Sunday morning in Miami, the 6-foot-2, 215pound safety from Jasper, Ga., who helped lead the Hawks into the NCAA Division II ranks and became the program's first NCAA All-American, will represent Shorter one more time when Shaw, who is ranked 57^th by NFL Draft Scout as a strong safety, plays in the 6^th annual National Bowl that gathers together some of the nation's top non-Football Bowl Subdivision players at 10 a.m. at Ocean Bank Field at Florida International University Stadium.

"To be able to play in this game is a real accomplishment," Shorter defensive coordinator Julius Dixon said about Shaw's selection to the game that is presented by East preps and draws scouts from the NFL and CFL to look at some of the graduating seniors from FCS, Division II and Division III programs. "If anything, it gives more people a chance to see that he's a very special player."

Shaw showed just how special he is on the football field for the last three years when, after arriving at Shorter as a walk-on quarterback from Pickens County, he found a home in the Hawks' secondary and emerged as an impact player and wound up leading the team in tackles for three straight seasons.

Named to the 2014 American Football Coaches Association Division II All-American team and selected as the 2014 Gulf South Conference Defensive Player of the Year after a record-setting season, Shaw solidified his position in Shorter's record book this past season when he earned All-GSC First Team honors for the second straight year.

Shaw finished his career with the Hawks as the team's third all-time leading tackler, is third in career interceptions and holds the record for most interceptions in a season when he picked off eight passes in 2014, a performance that led him to being named to six different All-America lists and become a finalist for the 2014 Cliff Harris Award as the nation's best non-Division I defensive player.

Not surprisingly, his outing that season caught the attention on pro scouts.

"With all the accolades he has last year," said Dixson, "he had several people come in and evaluate him."

Shaw, who will trade in the No. 11 jersey he wore a Shorter for No. 30 this weekend, reported to Miami on Friday where he began working out with the players who will comprise the National Blue Team that will be directed by Kevin O'Hanlon, head coach of the Trenton Freedom of the Professional Indoor Football League.

The lone player representing the Gulf South Conference, Shaw is getting the opportunity to exhibit his skills on and off the field this weekend as he met with scouts for the past two days and gets to show them first-hand in the game – all 32 NFL teams will receive and review film from the game – what Shorter fans and the GSC have seen for the last three seasons.