2022 PFN Player Profile: Donte Shaw – Upper Darby

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Billy Splain | July 25, 2022

Donte Shaw
Upper Darby High School
Class Of 2023
ATH
Jersey #2
HT/WT 5’10 170
Other sports Track,Basketball
Twitter @iamDonteShaw

Why do you play football?
Becuase it keeps me in shape, out of trouble, & on the right path.

Who is your favorite sports star and why?
as of right now Jalen Ramsey & Sauce Gardner. I love their aggression & passion for the game , I love their confidence & work ethic.

Do you have a favorite play you remember the most? Explain:
Intercepting a pass & sealing the game against haverford. Ending their streak was something I always wanted to do since I started playing Highschool football

What are your goals for this coming season?
Make the playoffs, Have way better stats than last year, & Beat Bonner

What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?
Football – Chiefs Basketball – Sixers Baseball – Phillies

What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game and why?
My personal favorite game was When we played Haverford last year on thanksgiving

What sports movie would you watch every day if you had to pick one and why?
Space Jam (Michael Jordan version) because I grew up on it.

What cartoon character do you think your head coach most resembles.
Im not sure to be honest lol

If your mom and dad are screaming at you from the stands, what is it they usually yell?
im not sure

Name one thing that you’d love to do in football that may never happen?
i honestly dont know

Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like? WHY?
My mentors are my trainer (Dion Shaw) & My old coach from pop warner. I want to be the best version of myself not nobody else

Name a sport you’d love to play but can’t:
Ping Pong

What is your most embarrassing sports moment?
2015 Playing Pop Warner I got ran over in front of a big crowd

Is there anyone in your family, besides your parents, you could consider your biggest fan? Who, Why?
My aunt Mina, She’s at most of my games screaming & recording.

When you aren’t playing, practicing or training for sports, what is your go to activity and why?
watching football & studying film. I love being prepared.

What is your favorite football memory to date?
Winning the Turkey bowl

What is your favorite play to run?
Oregon 1 Q

What scares you the most?
nothing

Music of choice:
Lil baby, Drake, Kanye

What was your favorite gift as a little boy? Why?
Video Games because I was always a gamer

What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?
Longhorn steak house

Which one? Sheetz or Wawa
Wawa

What is your favorite vacation destination?
Virginia

Do you remember what the first football game you saw was?
Back When Mike Vick played for the eagles, my first game i ever saw was when the eagles played the redskins

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