Ajani Sheppard
Temple Owls
66
Depth

Ajani Sheppard

Temple OwlsRebuilding
QBOffenseDepthTRANSFER · Washington State
Projected Starter

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Ajani Sheppard is the projected starter at QB for Temple Owls.

Redshirt junior · #13 · 6'2", 230 lbs

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Depth at QB · Temple Owls

  1. 11366Ajani SheppardStarter
  2. 21466Jaxon Smolik
  3. 31155Camren Boykin
  4. 41643Brady Palmer

Temple Starting Lineup

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Up next for Temple

Temple plays Navy away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:30 PM ET.

The Story

The Story

A 3-star recruit out of Iona Prep, ranked #1,166 nationally coming out of high school.

Recruit3★ · #1,166 Natl
Bronx, NY
Jersey
#13
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
230 lbs
Transfer
Washington State

At 6'2", 230 lbs, Ajani Sheppard plays for a Temple team rated 62 overall in the American Athletic.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8586
National Rank
#1166
High School
Iona Prep
Hometown
New Rochelle, NY

Why this rating?

On a 68-rated offense; 72th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 66 after depth penalty. Capped to the teammate ahead of them on the depth chart.

Team offense (SP+)
68
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 29% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LECUYDS 118
CMP-ATT
11-20
YDS
118
TD
0
INT
3
QBR
74.6
CAR
15
YDS
69
AVG
4.6
TD
0

Final L 17-9

Oct 17LCLTYDS 236
CMP-ATT
15-23
YDS
236
TD
1
INT
0
QBR
165.8
CAR
7
YDS
70
AVG
10.0
TD
2

Final L 38-31

Oct 10LCONNYDS 260
CMP-ATT
19-25
YDS
260
TD
1
INT
0
QBR
176.6
CAR
12
YDS
25
AVG
2.1
TD
0

Final L 34-20

Oct 3WUSFYDS 92
CMP-ATT
9-14
YDS
92
TD
1
INT
0
QBR
143.1
CAR
14
YDS
87
AVG
6.2
TD
1

Final W 17-13

Sep 25LARMYYDS 242
CMP-ATT
11-20
YDS
242
TD
2
INT
0
QBR
189.6
CAR
10
YDS
48
AVG
4.8
TD
0

Final L 21-17

Sep 19LTOLYDS 164
CMP-ATT
12-22
YDS
164
TD
3
INT
0
QBR
162.2
CAR
15
YDS
66
AVG
4.4
TD
1

Final L 49-48 OT

Sep 12LPSUYDS 48
CMP-ATT
3-6
YDS
48
TD
0
INT
0
QBR
117.2
CAR
3
YDS
10
AVG
3.3
TD
1

Final L 27-9

Sep 5WURIYDS 85
CMP-ATT
5-10
YDS
85
TD
0
INT
0
QBR
121.4
CAR
5
YDS
23
AVG
4.6
TD
0

Final W 38-14

Ajani Sheppard's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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