{"id":70,"date":"2011-10-15T13:22:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T13:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/sites\/gsm\/?p=70"},"modified":"2014-06-02T14:55:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T18:55:12","slug":"jaybo-shaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2011\/10\/15\/jaybo-shaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaybo Shaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"jaybo\"<\/a>All eyes in Allen E. Paulson Stadium are fixed on senior Eagle quarterback Jaybo Shaw at the start of every offensive play for his team. While he carries no identifying \u201cNo. 14\u201d on his day-to-day treks across campus, he\u2019s still a highly recognizable figure to other students as a leader of their beloved Eagles.
\n>> Fellow senior Katie Stambek caught up with Jaybo to pose a few questions about his life off the field.<\/em><\/p>\n

Since your major is business management, what are your career plans?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019d like to coach as soon as I get done playing. I\u2019d like to stay here and coach with Coach Monken if that\u2019s possible. If not, I\u2019ve always talked about opening up a business with my brother and he\u2019s a business management major as well at South Carolina.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s going through your mind on game day? Do you have any rituals? <\/strong>
\nI call my parents before every game. It kind of calms me down. It\u2019s always good to hear my mom before the game. I call them, and if I can, I talk to my brother, too.<\/p>\n

Do you still get nervous before a game? <\/strong>
\nOh, yeah. Absolutely. It doesn\u2019t get old, I can promise you. I just try to embrace that nervousness and move on.<\/p>\n

Moving from metro Atlanta to south Georgia is a change \u2013 what are some things you\u2019ve enjoyed most about Statesboro? <\/strong>
\nJust the college-type town and the community. It\u2019s a lot different from Atlanta \u2013 in a good way. It\u2019s slower paced. I love the community and I love my teammates. Even though it\u2019s a little hot down here, I can\u2019t ask for a better place.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re just starting your final season, so tell me about your experience at Georgia Southern. <\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve gotten to know all these guys, my teammates. They\u2019re like brothers, so it\u2019s been great. I\u2019ve got a great coaching staff \u2013 they love us and we love them, so it\u2019s been awesome.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s been especially influential during your time at Georgia Southern? <\/strong>
\nCoach Ware and Coach Monken, definitely. Coach Monken, I\u2019ve known since I was at Georgia Tech. He\u2019s a great football coach, but he\u2019s an even better man. He\u2019s awesome. Coach Ware is like another father figure to me. It\u2019s just been great.<\/p>\n

How would your friends describe your personality? <\/strong>
\nProbably real shy. I don\u2019t talk a whole lot. I just try to be a good friend \u2026 to be there when they need me and to try to be around the guys as much as I can.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve played football since you were a kid. If you weren\u2019t playing football, what sport would you be playing? <\/strong>
\nGolf. I love it. Every time I go home I try to play as much as I can with my dad and my brother.<\/p>\n

You get a lot of media attention. What is the strangest thing you\u2019ve ever been asked? <\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s a common question, but I guess one of them would be, \u201cHow did \u2018Jaybo\u2019 come about?\u201d It\u2019s not even my name. It\u2019s Jared. And my middle name is Lee. It came out of nowhere. My mom came up with it. I was playing Little League baseball and I don\u2019t know how she did it to this day.<\/p>\n

How do you spend your free time in the off season? <\/strong>
\nI try to be around my family as much as I can. I\u2019ve got a brother and I\u2019ve also got a little sister.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got a very active family. Are you guys competitive? <\/strong>
\nAbsolutely, and my sister\u2019s the best athlete out of all of us. She is a junior this year in high school. She wants to play college tennis, so I hope that will work out.<\/p>\n

If you could have dinner with anyone in the world, who would it be? <\/strong>
\nI\u2019m going to stay with football. Drew Brees. He\u2019s not very big and he\u2019s making millions of dollars in the NFL, but he\u2019s a Christian man and he puts his faith before anything else. He came back from what they thought was a career-ending injury and now he\u2019s a Super Bowl champion.<\/p>\n

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? <\/strong>
\nI want to be a good husband one day and a good father one day, and provide for my family \u2026 just be a good person and just be there for the people who need me and be able to support my family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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