Leanne Sheppard✝️🇺🇲🏈🏴‍☠️

Wynn's wife & proud mom of Sydney, Dakota & Hunter. Blessed! Football life:

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

I am Honored to be nominated for Mr.Catawba by my peers. A prestigious award recognizing outstanding contributions to campus life, leadership, and service.💙🪶
@CatawbaCollege @CatawbaAlumni

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

I am making my summer camp decisions, if you want to see me in person shoot me a DM. Transfer portal starting QB. Cerebral QB. High FB IQ. I move & protect the ball and get into scoring positions. I will challenge any starter at ANY level.I’ll make any Qb room better. #transferqb

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

I’ve had people ask me why I put some plays in my highlights.I put plays in that show who I am. Situational FB.Down and distance. These plays show how I handle pressure. How I attack when given the opportunity and move the ball for next set of downs when necessary to get in position to score.Ball placement and accuracy You’ll see my fluid decisions after my pre-snap reads.Some don’t understand why I am not,”going through progressions. I’ve already read the defense and am using leverage to throw to open receivers. No I’m not scrambling much because the ball is gone. No I’m not sacked often because the ball is gone. Which means less turnovers.

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

Great work as always @QBC_Charlotte ! Transfer QB Still looking for a home! #transferqb #transferportal #Blessed

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

👀 #transferqb #transferportal

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

Work!! @QBC_Charlotte #transferportal #transferqb #blessed

[AppStateNews @WestonScambler]

Former Catawba QB Hunter Sheppard is visiting App State today! 👀

[Leanne Sheppard✝️🇺🇲🏈🏴‍☠️ @lshep3]

Fun day at App State! Love the area and enjoyed the scenic views, including the deer and raccoon we saw while riding around campus!😍

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

👀 #transferqb #transferportal

[Leanne Sheppard✝️🇺🇲🏈🏴‍☠️ @lshep3]

Blessed and very much deserved! Keep putting in the effort you do in the classroom and on the field. It's not an easy thing but somehow you make it look easy! 💕

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

Blessed to have made the Spring Semester Dean’s List once again! Elite in the classroom too! #transferportal #transferqb @QBC_Charlotte @TajhB10 @rileywatkins0

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

Looking forward to my third consecutive year volunteering with the Special Olympics. Giving back really does keep you humble and recognize your blessings. #CommunityService #Blessed #transferportal #transferportalQB

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

Chopping wood and carrying water❗️ @QBC_Charlotte @TajhB10 @coachchadmorris @GavinG_Oliver @Coach_Grisham #TransferPortal #TransferQB #Blessed

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

Great progress is being made on the new upperclassman dorm at Catawba! I had the opportunity of being a part of the groundbreaking ceremony last semester with the Student Government Association. This semester, I’ve had the pleasure of serving as the Junior Class Senator and Head of the Public Safety Committee for SGA. #StudentGovernment #SGA #Transferportal #TransferportalQB #Blessed

[DK🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 @1Nicdar]

130 schools said no.
He led the losingest program in college football history to a national championship anyway.
Fernando Mendoza was a 2-star recruit from Miami.

He tried to walk on at his hometown school. They passed.
So did FIU.
So did FAU.
So did everyone else.

At 17, he was sitting in his bedroom, crying over a silent recruiting inbox—after driving to 18 camps with his dad and sending highlights to more than 100 programs.
Not one FBS offer.
His only option? Yale. No scholarship. No NFL path.

Everyone told him to be “realistic.”
“Know your place.”
“Be grateful.”
He didn’t listen.
Because Mendoza understood something most people miss:
The worst outcome isn’t failing.
It’s never getting the chance to try.

Two weeks before signing day in 2022, his phone rang.
Cal needed a body. One offer. Out of 134 schools.
He took it.
He arrived as the third-string quarterback.
Spent a year on the scout team.
Lost his first four starts.
Got sacked 41 times behind a broken offensive line.

Still got up. Every time.
Then Cal brought in a transfer instead of building around him.
So Mendoza left the only school that had ever said yes.
He transferred to Indiana—the losingest program in college football history.

People laughed.
“Career suicide.”
“Graveyard program.”
“Nobody wins there.”
One coach told him something different:
“I’m going to make you the best Fernando Mendoza possible.”
That was enough.
Mendoza wasn’t just playing for football.
His mother has battled multiple sclerosis for 18 years.

Before every snap, he thought of her.
“My mother is my why.”
Indiana went 16–0.
Beat six Top-10 teams.
Won their first Big Ten title since 1945.
Mendoza threw 41 touchdowns.
Won the Heisman—first in school history.
First Cuban-American to ever do it.

Then came the title game.
Miami. Near his hometown.
Fourth-and-4. Season on the line.
Quarterback draw.
The kid 134 schools rejected spun through defenders and dove into the end zone.

Game over.
Indiana—national champions.
The losingest program became the best team in America.
All because a 17-year-old refused to believe “no” was the end.

Rankings don’t decide your ceiling.
Gatekeepers don’t write your ending.
Being overlooked isn’t a verdict—it’s a starting point.

Sometimes all you need is one shot…
and the courage to bet on yourself when nobody else will.
Don’t quit.

Credit: Barclay Mullins

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

Transfer Portal QB still open for opportunities!

6’3 225lbs.
3.47 GPA in Biology
2 years of eligibility remaining
FAFSA and Transcript Ready
#TransferPortal #QB #TransferQB

[QBDimes @QBDimes]

Catawba QB Hunter Sheppard has officially entered the transfer portal with 2 years of eligibility remaining! Big, smart, and accurate QB. Remember covering him in high school, had some very impressive film. #qbdimes #TransferPortal #QB

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

Thankful and blessed beyond measures. Looking forward to testing out the portal and seeing what doors God opens for me! #QB #TransferPortal #TransferQB #NCAA

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

I have entered the transfer portal!
6’3 225lb
QB Transfer Portal
3.47 Biology GPA
2 Years of Eligibility
Here’s a small sample of game and practice video, DM for full film
#QB #Quarterback #TransferPortal #NCAA #Transfer

[College Transfer Portal @CollegeFBPortal]

Catawba QB Hunter Sheppard has entered the transfer portal @HunterStormShep 🚨

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

Redshirt-junior QB on Scholarship with starting experience❗️

Hunter Sheppard Transfer QB
6’3 225lbs
3.47 GPA Biology Major
2 Years of Eligibility Remaining
Condensed Game/Practice Film⬇️

[Hunter Sheppard 🏴‍☠️ @HunterStormShep]

6’3 225lb Experienced Starter Transfer Portal QB
3.47 GPA
2 Years of Eligibility Remaining
Game & Practice Film ⬇️