Shaw has not filed transfer paperwork
Georgia Tech backup quarterback Jaybo Shaw has not filed any paperwork seeking to transfer as of Wednesday, according to a school spokesperson. Tech coach Paul Johnson, who is out of town until next week, has also not signed a release for Shaw.
Should Shaw transfer, the Yellow Jackets will be without their first- and second-string quarterbacks for spring practice, which starts March 29.
Calls to Shaw’s father, Lee, have not been returned.
Shaw, a sophomore from Flowery Branch, missed the first five games last season with a broken collarbone sustained during practice in August. He appeared in six games, rushing for 51 yards.
As a freshman in 2008, Shaw rushed for 200 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 321 yards and two touchdowns.
He was rated the No. 10 dual-threat quarterback in the country at Flowery Branch High School, and was one of Tech coach Paul Johnson’s first commitments when he was hired in December 2007.
Starting quarterback Josh Nesbitt will miss spring practice because of minor surgery on his right ankle.
The absence of Nesbitt and Shaw would mean redshirt freshman Tevin Washington and freshmen Jordan Luallen and David Sims will compete for snaps. Luallen and Sims redshirted last season. Quentin Sims spent time at quarterback last season after Shaw was injured, but moved back to wide receiver when Shaw returned in late September.
Shaw would join Joseph Gilbert, Brandon Leslie and Clyde Yandell as players who are transferring. Gilbert and Yandell are transferring to pursue graduate school studies.
Photos from AJC.com: Jaybo Shaw’s QB career at Ga. Tech
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119 comments Add your comment
DoakBoyGT
February 24th, 2010
7:28 pm
Why are so many UGA fans interested in this Jaybo story?
tecklover
February 24th, 2010
7:40 pm
they are not interested they just like to give us a “HARD” time. and we love it……….
30-24 Dawgs - WE RUN THIS STATE!
February 24th, 2010
8:16 pm
Last time we saw Jay-blow he was throwing up his infamous pick to UGA’s Reshad Jones en route to a 30-24 victory by the Dawgs.
Looking forward to that little punk starting after Nesbitt is gone.
buzz
February 24th, 2010
8:20 pm
I bet the “little punk” could beat your ASS
HBTD
February 24th, 2010
8:42 pm
DoakBoyGT
February 24th, 2010
7:28 pm
Why are so many UGA fans interested in this Jaybo story?
I PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEE THE LOCAL KIDS SUCCEED. PEE JAY HAD LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET JAYBO SOME PT LAST YEAR, BUT WAS TOO CONCERNED ABOUT RUNNING UP NUMBERS TO TRY AND GAIN SUPPORT FOR HIS “CIRCUS” SHOW. HE BASICALLY JUST HUNG JAYBO OUT TO DRY. DANG SHAME……GOOD KID WHO DESERVED BETTER.
JAYBO WILL GET HIS DUE AT GSU. PJ WILL CONTINUE TO RUN UP BIG NUMBERS ON THE A SHE SHE TEAMS AND THEN GET EXPOSED AGAINST THE DAWGS AT YEAR END.
HBTD
February 24th, 2010
8:51 pm
FourUGAalumsBOSS
February 24th, 2010
5:56 pm
HBTV —- Hey donkey the offense Georgia Southern will run is the same
That’s the point stupid, and he’ll get the chance to do well! in an offense he’s run for years and should have had more opportunities with you bozos.
GT-Armchair-QB
February 24th, 2010
8:55 pm
I hope he transfers.
That will maximize the reps Luallan, Sims and Washington get. Jaybo (and Nesbitt for that matter) aren’t good enough to get us where we need to be, and play for that National Championship.
Nesbitt is one dimensional, and can run, but not pass.
And Jaybo can do neither very well at the I-A level.
But CPJ’s the man. And he will soon be signaling plays to a QB that will crush UGA, and compete for National Titles.
Morgan Burnett
February 24th, 2010
8:59 pm
We lost all respect for Jaybo, CPJ realized that honkey cat wasn’t good for much except throwing PICK’s to the UGA secondary.
Anybody seen Caleb King? Still running untouched as Dawgs beat us at home, 30-24.
Truth
February 24th, 2010
9:35 pm
Terrorists in the classroom, Crips roaming campus…I guess ole Jaybo was too concerned for his life. Can’t blame him.
GT Fan
February 24th, 2010
9:36 pm
Hope Jaybo stays at GT, but What ever I wish him well.
Golf One
February 24th, 2010
9:39 pm
All you dog nuts keep posting the 30-24 score, I know all you tree surgeons have bad memories,But let refresh a little,Remember Stafford Morano amd Green, the great one’s 45-42 G.T.
Olddawg
February 24th, 2010
9:48 pm
Golf One…..they are easier to remember when they happen so rarely…….right?
anyone seen m=idiot?
Nesbitt for Heisman!
February 24th, 2010
9:49 pm
I heard on the radio that the transfer has a lot to do with his girlfriend. Better hope she’s worth it because most people would not trade a degree from Tech and one season as the starter for a BCS conference championship team for a degree from GSU and 2 seasons as the starter in the FCS.
Truth
February 24th, 2010
9:58 pm
Hey Heisman, don’t worry about Jaybo. I’m sure that Nesbitt will gladly hire him at NASA since he’ll have that valued nerd-degree. He’ll need a companion in that little truck that rides around the parking lot ensuring that no one double-parks.
atl xmen
February 24th, 2010
11:35 pm
ga southern… ga tech pretty much the same team now that gailys players are leaving. ga southern is where shaw will survive when he plays. pj offense is not for big boy football and now that his players are coming in look for the injury bug to reall bite.
herschel munson
February 24th, 2010
11:40 pm
JAYBO? Ja best go on to somewhere else before we beat your red-headed sorry self again. 30-24! WHOOOO! GA DAWGS! Even Jaybbo don[t want to play us again. smartest one on the team
herschel munson
February 24th, 2010
11:41 pm
i have a tiny wee-wee and no self-esteem. i wish it was 1980!
herschel munson
February 24th, 2010
11:42 pm
who am i kidding? i am gay for mark richt.
BSME '10....now '11.
February 25th, 2010
2:18 am
Was this not reported a long time ago? I could have broken the news about him going to southern a month or two ago…I thought this had already happened!
macrotech
February 25th, 2010
3:01 am
I had high hopes for Shaw, but I understand his desire to play. I wish him the best and continue to believe in CPJ’s coaching….I’m looking forward to the upcoming season! GO TECH!!!
Saint Simons
February 25th, 2010
7:11 am
By the way, did yall like that arse kicking we gave you in hoops too? hahahahahaha
tecklover
February 25th, 2010
7:22 am
Saint Simons what are you talking about boy?? I thought you were a teckie…come on over here boy I have something for you that you like alot
dawgfan
February 25th, 2010
7:31 am
So basically UGA QB’s stick it out (Shockley, Cox) and Tech QB’s cut and run like their joke fans when things aren’t going well. Glad we got that straightened out.
Tech Man in Dawg Country
February 25th, 2010
7:40 am
When Jaybo wasn’t redshirted after missing the first 5 games, I wondered which extreme it was: was it because he was so valuable that CPJ didn’t want to risk anything in what could be a special year, or was it because CPJ expected one of the other QBs to beat him out in the future. I am still not sure. But at any rate, I hope Jaybo stays, but if he leaves, we should thank him for what he has given Tech and wish him the best in the future.
bobfan
February 25th, 2010
8:23 am
dawgfan was probably one of the thousands bailing sanford stadium in the 4th quarter as UGA was losing to a weak KY team.
In Pollack We Trust
February 25th, 2010
8:40 am
David Pollack just tweeted that Washaun Ealey passed his coloring class and now gets to use markers.
collegedude
February 25th, 2010
8:46 am
WOW, not good enough to cut it at Georgia Tech and you want to transfer? Where are you going? North Southern College of Wimps? Cry a little more Jaybo, maybe GT will actually let you HOLD Nesbitt’s jock next fall.
Really??
February 25th, 2010
8:46 am
A dawgfan talking about other team’s fans running when things aren’t going well? You woulda thought they were running to a Stuckey’s T-Shirt sale they got out of the stadium so quickly DURING the Kentucky loss.
Daniel
February 25th, 2010
8:56 am
what would nesbitt actually do with his management degree from tech? About the same thing he’ll do with his management degree from gasouthern. There isn’t a lot of difference in business degrees from two average business schools.
A business degree from Terry on the other hand…
Daniel
February 25th, 2010
8:58 am
Sorry, meant to say “Gaybo” not “Nesbitt,” although I’m sure Joshua will use his management degree to make hundreds of dollars some day as well.
What do UG and GT fans have in common?
February 25th, 2010
9:01 am
They both love talking FORMER GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKET BACKUP QUARTERBACKS in the middle of FEBRUARY.
Al benny
February 25th, 2010
9:10 am
This thread proves that UGAG fans are totally obsessed with all things Georgia Tech! The entire mutt nation shows up on the tech page in a tech article. And the tone of the gagger responses shows amazing envy of tech and a big time lack of self esteem. You guys will never make fry cook manager with attitudes like this.
BRANCH-TECH
February 25th, 2010
9:13 am
I played ball with Jaybo in high school, and I know the Shaws very well. He is a good kid and I wish the best for him. I do think he needs to transfer, his talents are not being utilized here at Tech and in the ACC. I think he can really shine in the Southern Conference, much like his days with me back 7AAA.
Ron Mexico
February 25th, 2010
9:15 am
go to hell Dogdoodoos
February 24th, 2010
5:52 pm
so Knowshon Moreno knocks an 18 yr old kid unconscious and gives him a concussion in Athens. Nice, real nice.
And all your people just get robbed. LOL
Ron Mexico
February 25th, 2010
9:17 am
A dawgfan talking about other team’s fans running when things aren’t going well? You woulda thought they were running to a Stuckey’s T-Shirt sale they got out of the stadium so quickly DURING the Kentucky loss.
Tech couldn’t beat Kentucky.
GSU=natl titles
February 25th, 2010
9:19 am
To all Tech grads and fans: Please do a little research before commenting. As a GSU alumni, I very proud of my degree. I have a business degree from Southern. SAT scores since I entered GSU have increased from 900’s to the 1100’s. Tech is a well recognized institution to graduate from. Did you know that is actually harder for an incoming freshman athlete to academically qualify at GSU than Tech? Check it out if you don’t beleive me. College is about developing life skills and social skills as well. GSU is a good school academically, has a better atmosphere, WAY more and better looking women. Better college bar scene also. Come on Jaybo. You can meet your future blonde, tan, blue eyed wife here. I would rather wake up with that in my arms 20 years from now than a diploma from Tech.
redeployed dawg
February 25th, 2010
9:34 am
Yes, I am a Dawg fan on here because it is a slow day at work and nothing else is going on. It takes a QB a while to learn the triple option system, so I think that some of Shaw’s shortcomings last season can be attributed to the learning curve. That being said, I have to think that if Shaw is thinking about transferring, it must be because he thinks either Sims or Luallen will pass him on the depth chart. Although this may hurt Tech if Nesbitt can’t go at the beginning of the season, I don’t think this will have too big of an impact on them in the long term.
Jabarbanol
February 25th, 2010
9:37 am
Brokeback, Brokeback. (Or Georgia Fan. Whomever you are) If I’m not mistaken Tech won the ACC Championship.
redeployed dawg
February 25th, 2010
9:40 am
By the way Mexico, the 18 year old was so drunk, he doesn’t remember the incident. Moreno, who is of legal drinking age and does remember the incident, said he was hit first. When you are drunk out of your mind, it is not smart to pick a fight with a professional athlete. I’m just saying. . .
dawgfan
February 25th, 2010
9:57 am
Tech fans seem mighty quick to turn their noses up at Kentucky. You morons do realize that Kentucky did something that you’re overrated hyped up creampuff team could not do only a week later right? You do realize that Kentucky can beat Georgia more than once every 9 years right? You do realize that Kentucky does the unthinkable and actually wins bowl games don’t you? Against All Crap Conference teams no less. I’m sure Kentucky would love to play in the All Crap Conference where you only have to beat 8-4 teams to win the league, but unfortunately for them they play in a real football league. And you know what Tech fans? They don’t make any crybaby sissy excuses about how they don’t have the resources of the “football factories” like you do. They just play hard and keep their mouths shut. So maybe Kentucky doesn’t win 11 games in the ACC and pad its W column with Jack State, but at least they have everyones’ respect. That’s a lot more than can be said for the Joke by Coke.
I’m going to go argue with a 4 year old. That’s a lot more challenging than arguing with a Tech fan. Please let me know if there are any more softballs that you want me to knock out of the park and I’ll be happy to oblige.
Good luck to Jaybo. So much for all that big talk about beating Georgia. Typical Techie. Talk big and then cut and run when the going gets rough. I bet the Georgia game isn’t the goal anymore right Jaybo?
Beyond hilarious.
Jacket
February 25th, 2010
10:05 am
GSU=natl titles, you need to check your facts. GSU can’t come close to GT in anything academically.
superDawg
February 25th, 2010
10:22 am
Hey macro working the night shift at waffle house again must be nice,or were you out repairing the waffle iron again.
dawgy
February 25th, 2010
10:36 am
I have to agree with dawgfan – Tech fans act like it was some world-stopping monumental failure to lose to Kentucky. Granted, Georgia has more resources than Kentucky, and we should beat Kentucky, but…Kentucky has been a consistent football team the past five years under Rich Brooks. They’ve had 5 consecutive winning seasons, not to mention a winning record in bowls during that span (remind me again what GT’s bowl record is?).
Seems like the bees are grasping at straws belittling the Kentucky loss.
Bey-Bey Thomas
February 25th, 2010
10:46 am
Great pic of me in action! http://imgur.com/cDkHL.jpg
Coach Paul Johnson
February 25th, 2010
10:49 am
Dawgy, please stop pointing out that we have lost five bowl games in a row or that we have been outscored 62-17 in bowls during my tenure here.
We have bigger fish to fry than worrying about losses to UGA or in bowls.
JoeSixPackandGTFan
February 25th, 2010
10:51 am
Although Jaybo’s playing time was inconsistent, he had some good series, and no one can question his dedication to the program and his willingness to take a hit. Bottom line the concussion and shoulder injury probably show that he can’t take the pounding required of the Q-back in CPJ’s system. But all of us (GT fans) should thank Jaybo and wish him well whatever he decides to do.
Morgan Burnett
February 25th, 2010
10:51 am
We Run This Conference!
Goldenrod
February 25th, 2010
10:54 am
I lost any and all respect I had for Jaybo due to his fumbling nature. Coming out of Flowery Branch HS he was touted as our own little version of Tim Tebow and he never once lived up to the hype.
The season ticket holders around me agree that a white QB is no fit to run the Perfect Option.
Goodbye and good riddance Jaybo!
Frydaddy
February 25th, 2010
11:02 am
pj forgot to plug me in,or it could have been a power outage.
Banner Herald
February 25th, 2010
11:09 am
caleb says hello.