Illustrated silhouette of a player wearing the Temple Owls uniform

Ajani Sheppard

Temple
QB
Position
#13
Number
6'2"
Height
230 lbs
Weight
Senior
Class
2026
53.4%
Comp Pct
539
Pass Yds
5
Pass TD
9.3
Yds/Pass
160.0
Rating
4
Games
147
Rush Yds
2
Rush TD
0
Int
4
Sacked
Career
55%
Comp Pct
562
Pass Yds
5
Pass TD
9.4
Yds/Pass
161.2
Rating
9
Games
181
Rush Yds
2
Rush TD
0
Int
4
Sacked
Latest Performance
Illustrated silhouette of a player wearing the Temple Owls uniform

Ajani Sheppard

Sep 25

vs

ARMY

ARMY

L 17-21
11
Comp
20
Att
55%
Pct
242
Yds
12.1
Avg
2
TD
0
Int
1
Sacked
78
Long
189.6
Rating
290
Total Yds
2
Total TD
0 (0)
Fum (L)
Games

  1. Next

    at

    South Florida Bulls

    USF

    CAREER

    at USF

  2. L 17-21

    YDS

    242

    TD

    2

    INT

    0

    RTG

    189.6

  3. L 48-49

    YDS

    164

    TD

    3

    INT

    0

    RTG

    162.2

  4. L 9-27

    YDS

    48

    TD

    0

    INT

    0

    RTG

    117.2

  5. W 38-14

    YDS

    85

    TD

    0

    INT

    0

    RTG

    121.4

Summary

Ajani Sheppard has played 3 seasons for Rutgers and Temple. He has thrown for 562 yards and 5 touchdowns.

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More Temple Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

539

Sheppard

Ajani Sheppard

RUSH

340

Mason

Keveun Mason

REC

196

Chase

Colin Chase
Team Rankings

PPG

28.0

89th

OPP PPG

27.8

116th

RUSH YDS/G

220.3

34th

PASS YDS/G

163.8

149th

2026 AAC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
9
North Texas North Texas
0-0
1-2
10
Rice Rice
0-0
1-2
11
Temple Temple
0-1
1-3
12
Tulane Tulane
0-0
1-2
13
Charlotte Charlotte
0-0
0-3
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
10/3
TEM TEM
@
USF USF
7:30 PM
Sat
10/10
CONN CONN
@
TEM TEM
1:00 PM
Sat
10/17
CHAR CHAR
@
TEM TEM
1:00 PM
Sat
10/31
TEM TEM
@
ECU ECU
1:00 PM
Sat
11/7
TEM TEM
@
NAVY NAVY
3:30 PM
Last Game
ARMY Army

2 - 1

21

Final

17

TEM Temple

1 - 3

Fri 25 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Marcus Stokes
Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

458

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

454

Riley

Dylan Riley
Rec Yards Leaders

550

Duff

KJ Duff

476

Legree

Jesse Legree

444

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

11

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

11

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

8

Knight

Wayne Knight

6

Carter

Jaylin Carter
Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

KJ Duff

7

Dixon

Collin Dixon

6

Becker

Charlie Becker
QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

228.6

Mensah

Darian Mensah

215.3

Becht

Rocco Becht
Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

Xavier Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

5.0

Diawara

Ibrahim Diawara

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

59.3

Florida

54.0

Miami

51.7

Virginia Tech

50.7

Oregon

49.7

Tennessee

47.7
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

4.3

Penn State

7.3

Oklahoma

7.7

Notre Dame

7.7

Utah

8.0

Tulsa

9.0
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

594.3

Mississippi State

544.7

Florida

544.3

Georgia

539.0

SMU

537.0

Oklahoma State

528.0
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

355.7

Navy

333.7

Air Force

319.0

Tennessee

298.7

UCLA

286.7

West Virginia

281.3
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

386.3

SMU

368.7

Purdue

366.7

Ohio State

364.7

Miami

358.0

Sam Houston

345.7
Sack Leaders
Virginia Tech

14.0

LSU

14.0

Vanderbilt

12.0

Tennessee

12.0

Oklahoma

12.0

Old Dominion

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
3
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
3
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
3
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
3
0
1.000
5
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
0
1.000
6
Kentucky Kentucky
2
1
.667
7
Missouri Missouri
3
0
1.000
8
Tennessee Tennessee
3
0
1.000
9
Texas Texas
3
0
1.000
10
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
0
1.000
11
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
1
.667
12
Auburn Auburn
2
1
.667
13
LSU LSU
2
1
.667
14
South Carolina South Carolina
2
1
.667
15
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
1
.667
16
Arkansas Arkansas
1
2
.333
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
0
1.000
2
James Madison James Madison
3
0
1.000
3
Louisiana Louisiana
2
1
.667
4
Georgia State Georgia State
2
1
.667
5
South Alabama South Alabama
2
1
.667
6
Marshall Marshall
2
1
.667
7
Troy Troy
2
1
.667
8
Arkansas State Arkansas State
1
2
.333
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
2
.333
10
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
11
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
2
.333
12
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
2
.333
13
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
3
.250
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
3
.000
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
2
1
.667
2
Colorado State Colorado State
2
1
.667
3
Fresno State Fresno State
2
1
.667
4
Oregon State Oregon State
1
2
.333
5
San Diego State San Diego State
1
2
.333
6
Texas State Texas State
1
2
.333
7
Washington State Washington State
1
2
.333
8
Utah State Utah State
0
3
.000
Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
3
0
1.000
3
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
4
Cincinnati Cincinnati
3
0
1.000
5
Kansas State Kansas State
3
0
1.000
6
Utah Utah
3
0
1.000
7
West Virginia West Virginia
3
0
1.000
8
Baylor Baylor
2
1
.667
9
Colorado Colorado
2
1
.667
10
Iowa State Iowa State
2
1
.667
11
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
2
1
.667
12
TCU TCU
2
1
.667
13
UCF UCF
2
1
.667
14
Arizona Arizona
2
1
.667
15
Houston Houston
2
1
.667
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
1
3
.250
2
UMass UMass
3
0
1.000
3
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
1
.667
4
Toledo Toledo
2
1
.667
5
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
1
.667
6
Akron Akron
1
2
.333
7
Ball State Ball State
1
2
.333
8
Buffalo Buffalo
1
2
.333
9
Kent State Kent State
1
2
.333
10
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
1
2
.333
11
Ohio Ohio
1
2
.333
12
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
3
.000
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
3
.250
Big 10WLPCT
1
Indiana Indiana
4
0
1.000
2
USC USC
4
0
1.000
3
UCLA UCLA
3
0
1.000
4
Iowa Iowa
3
0
1.000
5
Michigan Michigan
3
0
1.000
6
Nebraska Nebraska
3
0
1.000
7
Penn State Penn State
3
0
1.000
8
Washington Washington
3
0
1.000
9
Illinois Illinois
2
1
.667
10
Maryland Maryland
2
1
.667
11
Michigan State Michigan State
2
1
.667
12
Minnesota Minnesota
2
1
.667
13
Ohio State Ohio State
2
1
.667
14
Oregon Oregon
2
1
.667
15
Wisconsin Wisconsin
2
1
.667
16
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
.667
17
Purdue Purdue
1
2
.333
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
3
.250
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
2
Delaware Delaware
2
1
.667
3
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
1
.667
4
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
2
2
.500
5
Florida International Florida International
1
2
.333
6
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
2
.333
7
Missouri State Missouri State
1
2
.333
8
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
2
.333
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
2
.333
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
0
3
.000
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
3
0
1.000
2
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
3
Duke Duke
3
0
1.000
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
3
0
1.000
5
Louisville Louisville
2
1
.667
6
Virginia Virginia
2
1
.667
7
SMU SMU
2
1
.667
8
California California
2
2
.500
9
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
3
0
1.000
10
Boston College Boston College
2
1
.667
11
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
2
.333
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Wake Forest Wake Forest
2
1
.667
14
Florida State Florida State
1
2
.333
15
NC State NC State
1
2
.333
16
Stanford Stanford
1
2
.333
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
3
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
1
.667
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
3
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
2
1
.667
3
UAB UAB
2
2
.500
4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
Tulsa Tulsa
3
0
1.000
6
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
2
1
.667
8
East Carolina East Carolina
1
2
.333
9
North Texas North Texas
1
2
.333
10
Rice Rice
1
2
.333
11
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
12
Tulane Tulane
1
2
.333
13
Charlotte Charlotte
0
3
.000
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
1
2
.333
3
New Mexico New Mexico
2
1
.667
4
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
5
Nevada Nevada
1
2
.333
6
UTEP UTEP
1
2
.333
7
Wyoming Wyoming
1
2
.333
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
3
.000
9
Air Force Air Force
1
1
.500
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
2
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/5
ORST ORST
@
HOU HOU
20-33
Sat
9/5
ECU ECU
@
ALA ALA
10-48
Sat
9/5
UNT UNT
@
IND IND
16-52
Sat
9/5
BRY BRY
@
ARMY ARMY
3-59
Sat
9/5
CCAR CCAR
@
WVU WVU
24-31

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/26
UCLA UCLA
@
MD MD
1:30 PM
Sat
9/26
NIU NIU
@
GAST GAST
2:00 PM
Sat
9/26
ND ND
@
PUR PUR
2:00 PM
Sat
9/26
CARK CARK
@
FSU FSU
3:00 PM
Sat
9/26
HAW HAW
@
WYO WYO
3:00 PM