Brentis Jarryn Schaeffer (born January 25, 1986) is a former Arena football quarterback.
[2] Schaeffer began his college career at the University of Tennessee, where he became the first true freshman quarterback to start a season opener for an SEC team since freshman eligibility was restored in 1973[3] and the first in 59 years.
[6] However, he was then replaced as the starter by Erik Ainge a few weeks later, then he broke his collarbone and missed the rest of the season.
[4] In April 2005, Schaeffer and another Tennessee player were involved in a fight in a dorm lobby.
Head coach Phillip Fulmer then asked Schaeffer to be transferred to another school due to the unnecessary length of his "punishment".
[8] Schaeffer, a five-star Quarterback, received offers from Ole Miss, NC State, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin, Auburn, and Florida.
[10] Schaeffer then transferred to Ole Miss prior to the 2006 season and was named the team's starting quarterback, even before arriving to campus or being ruled academically qualified to play.
[4] He was expected, by head coach Ed Orgeron, to graduate from College of the Sequoias in June, which Schaeffer failed to do.
So he returned to his home in Florida and enrolled in correspondence courses to complete the six academic hours he needed for admission to Ole Miss.
However, the correspondence courses were taking too long due to their open ended dates, which Coach Orgeron said.
[4] Schaeffer eventually did arrive and started all 12 games and completed 115-of-244 passes (47.1%) for 1,442 yards, nine touchdowns, 10 interceptions and a passer rating of 100.75.
[15] However, on March 1, 2009, he was placed on the teams' Refused to Report list along with WR/DB Steve Gonzalez and OL/DL Earl Stephens.
[16] Schaeffer is a cousin of former Iowa quarterback and Heisman Trophy runner-up Brad Banks.