While at Rockhurst, Scheelhaase was a good student as well as a ten-time varsity letterman in football, track, and basketball.
His junior year, he led Rockhurst to a 13–0 season, and a Missouri Class-6 state championship passing for 1861 yards, 20 touchdowns and only five interceptions.
Scheelhaase was redshirted his freshman year; Illinois started QBs Juice Williams and Eddie McGee.
Scheelhaase also ran for 806 yards on 175 carries and 4 touchdowns, and was an excellent complement to Illini RB Mikel Leshoure in the running game.
[5] Scheelhaase had a 55-yard touchdown run late in the game, and which helped secure Illinois's first bowl victory in more than a decade, winning 38-14.
Source:[6] Scheelhaase holds the Illinois Fighting Illini football record for career total offensive yards with 10,634.
[8] On January 25, 2018, it was announced Scheelhaase was hired as the running backs coach under Matt Campbell at Iowa State.
Love him and will miss him, but truly a great opportunity for him!” said Cyclones head coach Matt Campbell upon Scheelhaase's departure.