Junior quarterback who figures to be the starter again in 2012... has won eight of his nine career starts, the best record after nine games of any QB at Carolina in the last 40 years... has completed 66.1 percent of his passes for 1,671 yards with 15 touchdowns while tossing just eight interceptions... an excellent runner who has toted the pigskin 167 times for 690 yards with eight scores.

2011: Sophomore signal-caller who completed 65.4 percent of his passes for 1,448 yards with 14 touchdowns and six interceptions... also rushed 135 times for 525 yards with eight scores... became just the third Gamecock quarterback since 1971 to open his career with four straight wins, joining Steve Taneyhill (1992) and Chris Smelley (2007)... was shaky in his debut against East Carolina, completing 3-of-9 passes for 21 yards and rushing seven times for 26 yards in one quarter of action... second career start came against Kentucky and he responded with an SEC Offensive Player of the Week performance, completing 26-of-39 passes for 311 yards and four touchdowns... the four touchdown passes were the most for a Gamecock quarterback since Blake Mitchell in 2006... completed 20-of-28 passes for 155 yards with one touchdown and two picks in his first road start at Mississippi State... was 10-of-18 for 87 yards with one TD and one interception at Tennessee, but also rushed 16 times for 64 yards and a score... completed 16-of-25 passes for 128 yards with an interception and ran for two scores at Arkansas before leaving the game with a concussion... rushed for 88 yards on 16 carries against Florida... had an efficient 16-of-18 performance, throwing for 217 yards and three touchdowns against The Citadel, and also rushed 11 times for 90 yards, including a career-long 60-yard TD run... named SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against Clemson when he completed 14-of-20 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns and ran 19 times for a career-high 107 yards... recorded his two longest completions off the regular season, a 49-yard TD strike to Bruce Ellington and a 55-yard bomb to Rory Anderson... connected on a career-best 78 yard strike to Alshon Jeffery in the Capital One Bowl win over Nebraska... also found Jeffery on a 51-yard "Hail Mary" as time expired in the first half... completed 11-of-17 passes for 230 yards and two TDs and rushed 19 times for 42 yards and another score in leading the Gamecocks to their first bowl win since 2006... named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2010: True freshman quarterback who graduated from high school early to enroll at South Carolina in the spring... quickly worked his way up the depth chart and entered the season listed on the second team behind Stephen Garcia... played in nine games... completed 69.7 percent of his passes (23-of-33) for 223 yards... was the team's fourth-leading rusher, gaining 165 yards on 32 carries... completed 4-of-5 passes for 32 yards and a touchdown and had seven carries for 31 yards in his first game vs. Southern Miss... went 4-for-5 for 42 yards and rushed four times for 22 yards vs. Furman... entered the Auburn game in the fourth quarter and went 4-for-8 for 70 yards and two interceptions... went 2-for-2 for 20 yards and had four carries for 23 yards vs. Arkansas... completed a season-high 5-of-8 attempts for 36 yards vs. Troy... also rushed seven times for 17 yards against the Trojans... played most of the fourth quarter in the SEC Championship Game vs. Auburn, going 4-for-5 for 23 yards and also rushing six times for a season-high 49 yards.

HIGH SCHOOL: Dual-threat quarterback who threw for 3,100 yards and 30 TDs with just six interceptions as a senior at Flowery Branch (Ga.) High School, graduating in December 2009... also rushed for 800 yards and 17 scores... played for his father, Lee Shaw... squad finished 10-4 and reached the state semifinals... as a junior, passed for 2,200 yards and 22 scores while rushing for 941 yards and 11 TDs... team finished as the runner-up in the AAA division... had 1,200 yards receiving and 15 touchdowns as a sophomore wide receiver... considered a three-star prospect, the 19th-best dual-threat quarterback in the nation and the state's 47th-best player by Rivals.com... rated a three-star prospect and the nation's 31st-best quarterback by Scout.com... regarded as a three-star prospect and the nation's 46th-best "athlete" by ESPN.com... also had offers from Georgia Tech, East Carolina, Stanford, Wake Forest and West Virginia.

PERSONAL: Connor Shaw is pursuing a degree in business... father, Lee, played fooball at Western Carolina... mother, Dawn, played basketball at North Georgia... brother, Jaybo, is a quarterback at Georgia Southern.