After an 8-5 season in 2017, the “fire Harbaugh” birds began to flock, and the program was desperate for a quarterback after seeing the terrible trifecta of Wilton Speight John O’Korn and Brandon Peters at quarterback.
Enter Shea Patterson, a transfer student from Ole Miss who was a former five-star recruit and threw for 2,259 yards, 17 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions in seven games before suffering a season-ending injury.
The hype train for this kid was ridiculous. Fans quickly started referring to him as the “Sheavior” of the program; the young man who was going to take the team to their first College Football Playoff.