Playing Career
Shafer played football for Riverside High School, Ohio University, and Baldwin-Wallace College. While at Riverside, he played quarterback and was the 1984 Northeastern Conference Most Valuable Player. He went on to play quarterback at Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference. During the 1985 season, he suffered a knee injury that required him to have surgery and miss the remainder of the season.
After the 1985 season, Shafer transferred to Baldwin-Wallace College, where he played quarterback for the Yellow Jackets from 1987-1989. Playing in the Yellow Jackets' "run-and-shoot" offense, Shafer was ranked 17th in the nation in passing efficiency and earned team MVP honors. In 1989, he led the Yellow Jackets to a 5-2-1 record. In the final game of the 1989 season, Shafer was 16-for-31 passing for 237 yards and three touchdowns, throwing a 55-yard touchdown pass to Jerry Wrobel with 2:52 left to play for a 25-19 win over previously unbeaten John Carroll University. He finished the 1989 season with a 139.39 passing efficiency rating, best in the Ohio Athletic Conference.
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