Biography
PRO CAREER
- Has yet to make NFL debut
PRO CAREER
- Has yet to make NFL debut
COLLEGE
- Finished his career as Pitt's all-time leader in passing yards (12,303), pass completions (1,045), total offense (13,112), TD responsibility (102) and passing TDs (81)
- Registered the most 300-yard passing games (16) and 400-yard passing games (five) in Pitt history
- Recorded 20 career rushing TDs, a new standard for a Pitt quarterback
- Finished as the winningest starting quarterback in Pitt history with 32 victories
- Fashioned a 32-17 record as a starting quarterback QB in school history
- Completed 67% of his passes (334 of 497) for 4,319 yards with 42 TDs and only seven interceptions in 2021; added five rushing scores (totaled 47 TDs)
- His 4,319 passing yards, 42 passing TDs, 47 total TDs and 334 completions set school single-season marks
- Set an ACC single-season record for TD passes
- Directed the Panthers to an 11-2 record and the program's first ACC championship
- The 11 victories marked Pitt's most since the Dan Marino-led 1981 team went 11-1
- Named a first team All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA)
- Last Pitt quarterback to be named a first team All-American was Marino in 1981
- 2021 Heisman Trophy finalist—Pitt's first since receiver Larry Fitzgerald in 2003—and finished third in the balloting
- Boasted national top-10 statistical rankings in eight categories: TD passes (ACC-record 42, fourth), points responsible for (282, fourth), points responsible for per game (21.7 avg., fifth), total offense (350.8 avg., fifth), passing yards (4,319, sixth), passing yards per game (332.2 avg., sixth), completions per game (25.69 avg., seventh) and pass efficiency (ACC-high 165.3 rating, ninth)
- 2021 additional honors include: Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Winner (nation's top senior/fourth-year junior quarterback), Senior CLASS Award Winner (community, classroom, character and competition), Maxwell Award Finalist (nation's outstanding player), Walter Camp Award Finalist (nation's outstanding player), Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Finalist (nation's best college quarterback), Manning Award Finalist (college football's outstanding quarterback), AFCA All-America Team (first team), Walter Camp All-America Team (first team), Associated Press All-America Team (second team), Football Writers Association of America All-America Team (second team), Sporting News All-America Team (second team), ACC Player of the Year (overall and offensive) and Brian Westbrook Regional Player of the Year Award (Maxwell Football Club)
PERSONAL
- Full name is Kenneth Shane Pickett
- Born June 6, 1998
- Son of Ken and Kasey Pickett
- Father was an All-America linebacker at Shippensburg University and is a member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame
- Mother played soccer at Kutztown University
- Sister, Alex, played soccer at East Stroudsburg University
- Earned his bachelor's degree in marketing and is enrolled in Pitt's Katz Graduate School of Business