App State Alum Shemar Jean-Charles Wins Super Bowl LX with Seattle Seahawks

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App State Football alum Shemar Jean-Charles became a Super Bowl champion on Sunday as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX.

Jean-Charles, who suffered a training camp injury and spent the 2025 season on Seattle’s practice squad, joined an elite group of App State alumni with Super Bowl rings, including John Settle (1991 Redskins), Matt Stevens (2001 Patriots), Daniel Wilcox (2002 Buccaneers), and AJ Howard (2018 Patriots).

NFL Journey

The cornerback has played five NFL seasons since leaving Boone, with stints at Green Bay (2021-22), San Francisco (2023), New Orleans (2023-24), and Seattle (March 2025). A lower-body injury prevented him from making the 53-man roster, leading to his practice squad assignment in late August.

“I made the decision, at the end of the day, I’m kind of playing with house money,” Jean-Charles told the Nothin’ But An App State Podcast before the Super Bowl. “The GM had a good conversation with me, telling me they wanted to keep me here on practice squad. They told me, ‘We believe in you and we want you here.’ That meant a lot—it was second to none.”

App State Legacy

Jean-Charles arrived as a two-star recruit and worked behind all-conference cornerbacks Clifton Duck and Tae Hayes before becoming a starter in 2019. Known as “Sherm” to teammates, he maximized his final two seasons.

As a first-year starter in 2019, Jean-Charles helped App State win the Sun Belt Championship and defeat UAB in the New Orleans Bowl during a 13-1 season, recording 45 tackles, nine pass breakups, and his first career interception.

In 2020, he led all FBS players with 16 pass breakups and 17 passes defended, becoming App State’s first first-team All-American (Walter Camp Football Foundation). He also earned PFF’s Sun Belt Player of the Year honors.

Jean-Charles helped the Mountaineers go 52-13 with five bowl wins and four Sun Belt championships, including a 42-10 mark in his four active seasons, before becoming a fifth-round Packers draft pick in 2021.

“I sat behind some amazing corners and had to wait,” Jean-Charles reflected. “I could sit here and sulk, or I could take the opportunity to learn and get better. At the end of the day, I’m still ready. Whenever the coach is ready to call my name, I’m ready.”