In the fall of 1989, a young man walked on campus at Louisiana State University hoping to make an impact on the upcoming college basketball season.

Of course his aspirations were loftier than that. He wanted to one day play in the NBA, win a few championships, and star in Kazaam. But at that point, he was probably focused on the 1989-90 season.

Shaquille O’Neal had no idea that he was the first in a long line of Shaqs or that he would be the namesake for dozens of basketball players for decades to come.

Shaq played his first game on Nov. 15, 1989 against Southern Mississippi. Before that night, nobody named Shaq had ever played Division I college basketball, according to sports-reference.com. And no other Shaq came along for nearly 20 years after that.

20 years where Shaquille O’Neal was the only Shaq ever in basketball.

Or roughly the amount of time it takes for a dominant big man to rise to stardom, inspire couples to make some Shaq babies, and let those Shaq babies grow up to play college basketball.

That first new Shaq was Shaquille Johnson in 2008, who was a four-year player at Marshall and averaged 9.3 points per game.

From there, the Shaq-volution was on. 24 more Shaqs have followed Shaq Johnson, making this, undoubtedly, the Shaq Era of College Shaqsketball.

Breaking down the Shaqs

To properly analyze the Shaqs, I’ve provided a Table of Shaqs for you, listing all of college basketball Shaqs in Shaq-ological order. All stats are from sports-reference.com, so if you have a problem with listed heights and weights, @ them, please.

Table of Shaqs Shaq School Years Position Height Weight Stats Shaq School Years Position Height Weight Stats Shaquille O'Neal LSU 1989-92 C 7'1 325 21.6 ppg, 13.5 rpg Shaquille Johnson Marshall 2008-12 G 6'3 250 9.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.2 apg Shaquille Barber South Carolina State 2009-12 G 6'3 190 4.3 ppg, 2.0 rpg Shaquille White-Miller UT Arlington 2010-14 G 5'9 176 4.2 ppg, 3.8 apg Shaquille Boga Milwaukee/UTRGV 2011-15 G 5'11 170 9.5 ppg, 2.7 apg Shaquille Duncan Morgan State 2011-14 F 6'9 208 5.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg Shaquille Harris Mercer 2011-12 G 6'2 190 1.4 ppg Shaquille Stokes Hawaii/Hofstra 2011-13 G 5'10 175 8.7 ppg, 2.3 apg Shaq Goodwin Memphis 2012-16 F 6'9 228 10.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg Shaq Shannon Quinnipiac 2012-14 G 6'1 176 6.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.4 apg Shaq Thomas Cincinnati 2012-16 F 6'7 205 5.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg Shaquiell Mitchell South Carolina State 2012-14 G 6'4 190 3.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg Shaquille Cleare Maryland/Texas 2012-17 F/C 6'8 290 4.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg Shaquille Harrison Tulsa 2012-16 G 6'4 182 11.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.5 apg Shaquille Hines UTRGV 2012-16 F 6'7 195 10.7 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.5 apg Shaquille Johnson Auburn/Longwood 2012-16 G 6'5 220 10.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 2.7 apg Shaquielle McKissic Arizona State 2013-15 F 6'5 200 10.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.2 apg Shaq Preston Chattanooga/Prairie View A&M 2014-present G 6'3 194 3.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg Shaqquan Aaron Louisville/USC 2014-present G 6'7 170 4.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg Shaquille Doorson Rutgers 2014-present C 6'11 275 2.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg Shaquille Morris Wichita State 2014-present F/C 6'7 261 12.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg Shaq Calhoun South Alabama/Tennesee Tech 2015-present G 6'4 205 8.7 ppg, 1.7 rpg Shaq Carr Grand Canyon 2016-present G 6'2 172 4.6 ppg, 2.7 apg, 1.8 rpg Shaquille Benson Southern 2017-present C 6'10 260 2.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg Shaquille Evans Canisius 2017-present G 6'5 218 0.0 ppg, 0.3 rpg Shaquille Walters Santa Clara 2017-present G 6'6 190 4.3 ppg, 2.0 rpg Shaquillo Fritz Arkansas State 2017-present F 6'8 202 0.3 ppg, 0.8 rpg

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