Shea Spencer

Shea Spencer is an American former college football quarterback who played for the Keiser Seahawks of Keiser University. He helped the program reach four consecutive NAIA Football National Championship games, including their lone national title in 2023 and runner-up finishes in 2022, 2024, and 2025. After returning from injury, Spencer started at quarterback in 2024 and 2025, setting multiple program records for passing yards and touchdowns while earning All-Conference honors.

Early life and high school

Spencer grew up in Vero Beach, Florida, and attended Sebastian River High School, where he played quarterback.

College career

Spencer joined Keiser University in 2019 as part of an early recruiting class for the then-new program. He became the starting quarterback in 2022 and helped establish the Seahawks as an NAIA football power.
He was Keiser's starting quarterback in 2022 but missed the 2023 season due to a knee injury. The team ended up winning the 2023 NAIA championship, defeating Northwestern College 31–21 in the title game. Spencer returned in 2024, starting all 13 games, passing for 3,118 yards and a program-record 30 touchdowns with only six interceptions, earning second-team All-Sun Conference honors. He was named Most Outstanding Offensive Player in multiple playoff games, including a semifinal where he amassed over 400 total yards and five touchdowns.
In 2025, Spencer broke additional records, finishing with 3,391 passing yards and guiding Keiser to another national title game appearance against Grand View, where he threw for 290 yards in the 22-16 loss. In the semifinals, he accounted for five touchdowns in a comeback win over College of Idaho. He earned first-team All-Sun Conference honors in 2025.
Spencer finished his college career as Keiser's all-time leader in career passing yards and passing touchdowns.