Listed Measurements: 6-foot-2, 235 pounds
2017-18 year, eligibility: Sophomore with four years of eligibility remaining including 2017
Depth chart: Not only is Shannon the starting long snapper, he is the only one on the Irish roster.
Recruiting: Rivals.com rated Shannon a two-star recruit, yet he was a U.S. Army All-American. Thus are the oddities of long snapper recruiting. Among recruiting services who ranked long snappers by position, Shannon was considered the top in the country. He weighed offers from West Virginia and West Point, but chose to follow his in the footsteps of his grandfather, a four-year starter for Notre Dame.
Notre Dame 99-to-2: No. 54 John Shannon, long snapper
