The first time Connor Shaw went to Furman in the fall, he wasn’t looking for a job. He was looking for a weight room.
The former South Carolina quarterback and Greenville resident was in his third consecutive NFL season spent on an injured reserve, this time for a torn hamstring, and he needed a place to rehab. That’s how he met Paladins head coach Clay Hendrix, who asked him to speak to a Furman football team chapel service since he was hanging around anyway. That started a relationship that led to Shaw being hired Tuesday to join Hendrix’s staff and coach the Paladins tight ends.