American football quarterback
Stephen "Buckshot" Calvert is a formerAmerican football quarterback for theLiberty Flames .
Calvert's middle name is "Buckshot," after his father's favoriteNASCAR driver,Buckshot Jones .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Miami Carol City Senior High School inMiami Gardens, Florida , where he playedhigh school football .[ 4] [ 5] college football forSouth Florida ,Florida International andLiberty .[ 6] Turner Gill atLiberty University .[ 6]
Calvert entered the2016 season as the backup quarterback to Stephon Masha,[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] 2017 season , Calvert led the Flames to their biggest win in school history; a 48–45 triumph overBaylor inWaco that marked Liberty's first ever win over aPower Five conference team.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] 2018 , Calvert led the Flames to a 6–6 record in their first season as a member of theNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision . During Calvert's senior season in2019 ,[ 16] [ 17] 2019 Cure Bowl , the first bowl appearance in school history.[ 18] [ 19] Georgia Southern , securing Liberty's first bowl win in their first bowl appearance.[ 20] [ 21]
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