Senior linebacker for South Alabama. 2022: 16 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′0″ · 224 lb · Lakeland, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 linebacker for South Alabama. 2022: 16 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearA.J. DeShazor Jr.
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. A.J. DeShazor Jr. has played for two head coaches in five seasons at South Alabama. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Central Michigan — Week 2, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at South Alabama, 223 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Steve Campbell → Kane Wommack. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | South Alabama | 16 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | South Alabama | 64 | 30 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | South Alabama | 48 | 29 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | South Alabama | 61 | 32 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | South Alabama | 34 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 223 | 123 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 48–7
vs Nicholls
1 TOT · 4 YDS · 1 INT
Dominant 41-point win at home against Nicholls.
With J. Brooks — 41 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 58 LONG · C. Bradley — 260 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 44.7 · 10 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-7vs Nicholls | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-24@ Central Michigan | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 38-14vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-17@ Louisiana | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-34vs UL Monroe | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-3@ Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-20vs Old Dominion | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Vonta Bentley’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Vonta Bentley's graduate season at Clemson (2022).
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Player DNA