Senior linebacker for Middle Tennessee. 2020: 27 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′4″ · 207 lb · Buford, GA
The story
4 linebacker for Middle Tennessee. 2020: 27 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearBrett Shepherd
Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Army — Week 1, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Middle Tennessee, 62 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Rick Stockstill.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (82nd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (21st 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
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Derek Mason
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 27 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Middle Tennessee | 28 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Maryland | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Maryland | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 62 | 33 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-42@ Army | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 14-47vs Troy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-37@ UTSA | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-20vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-28@ Florida International | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-52vs North Texas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-34@ Rice | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-42@ Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA