DeShawn Page

Senior linebacker for Mississippi State. 2023: 30 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Mississippi State · Sr.

6′2″ · 235 lb · Knoxville, TN

CFB Index 27 · #474 of 577 LBsHigh confidenceMississippi State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 1071 nationally · Signed with Fulton

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Mississippi State. 2023: 30 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Fulton in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Mississippi State, 74 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2019

Recruited3-star out of Fulton

2021

Signed with Mississippi State3-star out of East Mississippi C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1071 national

CFB

College

Mississippi State

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches

2021–2022

Mike Leach

Mississippi State

2023

Greg Knox

Mississippi State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Leach → Greg Knox. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Mississippi State7-6HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

2023Mississippi State5-7HC: Greg Knox · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

27Below cohort / limited sample #474 of 577?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (20th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#1231 / 2842 · 54th pct

2.5

Tackles#1301 / 2842 · 53rd pct

Sacks#1326 / 2842 · 50th pct

0.5

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Solo tackles#2200 / 2842 · 20th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
Road3g	2.3	0.5	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.2	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

27 · #474 of 577 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #474 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Mississippi State	30	8	2.5	0.5	1	--	--
2022	Mississippi State	33	13	5.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Mississippi State	11	2	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		74	23	9.0	0.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 31–24

vs Arizona

0 TFL · 1 SOLO · 6 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With W. Rogers — 162 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.7 · -15 rush yds (2 car) · J. Marks — 123 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 48-7vs SE Louisiana	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 31-24vs Arizona	6	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 14-41vs LSU	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 30-37@ South Carolina	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 17-40vs Alabama	7	2	0.5	0.5	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 6	W 41-28vs Western Michigan	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 7-3@ Arkansas	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 10-51@ Texas A&M	2	1	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 41-20vs Southern Miss	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 7-17vs Ole Miss	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		30	8	2.5	0.5	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

DeShawn Page

2019

2021

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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