Dominique Bradshaw

Senior defensive back on Western Kentucky's 2022 roster.

DB · Western Kentucky · Sr. · #9

6′0″ · 180 lb · Dallas, TX

CFB Index 24 · #439 of 493 safetiesLow confidenceWestern Kentucky 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 129 nationally · Joined Western Kentucky

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Western Kentucky's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Western Kentucky in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Western Kentucky, 69 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

202010 games

Signed with Western Kentucky3-star out of Navarro College
All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#129 national

CFB

College

Western Kentucky

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Tyson Helton

Western Kentucky

Played his entire career under Tyson Helton.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Tyson Helton — 23-17 over that span.

2020Western Kentucky5-7HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

2021Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

24Below cohort / limited sample #439 of 493?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#853 / 2755 · 68th pct

Tackles#1395 / 2755 · 49th pct

Passes defended#1116 / 2755 · 48th pct

Tackles for loss#1576 / 2755 · 39th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2022 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.4	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.3	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tyson Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

24 · #439 of 493 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #439 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Western Kentucky	28	23	1.5	1	--	--
2021	Western Kentucky	24	18	0.0	4	1	--
2020	Western Kentucky	17	12	0.0	10	--	--
Career		69	53	1.5	15	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 38–27

vs Austin Peay

1 SOLO · 2 TOT

With T. Ellard — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 45 AVG · A. Reed — 279 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 76.5 · 6 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-27vs Austin Peay	2	1	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 1	W 49-17@ Hawai'i	5	4	0.5	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 3	L 30-33@ Indiana	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 73-0vs Florida International	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 35-17@ Middle Tennessee	4	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 20-17vs UAB	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 59-7@ Charlotte	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 45-10vs Rice	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 32-31@ Florida Atlantic	5	4	0.0	—	0
Total		28	23	1.5	—	1

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

Dominique Bradshaw

202010 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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