Jhalyn Shuler is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at South Florida.
Shuler carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for three head coaches in four seasons at South Florida. On tape: 14 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Boise State, Week 1, 2025.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
105 tackles. 8 passes defended. 1 interception. 8.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Florida | 105 | 49 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | South Florida | 60 | 33 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | South Florida | 97 | 45 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2022 | South Florida | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 270 | 132 | 25.0 | 8.0 | 14 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-7vs No. 25 Boise State | 14 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 18-16@ No. 13 Florida | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 12-49@ No. 5 Miami | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 63-14vs South Carolina State | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 54-26vs Charlotte | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 63-36@ North Texas | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-13vs Florida Atlantic | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-34@ Memphis | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 11 | W 55-23vs UTSA | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 38-41@ Navy | 13 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-18@ UAB | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 52-3vs Rice | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 10-24vs Old Dominion | 10 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 105 | 49 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 8 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
105tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%8 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
8%8 pass breakups105 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 7.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 9.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kevin Patrick
Pass share
44.8%
404 pass / 498 run
Plays / game
69.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
397 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
105 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #28 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #2 of 61 American Athletic LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Scott, Daniel Da Prato, and Alex Golesh. Multi-era developmental context.
