Junior linebacker for Coastal Carolina. 2023: 21 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.
6′2″ · 230 lb · Maryville, TN
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.
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 2131 nationally · Signed with Coastal Carolina
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 linebacker for Coastal Carolina. 2023: 21 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.
Mason Shelton
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Mason Shelton has played for three head coaches in three seasons at Coastal Carolina. The receipt: 6 tackles against App State — Week 7, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Coastal Carolina, 40 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jamey Chadwell, Chad Staggs, and Tim Beck. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (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
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Beard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #563 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 21 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 13 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 40 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023
W 27–24
at App State
6 TOT · 4 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With G. McCall — 373 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.5 · -2 rush yds (5 car) · B. Bennett — 64 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-27@ UCLA | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 66-7vs Duquesne | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-30vs Georgia State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-24@ App State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 27-17@ Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-6vs Marshall | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-23vs Texas State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-28@ Army | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-56vs James Madison | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 21 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Jackson Kaufusi’s 2021 season.
Matches Jackson on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Antwone Santiago's junior season at Temple (2024).
Matches Antwone on
Player DNA