Shaun Jolly: DB · App State · #3.
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Shaun Jolly
Erases the deep middle of the field. Played for three head coaches in four seasons at App State. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Sun Belt again in 2021. On tape: 5 tackles against Elon, Week 3, 2021.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-19vs East Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-25@ No. 22 Miami | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-10vs Elon | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 31-30vs Marshall | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-16@ Georgia State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-41@ Louisiana | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-3vs Georgia Southern | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-24@ No. 20 Louisiana | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Total | 26 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
19%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
26tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFL26 tackles · 1 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Clark
Pass share
4.5%
23 pass / 490 run
Plays / game
39.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
431 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #100 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at App State, 114 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.
