Senior linebacker for Florida Atlantic. 2018: 43 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.
6′2″ · 228 lb · Tampa, FL
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 2021 nationally · Signed with Florida Atlantic
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Florida Atlantic. 2018: 43 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.
Azeez Al-Shaair
Azeez Al-Shaair has been at Florida Atlantic through two head coaches in three seasons. The receipt: 15 tackles against UCF — Week 4, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida Atlantic, 301 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Partridge → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th 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
2018 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 8.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Zach Kittley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Florida Atlantic | 43 | 24 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Florida Atlantic | 146 | 71 | 10.0 | 2.5 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Florida Atlantic | 112 | 56 | 9.5 | 2.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 301 | 151 | 22.5 | 6.5 | 4 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2018
W 49–28
3 TOT · 2 SOLO
Dominant 21-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.
With C. Robison — 171 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · 42 rush yds (4 car) · K. Whyte Jr. — 100 rush yds (15 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-63@ Oklahoma | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-26vs Air Force | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-28vs Bethune-Cookman | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 36-56@ UCF | 15 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 24-25@ Middle Tennessee | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-33vs Old Dominion | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 24 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Player DNA