Brett Shepherd: LB · Middle Tennessee · #43.
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Brett Shepherd
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: D.J. Durkin and Rick Stockstill. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Army — Week 1, 2020.
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
27 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 27 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 2019 | Middle Tennessee | 28 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| 2017 | Maryland | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2016 | Maryland | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 62 | 33 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-42@ Army | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 14-47vs Troy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-37@ UTSA | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-20vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-28@ Florida International | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-52vs North Texas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-34@ Rice | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-42@ No. 16 Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
27tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%2 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackPD rate
11%3 pass breakups27 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rick Stockstill
Pass share
49.3%
310 pass / 319 run
Plays / game
69.9
9 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
345 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Maryland and Middle Tennessee, 62 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2020
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Randy Edsall, D.J. Durkin and Rick Stockstill.
