#14

Gavin Shields

Senior safety for Army. 2025: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 57 tackles.

S · Army · Sr. · #14

6′2″ · 205 lb · Pitman, NJ

CFB Index 70 · #104 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Army for 2026

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

QB hurries: 92nd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

3 PBU · 57 tackles · 2.5 TFL

Best game: 8 tackles, at East Carolina

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Army. 2025: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 57 tackles.

His career, year by year

Gavin Shields

S · Army · Sr · #14

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent four seasons in the Army secondary. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Tulsa — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Jeff Monken — 31-20 over that span.

2022Army6-6HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023Army6-6HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Army12-2HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

2025Army7-6HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

70Quality starter #104 of 544?

Medium confidenceBreakout7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (92nd percentile). Strength: solo tackles (89th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#188 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Solo tackles#322 / 2975 · 89th pct

Tackles#449 / 2975 · 85th pct

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	5.7	0.4	0.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	0.2	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	6.4	0.2	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Monken

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #104 of 544 safeties

Unranked recruit. Now #104 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #6 of 38 American Athletic Ss

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Army	57	36	2.5	1.0	3	2	--
2024	Army	10	8	1.0	0.0	4	1	--
2023	Army	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Army	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		69	45	3.5	1.0	7	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 24–21

at Kansas State

3 SOLO · 3 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With N. Short — 52 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 61 rush yds (10 car) · C. Hellums — 43 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.0 · 124 rush yds (41 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 27-30vs Tarleton State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 24-21@ Kansas State	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 38-45vs North Texas	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 6-28@ East Carolina	8	6	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-13@ UAB	3	3	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 7	W 24-7vs Charlotte	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 20-17@ Air Force	4	3	1.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	W 14-13vs Temple	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 25-26vs Tulsa	9	6	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 14	W 27-24@ UTSA	8	6	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 16	L 16-17@ Navy	8	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Bowl	W 41-16vs UConn	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		57	36	2.5	1.0	2	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Gavin Shields

2025 snapshot

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Signature game

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