Gavin Shields is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Army.
Shields moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons in the Army secondary to date. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Tulsa — Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
57 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| 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 16-17vs No. 22 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
57tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL57 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
4 seasons under Jeff Monken — 31-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
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
Head Coach
Jeff Monken
Pass share
14.5%
125 pass / 740 run
Plays / game
66.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.1%
129 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
57 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #104 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #6 of 38 American Athletic Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Monken.
