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Jordan Shaw

CB · Texas A&M · So · #8

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

18 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Texas A&M for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Texas A&M for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Texas A&M

Returning around him

  • 75% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • 10 Texas A&M players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -2 net (19 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Texas A&M · Last season: 11-2 (AP #7) · Talent rank #8 · 2026 recruiting class #9

CB · TEXAS A&M · SEC

Jordan Shaw

  • 2
  • #8
  • 5-11 | 182 lb
  • Los Angeles, CA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

41

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by tackles for loss at the 56th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#9210

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP DB AWARD

Jim Thorpe

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R04 · Rotational

Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#613 national
CFB
College
3 teams
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionCB
Class2
Jersey8
Measurements5-11 | 182 lb
HometownLos Angeles, CA
Primary teamTexas A&M

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 613 recruit
Composite rating 0.8794 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2023
Origin St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy Downey, CA, USA
Class Profile Context
2023 3-star | 0.8794 No. 613 recruit | HighSchool

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 2 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Texas A&M 2025
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 5, 2025
Season Move Context
2025 Washington -> Texas A&M 3-star | 0.8700 | Immediate
2024 Indiana -> Arizona 3-star | 0.8900 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#9210Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#9335Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to —

Composite

0.8794

#613 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Jordan Shaw

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Jordan Shaw

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 7g
18Tackles
2.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.4Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
33Tackles
4.6Tackles for loss
0Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 18): needs 10.3/game over remaining 6.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 18): needs 13.7/game over remaining 6.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 1/game over remaining 6.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 1.7/game over remaining 6.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Jordan Shaw is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Texas A&M's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #9210 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Transfer path 2 portal moves

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 18 12 solo | #2161/4942 (56th pct)
TFL 2.5 Backfield disruption | #1236/4972 (75th pct)
Sacks 0.0 Pass-rush finish | #1762/4972 (65th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Defensive contributor against FBS defenders.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
18 56th
SOLO
12 62nd
TFL
2.5 75th
SACK
0.0 65th
QBH
1 44th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
1 43rd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 6W 31-9vs Mississippi State430.00.01
Wk 7W 34-17vs Florida111.00.00
Wk 8W 45-42@ Arkansas530.50.00Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 9W 49-25@ LSU110.00.00
Wk 11W 38-17@ Missouri110.00.00
Wk 12W 31-30vs South Carolina110.00.00
BowlL 3-10vs Miami521.00.00
Total18122.50.01
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2023Indiana3-9HC: Tom Allen · Run-leaning
2024Washington6-7HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced
2025Texas A&M11-2HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Texas A&M18122.50.01----
2024Washington37214.00.06----
2023Indiana1280.50.51----
Career3 loaded seasons67417.00.58----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 1 Coverage disruption | #1241/2184 (43rd pct)
QB pressures 1 Quarterback hurries | #1051/1878 (44th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 18 #2161/4942 56th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 2.5 #1236/4972 75th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 0.0 #1762/4972 65th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 1 #1241/2184 43rd pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 1 #1051/1878 44th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 12 #1735/4584 62nd pct Volumevs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Thorpe award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 7 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home4g2.80.50.00.2
Road3g2.30.20.00.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins6g2.20.20.00.2
Losses1g5.01.00.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-73g3.30.70.00.3
Weeks 8+4g2.00.10.00.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the CB cohort

41Mid-pack
6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (23rd).

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct
2.5defe
QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct
1defe
Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct
1defe
Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th pct
12defe
Tackles#2161 / 2975 · 26th pct
18defe
Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct
0.0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · CB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 6 metrics
Jordan ShawTexas A&MTyler MartinMassachusetts· 62% simBlake FletcherAir Force· 58% simBryce LlewellynEastern Michigan· 58% sim
Tackles for loss
56
Shaw
63
Martin
28
Fletcher
80
Llewellyn
QB hurries
55
Shaw
22
Martin
92
Fletcher
72
Llewellyn
Passes defended
48
Shaw
67
Martin
67
Fletcher
86
Llewellyn
Solo tackles
40
Shaw
87
Martin
91
Fletcher
95
Llewellyn
Tackles
26
Shaw
98
Martin
99
Fletcher
99
Llewellyn
Sacks
24
Shaw
24
Martin
24
Fletcher
24
Llewellyn

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Cover Corner

Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

CB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kollin Lewis’s 2025 season.

Kollin Lewis

90%match

North Texas · 2025

#2

Malone Mataele

Utah · 2021

84%
#3

Ty Mason

Temple · 2021

84%
#4

Roy Williams

UAB · 2025

81%
#5

Deshawn Jones Jr

Bowling Green · 2021

81%

Matches Kollin on

Class year
Height
PD rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kollin Lewis's junior season at North Texas (2025).

Kollin Lewis

92%match

North Texas · 2025

#2

Tevin Tucker

Kent State · 2025

89%
#3

Kody Jackson

Louisiana · 2025

84%
#4

Kimari Robinson

Duke · 2025

82%
#5

Travon West

Wake Forest · 2025

82%

Matches Kollin on

Class year
Height
Weight

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Mike Elko

Pass share

45.8%

407 pass / 482 run

Plays / game

68.4

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

3.8%

286 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches
2023
Elijah Robinson
Texas A&M
2024
Mike Elko
Texas A&M
era →
2025
Mike Elko
Texas A&M

Coaching transition mid-career: Elijah Robinson → Mike Elko. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownLos Angeles, CA
Height5'11"
Weight182 lb
Class2
PositionCB
Jersey8

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Washington CB2 #9210 #9335 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big Ten
2023 Indiana CB2 #14042 #14172 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Big Ten

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Texas A&M SEC CB 2 No. 8 | 5-11 | 182 lb | Los Angeles, CA
2024 Washington Big Ten CB 2 No. 8 | 5-11 | 182 lb | Los Angeles, CA
2023 Indiana Big Ten CB 2 No. 8 | 5-11 | 182 lb | Los Angeles, CA