Kenneth McShan

Senior linebacker for Navy. 2025: 27 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Navy · Sr.

6′1″ · 207 lb · Gardendale, AL

CFB Index 32 · #445 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Navy for 2026

How he projects

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

The full scouting read

The story

4 linebacker for Navy. 2025: 27 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

Kenneth McShan

LB · Navy · Sr

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Second year in the Navy linebacker corps, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 4 tackles against South Florida — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Brian Newberry — 21-5 over that span.

2024Navy10-3HC: Brian Newberry · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2025Navy11-2HC: Brian Newberry · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

32Below cohort / limited sample #445 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct

3.5

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles#1543 / 2975 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#2127 / 2975 · 26th pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

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	2.7	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road6g	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	0.4	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Newberry

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

32 · #445 of 583 LBs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #43 of 61 American Athletic LBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	Navy	27	9	3.5	1.0	1	--	--
2024	Navy	34	23	0.5	0.0	--	1	--
Career		61	32	4.0	1.0	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 41–38

vs South Florida

2 SOLO · 4 TOT

Edged out South Florida at home in a shootout.

With B. Woodson — 39 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.9 · 103 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD · E. Heidenreich — 39 rush yds (6 car)

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	W 52-7vs VMI	3	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 38-24vs UAB	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 42-23@ Tulsa	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 5	W 21-13vs Rice	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	W 34-31vs Air Force	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 32-31@ Temple	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 17-31@ North Texas	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 10-49@ Notre Dame	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 41-38vs South Florida	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 28-17@ Memphis	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 16	W 17-16vs Army	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 35-13@ Cincinnati	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		27	9	3.5	1.0	—	1

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

Kenneth McShan

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker