#44

Michael Shaw

Senior outside linebacker for Georgia State. 2018: 47 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.

OLB · Georgia State · Sr. · #44

6′4″ · 230 lb · Suwanee, GA

Georgia State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 3280 nationally · Signed with Georgia State

Statement game12 tackles · 4 TFL · 1 sackvs UL Monroe (FBS) · L 23-37

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 outside linebacker for Georgia State. 2018: 47 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Georgia State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia State, 180 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Georgia State2-star out of Lanier

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3280 national

CFB

College

Georgia State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016

Trent Miles

Georgia State

2017–2018

Shawn Elliott

Georgia State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Trent Miles → Shawn Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Georgia State3-9HC: Trent Miles · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

2017Georgia State7-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Balanced

2018Georgia State2-10HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#701 / 2662 · 73rd pct

Solo tackles#1124 / 2662 · 56th pct

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Tackles for loss#1758 / 2662 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Georgia State	47	20	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2017	Georgia State	57	32	6.0	1.5	4	--	--
2016	Georgia State	76	41	12.0	3.0	--	1	--
Career		180	93	19.0	4.5	5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 24–20

vs Kennesaw State

4 TOT · 3 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With B. Wright — 35 LONG · 100 PCT · 6 PTS · D. Ellington — 187 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 77 rush yds (18 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-20vs Kennesaw State	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 7-41@ NC State	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 22-59@ Memphis	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 15-34vs Western Michigan	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 20-37@ Troy	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 35-51@ Arkansas State	4	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 34-37vs Coastal Carolina	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 30-40vs Texas State	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 22-36@ Louisiana	8	3	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 12	L 17-45@ App State	7	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 14-35vs Georgia Southern	7	4	0.0	—	0
Total		47	20	1.0	—	1

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

2014

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays