Senior defensive back for Georgia Tech. 2025: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 38 tackles.
5′11″ · 180 lb · Fairburn, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Passes defended: 78th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
interceptions · 2025
3 PBU · 38 tackles · 2 TFL
Best game: 1 INT, 2 tackles, vs BYU
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back for Georgia Tech. 2025: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 38 tackles.
Rodney Shelley
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent four seasons in the Georgia Tech secondary. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles against Boston College, Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Brent Key.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Brent Key — 28-23 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #191 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #24 of 75 ACC DBs
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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech | 38 | 27 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Georgia Tech | 19 | 15 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | 17 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 81 | 53 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 45-24vs Temple | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-20vs Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-18@ Duke | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-16vs Syracuse | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 36-48@ NC State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-34@ Boston College | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 28-42vs Pittsburgh | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 9-16vs Georgia | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | L 21-25@ BYU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 27 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2 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.
2026 Outlook
Georgia Tech
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Georgia Tech
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Georgia Tech · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #34 · 2026 recruiting class #41
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Daveon Hook’s 2024 season.
Matches Daveon on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jacobie Henderson's senior season at Rutgers (2025).
Matches Jacobie on
Player DNA