Rodney Shelley is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Georgia Tech.
Shelley moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons in the Georgia Tech secondary to date. On tape: 8 tackles against Boston College, Week 12, 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
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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
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| 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 No. 4 Georgia | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 21-25vs No. 12 BYU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 27 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
38tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL38 tackles · 2 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
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
Pass share
46.1%
391 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
65.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
367 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #191 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #24 of 75 ACC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,511 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the ACC as a senior.
A stat line in 33 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Geoff Collins → Brent Key. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
