Former defensive end at Penn State. 2020: 5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.
6′3″ · 252 lb · Philadelphia, PA
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 831 nationally · Signed with Penn State
Statement game6 tackles · 4 TFL · 4 sacksat Indiana (FBS) · W 33-28
Top 0.1% sacks game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive end at Penn State. 2020: 5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.
Shaka Toney
Fourth year in the Penn State defensive front, same address the whole way. His first career honor landed in 2020: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against Michigan State — Week 15, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Penn State, 20 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #246 overall by Washington.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under James Franklin.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
WashingtonEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under James Franklin — 35-13 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd 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
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+8g | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Penn State | 31 | 21 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Penn State | 40 | 13 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Penn State | 23 | 15 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Penn State | 18 | 8 | 6.5 | 4.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 112 | 57 | 29.0 | 20.5 | 4 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2020
W 27–17
at Michigan
1 TOT · 1 PD · 1 QB HUR
With S. Clifford — 163 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 73 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · J. Stout — 37 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 42 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | L 35-36@ Indiana | 7 | 7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 25-38vs Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-30@ Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-41vs Iowa | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 13 | W 27-17@ Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 23-7@ Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 39-24vs Michigan State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | W 56-21vs Illinois | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 21 | 7.5 | 5.0 | — | 1 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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.