Shakir Soto: DL · Pittsburgh · #52.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Shakir Soto
Wins the gap play after play. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Georgia Tech — Week 6, 2016.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 10 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Pittsburgh | 46 | 30 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 1 |
| Career | 46 | 30 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-7vs Villanova | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-39vs Penn State | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 38-45@ Oklahoma State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 36-37@ North Carolina | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 43-27vs Marshall | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 37-34vs Georgia Tech | 8 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 45-31@ Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 36-39vs No. 25 Virginia Tech | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-51@ Miami | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 43-42@ No. 3 Clemson | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 76-61vs Syracuse | 7 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-31vs Northwestern | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 30 | 10.0 | 4.5 | — | 1 |
Week 2 · 2016
W 42-39
vs Penn State
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out Penn State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
22%10 TFLSack rate
10%4 sacksHurry rate
9%4 hurries46 tackles · 10 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
37.7%
320 pass / 528 run
Plays / game
65.2
13 games
Team sack rate
2.9%
348 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
46 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Pittsburgh, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Chryst → Pat Narduzzi. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
