CFB Zeitgeist Score
42
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 75th percentile.
Shane Bruce
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
34 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Coastal Carolina for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Coastal Carolina
Returning around him
- 97% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: -10 net (33 in / 43 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Coastal Carolina · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #80 · 2026 recruiting class #91
LB · COASTAL CAROLINA · SUN BELT
Shane Bruce
- 4
- #1
- 6-0 | 235 lb
- Carrollton, GA
Heisman Heat
#13330
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP LB AWARD
Butkus
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CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2022
Coastal Carolina · LB
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2023
Coastal Carolina · LB
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★
2025
Coastal Carolina · LB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Coastal Carolina
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3-star | 0.8107 | No. 2481 recruit | HighSchool | Coastal Carolina |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Coastal Carolina
Composite
0.8107
#2481 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Shane Bruce
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Shane Bruce
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 5g
34Tackles
2Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
7Tackles
0.4Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
88Tackles
5.2Tackles for loss
0Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 34): needs 5.8/game over remaining 8.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 34): needs 8.2/game over remaining 8.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 0.8/game over remaining 8.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 1.2/game over remaining 8.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Shane Bruce is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Coastal Carolina's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 2.0 tackles for loss, and 2 interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Coverage splash against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
34 77th
SOLO
18 74th
TFL
2.0 71st
SACK
0.0 65th
Coverage & Takeaways
INT
2 87th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-48@ Virginia | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 13-0vs Charleston Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-38vs East Carolina | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-20@ South Alabama | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-47@ Old Dominion | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 18 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2022Coastal Carolina9-4HC: Chad Staggs · Run-leaning
2023Coastal Carolina8-5HC: Tim Beck · Balanced
2025Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 34 | 18 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 52 | 20 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 43 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 129 | 48 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 5 | 3 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 34 | #1138/4942 | 77th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 2.0 | #1443/4972 | 71st pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 2 | #114/869 | 87th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 18 | #1178/4584 | 74th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Butkus award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 8.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins2g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Losses3g | 8.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort
42Mid-pack
Concern: passes defended (17th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · LB · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Shane BruceCoastal CarolinaTyler MartinMassachusetts· 69% simJonJon VaughnsUCLA· 67% simTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 62% sim
Interceptions
Tackles
Solo tackles
Tackles for loss
Sacks
QB hurries
Passes defended
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Gereme Spraggins’s 2022 season.
Gereme Spraggins
86%match
#2
Maurice Wilmer
82%
#3
Juwan Mitchell
81%
#4
Lawai'a Brown
81%
#5
Kyleb Howell
79%
Matches Gereme on
Weight
PD rate
Height
Differs from Gereme on
Class year (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Teylor Jackson's graduate season at Liberty (2024).
Teylor Jackson
81%match
#2
Kyler Fisher
79%
#3
Sean Brown
79%
#4
Mister Williams
78%
#5
Taiwan Berryhill
78%
Matches Teylor on
Weight
Sack rate
TFL rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Beck
Pass share
46.3%
399 pass / 463 run
Plays / game
66.3
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.2%
290 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Chad Staggs
Coastal Carolina
2023era →
Tim Beck
Coastal Carolina
2025
Tim Beck
Coastal Carolina
Coaching transition mid-career: Chad Staggs → Tim Beck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownCarrollton, GA
Height6'0"
Weight235 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey1
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Current teamCoastal Carolina
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Sun Belt
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-Sun Belt | all_conference | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | LB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | LB4 | #13330 | #13197 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | LB4 | #11410 | #11428 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | LB4 | #11145 | #11350 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | LB4 | #9602 | #9200 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | LB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-0 | 235 lb | Carrollton, GA |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | LB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-0 | 235 lb | Carrollton, GA |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | LB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-0 | 235 lb | Carrollton, GA |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | LB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-0 | 235 lb | Carrollton, GA |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | LB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-0 | 235 lb | Carrollton, GA |