Senior linebacker for Coastal Carolina. 2025: 34 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.
6′0″ · 235 lb · Carrollton, 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
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.
Interceptions: 75th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
2 TFL
Best game: 7 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 INT, vs East Carolina
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Coastal Carolina. 2025: 34 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.
Shane Bruce
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Shane Bruce has been at Coastal Carolina through four head coaches in five seasons. 2025 added another: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Virginia — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Jamey Chadwell, Chad Staggs, Tim Beck, and Jeremiah Johnson. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th 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 · 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 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Beard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 34 | 18 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 68 | 23 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 52 | 20 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 43 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 208 | 76 | 11.0 | 0.5 | 6 | 4 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 13–0
1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 1 INT
With E. Sebafundi — 52 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 61 LONG · D. Knicely — 92 rush yds (9 car)
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 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Coastal Carolina
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Coastal Carolina
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Coastal Carolina · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #105 · 2026 recruiting class #118
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Maurice Wilmer’s 2022 season.
Matches Maurice on
Differs from Maurice on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Desmond Tisdol's graduate season at Florida Atlantic (2024).
Matches Desmond on
Player DNA