Senior linebacker for USC. 2023: 26 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′0″ · 240 lb · Burtonsville, MD
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.
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 78 nationally · Signed with Alabama
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for USC. 2023: 26 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Shane Lee
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Nick Saban and Lincoln Riley. The receipt: 10 tackles, 1 TFL against Nevada — Week 1, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at USC, 187 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, and Lincoln Riley. 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 (19th 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
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
46.0%
97 pass / 114 run
Plays / game
70.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
102 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #482 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023
W 43–41
vs Arizona
1 TOT · 0 TFL
Edged out Arizona at home in a shootout.
With C. Williams — 219 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.3 · 41 rush yds (12 car) · 3 TD · E. Czaplicki — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 66-14vs Nevada | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 43-41vs Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-48@ Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 32-34vs Utah | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 50-49@ California | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 42-52vs Washington | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-36@ Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-38vs UCLA | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 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.
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Jerry Roberts’s 2021 season.
Matches Jerry on
Differs from Jerry on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jackson Barrow's graduate season at Toledo (2023).
Matches Jackson on
Player DNA