Junior defensive end for Jacksonville State. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, 10 tackles.
6′4″ · 250 lb · New Orleans, LA · St. Augustine HS
The story
3 defensive end for Jacksonville State. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, 10 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearShane Payton Hodges
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Shane Payton Hodges has been at Jacksonville State through two head coaches in two seasons. One game to point at: 25 rush yds, 4 tackles against UCF — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rich Rodriguez → Charles Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (2nd 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Kelly
Pass share
43.2%
79 pass / 104 run
Plays / game
61.0
3 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
88 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jacksonville State | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 14 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 45–10
vs Murray State
1 NO · 1 YDS · 1 AVG
Dominant 35-point win at home against Murray State.
With G. Wimsatt — 188 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 44.7 · 50 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · C. Donaghy — 1 PTS · 42 AVG · 4 IN 20
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-17@ UCF | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 45-10vs Murray State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-25vs Delaware | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-27@ Florida International | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 17-13vs Troy | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Jacksonville State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Jacksonville State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Jacksonville State · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #93 · 2026 recruiting class #86
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kris Caine’s 2022 season.
Matches Kris on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Cam Pruitt's sophomore season at Miami (2025).
Matches Cam on
Differs from Cam on
Player DNA
2025: Saw time in 13 games, seeing most of his action on special teams...Had two rushes on fake punts, picking up 25 yards and a first down in the season opener at UCF (8/28)...Had a five-yard carry at UTEP (11/8)...Recorded 10 total tackles with a half sack and half TFL...Made four total stops a...
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