Senior linebacker for North Texas. 2025: 58 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.
6′0″ · 222 lb · Burlington, NC
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.
QB hurries: 95th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
1.5 TFL · 1 PBU
Best game: 8 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 INT, vs Washington State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for North Texas. 2025: 58 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.
Shane Whitter
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Five head coaches in six seasons, at two different programs. 2025 brought the first one: AAC Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 12 tackles, 0.5 TFL against South Alabama — Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Seth Littrell, Eric Morris, and Drew Svoboda. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (95th percentile). Strength: tackles (85th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th 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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 11.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 9.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #303 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #32 of 61 American Athletic LBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Texas | 58 | 28 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | North Texas | 49 | 23 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Oklahoma | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Oklahoma | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Oklahoma | 27 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Oklahoma | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 155 | 73 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs Lamar | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-30@ Western Michigan | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 59-10vs Washington State | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-38@ Army | 11 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 36-22vs South Alabama | 12 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 36-63vs South Florida | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-17vs UTSA | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-17vs Navy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 58 | 28 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
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
58 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1.5 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.
2026 Outlook
North Texas
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Linebacker · North Texas
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
North Texas · Last season: 12-2 (AP #23) · Talent rank #95 · 2026 recruiting class #135
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tyler Jackson’s 2023 season.
Matches Tyler on
Differs from Tyler on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA