Senior defensive end for UCF. 2023: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 13 tackles.
6′3″ · 240 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL
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
OLB recruit
No. 1373 nationally · Signed with Florida International
Statement game6 tackles · 3.5 TFL · 3 sacksat Charlotte (FBS) · W 34-15
Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end for UCF. 2023: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 13 tackles.
Shaun Peterson Jr.
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Shaun Peterson Jr. has played for three head coaches across six seasons and two programs. In 2022 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Conference USA. The receipt: 4 tackles against Oklahoma — Week 8, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at UCF, 7 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Josh Heupel → Gus Malzahn. 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 (11th 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 · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Frost
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UCF | 13 | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Florida International | 28 | 15 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Florida International | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2020 | Florida International | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Florida International | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Florida International | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 41 | 24 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 2 | -- | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | L 29-31@ Oklahoma | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 28-41vs West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-26@ Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-3vs Oklahoma State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-13vs Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 17-30vs Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Raymond Cutts’s 2023 season.
Matches Raymond on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA