Defensive back for South Alabama. 2021: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 9 tackles.
5′11″ · 180 lb · Leander, TX
The story
2021 defensive back for South Alabama. 2021: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 9 tackles.
Shawn Steele
He got to South Alabama by way of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles, 1 TFL against UL Monroe, Week 8, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at South Alabama, 9 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Alabama | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021
W 28–21
vs Alcorn State
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-7vs Southern Miss | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 22-19@ Bowling Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-21vs Alcorn State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 18-20vs Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-33@ Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-14vs Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 31-41@ UL Monroe | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-13vs Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
9 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1 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.