#17

Shemar Bartholomew

Senior defensive back for Georgia Southern. 2023: 1 interception, 14 pass breakups, 38 tackles.

DB · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #17

6′1″ · 200 lb · New Orleans, LA

CFB Index 71 · #71 of 339 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceGeorgia Southern 2023 alumnus

The story

4 defensive back for Georgia Southern. 2023: 1 interception, 14 pass breakups, 38 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Georgia Southern, 38 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202312 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia Southern

2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2023)

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

71Quality starter #71 of 339?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#7 / 2842 · 100th pct

Solo tackles#566 / 2842 · 79th pct

Tackles#944 / 2842 · 66th pct

Tackles for loss#1231 / 2842 · 54th pct

2.5

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

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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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.7	0.2	0.0	0.8
Road6g	4.7	0.2	0.0	1.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	0.1	0.0	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	0.3	0.0	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

71 · #71 of 339 corners

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Georgia Southern	38	29	2.5	0.0	14	1	--
Career		38	29	2.5	0.0	14	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 34–0

vs The Citadel

2 PD · 1 SOLO · 1 TOT

Dominant 34-point win at home against The Citadel.

With D. Brin — 244 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 43.3 · -1 rush yds (3 car) · J. White — 125 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-0vs The Citadel	1	1	0.0	—	2	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 2	W 49-35vs UAB	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 40-3@ Ball State	2	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 5	W 38-28vs Coastal Carolina	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 13-41@ James Madison	4	4	0.0	—	3
Wk 8	W 38-28vs UL Monroe	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 44-27vs Georgia State	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 24-45@ Texas State	6	2	1.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 33-38@ Marshall	6	5	0.0	—	2
Wk 12	L 17-20vs Old Dominion	6	6	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 27-55@ App State	3	3	0.0	—	2
Bowl	L 21-41@ Ohio	7	3	0.5	—	1
Total		38	29	2.5	1	14

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Shemar Bartholomew

202312 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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