Shilo Sanders: S · Colorado · #21.
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Shilo Sanders
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Will Muschamp and Deion Sanders. On tape: 13 tackles against Kansas, Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
64 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
BroBible Oct 27
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Colorado | 64 | 44 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Colorado | 67 | 54 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | South Carolina | 32 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 164 | 122 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 6 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-26vs North Dakota State | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-28@ Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-31vs No. 18 Kansas State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-7@ Arizona | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-23vs Cincinnati | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-27@ Texas Tech | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-24vs Utah | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-37vs Kansas | 13 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 52-0vs Oklahoma State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-36vs No. 17 BYU | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 64 | 44 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Week 12 · 2024
W 49-24
vs Utah
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 25-point win at home against Utah.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
64tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%3 TFL64 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deion Sanders
Pass share
59.2%
481 pass / 331 run
Plays / game
62.5
13 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
523 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
64 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons, at South Carolina and Colorado, 164 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Will Muschamp, Mike Bobo and Deion Sanders.
