Shy Tuttle

Senior defensive lineman for Tennessee. 2018: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DL · Tennessee · Sr. · #2

6′3″ · 300 lb · Midway, NC

Tennessee 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

DT recruit

No. 55 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Tennessee. 2018: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Tennessee in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Tennessee, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Tennessee4-star out of North Davidson

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#55 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016–2017

Butch Jones

Tennessee

2018

Jeremy Pruitt

Tennessee

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Butch Jones → Jeremy Pruitt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2017Tennessee4-8HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Tennessee5-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#450 / 2662 · 78th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles#1205 / 2662 · 54th pct

Tackles for loss#1212 / 2662 · 52nd pct

2.5

Solo tackles#1570 / 2662 · 39th pct

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	0.3	0.2	0.0
Road4g	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	4.0	0.4	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Tennessee	33	14	2.5	1.0	--	1	--
2017	Tennessee	27	9	2.5	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Tennessee	9	3	1.0	0.0	2	--	--
Career		69	26	6.0	1.0	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2018

W 30–24

at Auburn

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With J. Guarantano — 328 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · -6 rush yds (5 car) · J. Doyle — 42 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 64 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 14-40vs West Virginia	5	3	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 4	L 21-47vs Florida	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 12-38@ Georgia	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 30-24@ Auburn	4	2	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 21-58vs Alabama	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 24-27@ South Carolina	2	1	0.0	0.0	1
Wk 10	W 14-3vs Charlotte	4	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 24-7vs Kentucky	3	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 17-50vs Missouri	3	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 13-38@ Vanderbilt	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		33	14	2.5	1.0	1

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

2015

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays