Sojourn Shelton: CB · Wisconsin · #8.
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Sojourn Shelton
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Second year in the Wisconsin secondary. First career honor, 2016: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Ohio State — Week 7, 2016.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 12 passes defended. 4 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-14vs No. 5 LSU | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 54-10vs Akron | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-17vs Georgia State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-6@ No. 8 Michigan State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-14@ No. 4 Michigan | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 23-30vs No. 2 Ohio State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 17-9@ Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-17vs No. 7 Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-7@ Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-3vs Illinois | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-20@ Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-17vs Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-38vs No. 8 Penn State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-16vs No. 12 Western Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
40%12 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
30tackles this season30 tackles · 1 for loss · 12 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
2 seasons under Paul Chryst — 21-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Chryst
Pass share
33.4%
323 pass / 643 run
Plays / game
69.0
14 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
348 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at Wisconsin, 30 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2016) — the college career is complete.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2016)
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Andersen → Paul Chryst. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
