Former linebacker at Texas A&M. 2024: 23 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.
6′3″ · 235 lb · Millville, NJ
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former linebacker at Texas A&M. 2024: 23 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.
Solomon Deshields
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Pat Narduzzi and Mike Elko. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Auburn — Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Texas A&M, 107 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jimbo Fisher, Elijah Robinson, and Mike Elko. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th 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
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Elko
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Texas A&M | 23 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 58 | 27 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 18 | 11 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 107 | 54 | 14.5 | 6.5 | 4 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2024
W 38–23
vs LSU
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 52-10vs McNeese | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 33-20@ Florida | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-17vs Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-23vs LSU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-44@ South Carolina | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 38-3vs New Mexico State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 41-43@ Auburn | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-17vs Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 31-35@ USC | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Boone Bonnema’s 2024 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Roman Harrison's senior season at Tennessee (2023).
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Differs from Roman on
Player DNA