Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-50@ Texas A&M | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 48-14vs Lindenwood | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#38
Stratton Shufelt
Junior linebacker for Missouri State. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′2″ · 230 lb · Rio Rancho, NM · Cleveland High
Transferred UTEP → Missouri State for 2026
The numbers
6
tackles · 2026
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 5 tackles, at Texas A&M
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 linebacker for Missouri State. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to UTEP in 2024.
- Transferred from UTEP to Missouri State in 2026.
Stratton Shufelt
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Scotty Walden and Casey Woods. 2024 brought the first one: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Texas A&M — Week 1, 2026.
6 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
20245 games
- Signed with UTEP3-star out of Cleveland
- All-Conference USA
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coaches2024
—
Missouri State
2025era →
Nick Petrino
Missouri State
2026era →
Casey Woods
Missouri State
Coaching transition mid-career: Nick Petrino → Casey Woods. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Missouri State
2025UTEP
2026Missouri State
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024UTEP3-9HC: Scotty Walden · Run-leaning
2025UTEP2-10HC: Scotty Walden · Balanced
2026Missouri State1-1HC: Casey Woods · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 3.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Casey Woods
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Missouri State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | UTEP | 18 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | UTEP | 15 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 39 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 48–14
vs Lindenwood
1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 REC
Dominant 34-point win at home against Lindenwood.
With I. Myers — 24 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD · S. Locklear — 258 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 6 rush yds (4 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Coverage 'Backer
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Stratton Shufelt’s 2024 season.
58%match
All-Conference USA
Matches Stratton on
TFL rate
Differs from Stratton on
PD rate (higher)
Hurry rate (lower)
Class year (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Dylan Phelps's sophomore season at Colorado State (2025).
Matches Dylan on
Height
Differs from Dylan on
Weight (higher)
Hurry rate (lower)
PD rate (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Stratton Shufelt
Background
Honors CUSA All-Freshman Team: 2024 Conference USA Academic Medal: 2025 Conference USA Honor Roll: 2025 MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Spring 2026 UTEP 2025: Made 11 appearances for coach Scotty Walden's Miners with 18 total tackles, including 3 solos ... Logged season-high 7 tackles at Dela...
The linebacker corps · Missouri State
- Jared Lloyd76 tackles · 2025
- #38Stratton Shufelt18 tackles · 2025
- #31Cooper Roy11 tackles · 2025
- #21Jashawn Cooper8 tackles · 2025
- #35Austin Yelder7 tackles · 2025
6 more on the roster · Missouri State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology