Senior defensive lineman on Texas's 2025 roster.
6′5″ · 342 lb · Greensboro, NC
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 numbers
sacks · 2025
1 TFL · 13 tackles
Best game: 3 tackles, at Georgia
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Texas's 2025 roster.
How he plays
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.
Tackles for loss: 28th percentile.
The full scouting readTravis Shaw
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Travis Shaw has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Arkansas — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Steve Sarkisian.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (2nd 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
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas | 13 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | North Carolina | 23 | 11 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | North Carolina | 11 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 14 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 61 | 26 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-14@ Ohio State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-7vs San José State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-10vs UTEP | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-29@ Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-38@ Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-35@ Georgia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 52-37vs Arkansas | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Texas
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Texas
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Texas · Last season: 10-3 (AP #14) · Talent rank #2 · 2026 recruiting class #7
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Travis Shaw’s 2023 season.
Matches Travis on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Christian Clayton's senior season at UTSA (2023).
Matches Christian on
Differs from Christian on
Player DNA