Junior linebacker for UL Monroe. 2024: 16 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.
6′0″ · 225 lb · Oxford, MS
Recruiting
LB recruit
No. 264 nationally · Joined UL Monroe
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 linebacker for UL Monroe. 2024: 16 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.
Tristan Shorter
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has 1 seasons of production at UL Monroe behind him. The receipt: 4 tackles, 1 sacks against Southern Miss — Week 7, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (88th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: tackles (20th 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 · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bryant Vincent
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 at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UL Monroe | 16 | 10 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 16 | 10 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024
W 21–19
2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
With M. Ryan — 34 AVG · 6 IN 20 · 41 LONG · A. Armenta — 147 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 54.5 · 6 rush yds (4 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 32-6vs UAB | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 21-19vs James Madison | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-21vs Southern Miss | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 17-46@ South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-28@ Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-38vs Texas State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-28@ Arkansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 10 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
UL Monroe
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · UL Monroe
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UL Monroe · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #132 · 2026 recruiting class #127
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Isaiah Nixon’s 2023 season.
Differs from Isaiah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Nelson Paul's freshman season at SMU (2020).
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Player DNA