Senior defensive lineman on Charlotte's 2025 roster.
6′4″ · 285 lb · Berlin, MD
The numbers
sacks · 2025
0.5 TFL · 12 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 0.5 TFL, 2 tackles, vs North Texas
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Charlotte's 2025 roster.
Zionangelo Shockley
Wins his gap play after play. Across four seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Mike Locksley, Biff Poggi and Tim Albin. The receipt: 2 tackles against Tulane — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Healy, Biff Poggi, and Tim Albin. 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: 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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
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.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 42–35
vs Monmouth
1 TOT
Edged out Monmouth at home in a shootout.
With C. Harrell — 382 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 55.2 · 47 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · E. Jai Mason — 10 rec · 228 yds · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-34vs App State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-20vs North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-35vs Monmouth | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-24@ Army | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 20-54vs North Texas | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-28vs UTSA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-35@ Georgia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-27@ Tulane | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
2026 Outlook
Charlotte
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Charlotte
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Charlotte · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #104 · 2026 recruiting class #103
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to De'Monte Russell’s 2024 season.
Matches De'Monte on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Makius Scott's junior season at Georgia Tech (2023).
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Player DNA