Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Kansas State
Duke Shelley
DB • 5'9" • 180 lbs • Tucker, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Duke Shelley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
88
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Kansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Player Story
Duke Shelley built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive back from Tucker, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Duke Shelley's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- San José State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2019
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 32
- Overall
- No. 205
- NFL Team
- Chicago Bears
Duke Shelley, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Kansas State. Duke Shelley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 133
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 22
- Touchdowns
- 3
Featured Highlight
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Duke Shelley Kansas State Highlights
2018 · Kansas State · Player Highlight
Duke Shelley college highlights at Kansas State.
- Season
- 2018
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Duke Shelley quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 133
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Kansas State
- Top game
- Oklahoma State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Francis · San José State
- High school pipeline
- St. Francis · 17 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2019 · Round 6 · Pick 32 · Chicago Bears
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · DB 277th (top 33%) · Big 12 96th (top 24%) · National 1,227th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Kansas State | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 52.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas State | 10 | 48 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 2 | 52.1 |
| 2017 Postseason | Kansas State | 12 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 59.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kansas State | 12 | 47 | 4 | 1 | - | 9 | 1 | 59.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kansas State | 7 | 33 | 1 | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | 63.9 |
Related Context
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Duke Shelley played DB for Kansas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Duke Shelley recorded 133 tackles and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Kansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Kansas State paired 13 primary output with 38.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 38.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Kansas State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1.9
Efficiency
38.2
Usage
7.6
Consistency
72.7
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 3. Mississippi State: 2. UTSA: 2. West Virginia: 2. Texas: 0. Baylor: 1. Oklahoma State: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 8 by 63.3. Mississippi State: 4 by 36.7. UTSA: 3 by 32.5. West Virginia: 2 by 28.3. Texas: 6 by 25. Baylor: 4 by 26.7. Oklahoma State: 6 by 55
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.7 · Games = 3 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · -1.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
Best efficiency game
63.3 vs South Dakota
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/13 | vs Oklahoma StateSplash game | W 31-12 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Baylor | L 34-37 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Texas | L 14-19 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | @ West VirginiaSplash game | L 6-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs UTSASplash game | W 41-17 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Mississippi StateSplash game | L 10-31 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs South DakotaSplash game | W 27-24 | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
Player Story
Duke Shelley story
Duke Shelley built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive back from Tucker, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Duke Shelley's career was his defensive production: 133 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 8 interceptions across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Kansas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Duke Shelley's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 320 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas State.
The arc is straightforward: Duke Shelley moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Kansas State
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520162016201720172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | Kansas State | 8 | 28 | 7.8 | 8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas State | 8 | 28 | 7.8 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Kansas State | 16 | 32.2 | 6.8 | 8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kansas State | 16 | 32.2 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kansas State | 13 | 38.2 | 7.6 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Oklahoma State
Week 7 · W 31-12 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
85 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#2
vs Central Arkansas
Week 1 · W 55-19
3
Havoc Plays
83.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.
#3
vs South Dakota
Week 1 · W 27-24
3
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Iowa State
Week 9 · W 31-26 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Oklahoma State
Week 12 · W 45-40 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Kansas State
13 primary output · 38.2 efficiency · 7.6 usage
63.9
#2
2017 Postseason · Kansas State
59.9
16 primary · 32.2 efficiency · 6.8 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Kansas State
59.9
16 primary · 32.2 efficiency · 6.8 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
11
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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