Player Dossier

2015-2018

Florida Atlantic

Azeez Al-Shaair

LB • 6'2" • 228 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Azeez Al-Shaair shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Florida Atlantic

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Florida Atlantic
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rice

Player Story

Azeez Al-Shaair built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Tampa, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Florida Atlantic. The clearest part of Azeez Al-Shaair's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8025

Hillsborough · Tampa, FL

Committed To
Florida Atlantic
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Azeez Al-Shaair, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Florida Atlantic. Azeez Al-Shaair shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
301
TFL
22.5
Sacks
6.5
QB hurries
9
Passes defended
4
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Azeez Al-Shaair quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida Atlantic · LB
Career Tackles
301
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 31 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Florida Atlantic
Top game
Rice
Recruit profile
3-star · Hillsborough · Florida Atlantic
High school pipeline
Hillsborough · 26 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
43 tackles · LB 335th (top 29%) · Conference USA 83rd (top 14%) · National 827th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic121129.522-267
2017 PostseasonFlorida Atlantic13132.51--074.8
2017 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic131337.51.544074.8
2018 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic643323-059.6

Related Context

Azeez Al-Shaair played LB for Florida Atlantic. Across 4 tracked seasons, Azeez Al-Shaair recorded 301 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Florida Atlantic.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Florida Atlantic paired 20.5 primary output with 58.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 58.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Florida Atlantic

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.6

Efficiency

58.7

Usage

12.6

Consistency

40.3

Best Game by takeover score

North Texas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Akron: 3.5. Navy: 0. Wisconsin: 1. Bethune-Cookman: 2. Middle Tennessee: 0. Old Dominion: 1. North Texas: 0. Western Kentucky: 1. Marshall: 0. Louisiana Tech: 3.5. Florida International: 2. Charlotte: 2.5. North Texas: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Akron: 13 by 85. Navy: 14 by 50. Wisconsin: 10 by 51.7. Bethune-Cookman: 5 by 40.8. Middle Tennessee: 7 by 29.2. Old Dominion: 10 by 51.7. North Texas: 14 by 50. Western Kentucky: 14 by 60. Marshall: 13 by 50. Louisiana Tech: 14 by 85. Florida International: 14 by 70. Charlotte: 7 by 54.2. North Texas: 11 by 85.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.8 · Games = 11 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -1.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

North Texas

Best efficiency game

85.8 vs North Texas

Result
Wed 12/20vs Akron10+ tackles · Splash gameW 50-31352.5010
Sat 12/2vs North Texas10+ tackles · Splash gameW 41-17116102
Sat 11/25@ CharlotteSplash gameW 31-127210.500
Sun 11/19vs Florida International10+ tackles · Splash gameW 52-24146100
Sat 11/11@ Louisiana Tech10+ tackles · Splash gameW 48-2314101.5011
Fri 11/3vs Marshall10+ tacklesW 30-25134000
Sat 10/28@ Western Kentucky10+ tacklesW 42-28148001
Sat 10/21vs North Texas10+ tacklesW 69-31146000
Sat 10/7@ Old Dominion10+ tacklesW 58-28104100
Sat 9/30vs Middle TennesseeW 38-2073000
Sat 9/16vs Bethune-CookmanSplash gameW 45-052100
Sat 9/9@ Wisconsin10+ tacklesL 14-31108100
Sat 9/2vs Navy10+ tacklesL 19-42147000

Player Story

Azeez Al-Shaair story

Azeez Al-Shaair built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Tampa, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Florida Atlantic. The clearest part of Azeez Al-Shaair's career was his defensive production: 301 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Florida Atlantic. 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 Azeez Al-Shaair's production has multiple signals. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Florida Atlantic.

The arc is straightforward: Azeez Al-Shaair 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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    Florida Atlantic

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic0
2016 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic14.549.912.514.5
2017 PostseasonFlorida Atlantic20.558.712.66
2017 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic20.558.712.60
2018 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic841.111.6-12.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Rice

Week 10 · W 42-25 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

96.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.

#2

vs North Texas

Week 14 · W 41-17 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

91.9 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Akron

Week 1 · W 50-3 · Postseason

3.5

Havoc Plays

90.8 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Louisiana Tech

Week 11 · W 48-23 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

90.8 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Oklahoma

Week 1 · L 14-63

2.5

Havoc Plays

80.6 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Florida Atlantic

20.5 primary output · 58.7 efficiency · 12.6 usage

74.8

#2

2017 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

74.8

20.5 primary · 58.7 efficiency · 12.6 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

67

14.5 primary · 49.9 efficiency · 12.5 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

12

Splash games

20

10+ tackle games