Player Dossier

2015-2020

Middle Tennessee

Brett Shepherd

LB • 6'4" • 207 lbs • Buford, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brett Shepherd shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Maryland • Middle Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky

Player Story

Brett Shepherd built his college career from 2015 through 2020 as a linebacker from Buford, GA wearing No. 43, spending time with Maryland and Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Brett Shepherd's career was his...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8453

Buford · Buford, GA

Committed To
Maryland
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Brett Shepherd, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. Brett Shepherd shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
62
TFL
2.5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Brett Shepherd quick answers

Latest team and position
Middle Tennessee · LB
Career Tackles
62
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
Top game
Western Kentucky
Recruit profile
3-star · Buford · Maryland
High school pipeline
Buford · 99 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 43 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
27 tackles · LB 361st (top 33%) · Conference USA 96th (top 18%) · National 939th (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonMaryland00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonMaryland22-0--036.8
2017 Regular SeasonMaryland45-0--037.6
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee8280.50.52-027.6
2020 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee8272113049.7

Related Context

Brett Shepherd played LB for Maryland and Middle Tennessee. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brett Shepherd recorded 62 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Middle Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Middle Tennessee paired 7 primary output with 22.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Maryland, Middle Tennessee.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Maryland

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Purdue

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Howard: 0. Purdue: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Purdue

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Purdue

Result
Sat 10/1vs PurdueW 50-711000
Sat 9/3vs HowardW 52-1310000

Player Story

Brett Shepherd story

Brett Shepherd built his college career from 2015 through 2020 as a linebacker from Buford, GA wearing No. 43, spending time with Maryland and Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Brett Shepherd's career was his defensive production: 62 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Brett Shepherd's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Maryland

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Middle Tennessee

    2019-2020

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201720192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonMaryland0
2016 Regular SeasonMaryland04.20.80
2017 Regular SeasonMaryland05.20.90
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee318.34.93
2020 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee722.84.84

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Western Kentucky

Week 14 · L 26-31 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#2

vs North Texas

Week 7 · L 35-52 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

63.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Troy

Week 3 · L 14-47

3

Havoc Plays

51.9 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Western Kentucky

Week 5 · L 17-20 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

42.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.

#5

@ UTSA

Week 4 · L 35-37 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

40 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

7 primary output · 22.8 efficiency · 4.8 usage

49.7

#2

2017 Regular Season · Maryland

37.6

0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Maryland

36.8

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games