Player Dossier

2017-2020

Tennessee

Shawn Shamburger

DB • 5'11" • 190 lbs • Mobile, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Shawn Shamburger shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

11

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama

Player Story

Shawn Shamburger built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Mobile, AL wearing No. 12, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Shawn Shamburger's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8867

Imhotep Institute · Philadelphia, PA

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Shawn Shamburger, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Tennessee. Shawn Shamburger shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
86
TFL
5.5
Sacks
4
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Shawn Shamburger quick answers

Latest team and position
Tennessee · DB
Career Tackles
86
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Tennessee
Top game
Alabama
Recruit profile
3-star · Imhotep Institute · Penn State
High school pipeline
Imhotep Institute · 28 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
9 tackles · DB 487th (top 62%) · SEC 286th (top 49%) · National 2,326th (top 45%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonTennessee41911--027.7
2018 Regular SeasonTennessee811-0-2010.2
2019 PostseasonTennessee13111--055.9
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee13463.5222055.9
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee39-0--043.1

Related Context

Shawn Shamburger played DB for Tennessee. Across 4 tracked seasons, Shawn Shamburger recorded 86 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Tennessee paired 12.5 primary output with 24.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky

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

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2020 Regular Season · Tennessee

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

12.5

Usage

2

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

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Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Western Kentucky

Result
Fri 9/3@ Western Kentucky21000

Player Story

Shawn Shamburger story

Shawn Shamburger built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Mobile, AL wearing No. 12, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Shawn Shamburger's career was his defensive production: 86 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 interception across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 42 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Shawn Shamburger's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Tennessee

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonTennessee224.87.4
2018 Regular SeasonTennessee28.210
2019 PostseasonTennessee12.524.77.910.5
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee12.524.77.90
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee012.52-12.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Alabama

Week 8 · L 7-45 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

90 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#2

vs UAB

Week 10 · W 30-7

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Indiana

Week 1 · W 23-22 · Postseason

3

Havoc Plays

71.7 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Georgia State

Week 1 · L 30-38

2

Havoc Plays

70.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Georgia

Week 6 · L 14-43 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

54.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Tennessee

12.5 primary output · 24.7 efficiency · 7.9 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Tennessee

55.9

12.5 primary · 24.7 efficiency · 7.9 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Tennessee

43.1

0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 2 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games