Player Dossier

2018-2022

Wisconsin

Jay Shaw

CB • 5'11" • 187 lbs • Corona, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jay Shaw shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a corner

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Wisconsin

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UCLA • Wisconsin
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon

Player Story

Jay Shaw built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a cornerback from Corona, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with UCLA and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Jay Shaw's career was his defensive production: 118...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8678

Centennial · Corona, CA

Committed To
UCLA
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Jay Shaw, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Wisconsin. Jay Shaw shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
118
TFL
3
Passes defended
17
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Jay Shaw quick answers

Latest team and position
Wisconsin · CB
Career Tackles
118
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 44 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · Wisconsin
Top game
Oregon
Recruit profile
3-star · Centennial · UCLA
High school pipeline
Centennial · 59 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
31 tackles · CB 93rd (top 24%) · Big Ten 127th (top 21%) · National 1,278th (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonUCLA46-0-2012.3
2019 Regular SeasonUCLA1030-0-3023.8
2020 Regular SeasonUCLA624-0-1120.5
2021 Regular SeasonUCLA112720-4040
2022 PostseasonWisconsin130-0-1055.7
2022 Regular SeasonWisconsin133110-6055.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2022UCLA to WisconsinP4 to P488.6Jan 17, 2022

Jay Shaw played CB for UCLA and Wisconsin. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jay Shaw recorded 118 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Wisconsin.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

Wisconsin paired 10 primary output with 17.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 17.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UCLA, Wisconsin.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2022 Postseason · Wisconsin

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

17.6

Usage

4.8

Consistency

64.8

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. Oklahoma State: 2. Illinois State: 1. Washington State: 1. New Mexico State: 1. Ohio State: 1. Illinois: 0. Northwestern: 1. Michigan State: 1. Purdue: 0. Maryland: 1. Iowa: 1. Nebraska: 0. Minnesota: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma State: 0 by 20. Illinois State: 1 by 14.2. Washington State: 1 by 14.2. New Mexico State: 2 by 18.3. Ohio State: 5 by 30.8. Illinois: 6 by 25. Northwestern: 3 by 22.5. Michigan State: 1 by 14.2. Purdue: 3 by 12.5. Maryland: 3 by 22.5. Iowa: 1 by 14.2. Nebraska: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 6 · -0.2 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

Oklahoma State

Best efficiency game

30.8 vs Ohio State

Result
Wed 12/28@ Oklahoma StateSplash gameW 24-17000011
Sat 11/26vs MinnesotaL 16-2333000
Sat 11/19@ NebraskaW 15-1420000
Sat 11/12@ IowaL 10-2411001
Sat 11/5vs MarylandW 23-1032001
Sat 10/22vs PurdueW 35-2433000
Sat 10/15@ Michigan StateL 28-3411100
Sat 10/8@ NorthwesternW 42-733001
Sat 10/1vs IllinoisL 10-3465000
Sat 9/24@ Ohio StateL 21-5252001
Sat 9/17vs New Mexico StateW 66-722001
Sat 9/10vs Washington StateL 14-17110010
Sat 9/3vs Illinois StateW 38-011001

Player Story

Jay Shaw story

Jay Shaw built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a cornerback from Corona, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with UCLA and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Jay Shaw's career was his defensive production: 118 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 7 interceptions, and 17 passes defended across 44 career games in the available record. That gives Jay Shaw'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

    UCLA

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Wisconsin

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202120222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonUCLA211.31.2
2019 Regular SeasonUCLA416.53.12
2020 Regular SeasonUCLA2203.7-2
2021 Regular SeasonUCLA918.44.47
2022 PostseasonWisconsin1017.64.81
2022 Regular SeasonWisconsin1017.64.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Oregon

Week 8 · L 31-34 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Oklahoma State

Week 1 · W 24-17 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Hawai'i

Week 1 · W 44-10

2

Havoc Plays

69.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Cincinnati

Week 1 · L 14-24

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Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Fresno State

Week 3 · L 37-40

2

Havoc Plays

65.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · Wisconsin

10 primary output · 17.6 efficiency · 4.8 usage

55.7

#2

2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin

55.7

10 primary · 17.6 efficiency · 4.8 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · UCLA

40

9 primary · 18.4 efficiency · 4.4 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games