Player Dossier

2017-2021

Notre Dame

Adam Shibley

LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Cleveland, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Adam Shibley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

34%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

53

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

62

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

52

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Michigan • Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

Adam Shibley built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 45, spending time with Michigan and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Adam Shibley's career was his defensive...

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Adam Shibley, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Michigan. Adam Shibley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
22
TFL
2

Quick Answers

Adam Shibley quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · LB
Career Tackles
22
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 6 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Michigan
Top game
Michigan State
Latest roster
No. 45 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
2 tackles · LB 1,047th (top 84%) · FBS Independents 218th (top 68%) · National 4,067th (top 68%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan11-0--036.7
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan41920--068.7
2021 Regular SeasonNotre Dame12-0--039.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021Michigan to UnlistedP4 to Unlisted10.6Feb 16, 2021

Adam Shibley played LB for Michigan and Notre Dame. Across 5 tracked seasons, Adam Shibley recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Michigan paired 2 primary output with 24.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 24.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan, Notre Dame.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Michigan

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

24.8

Usage

12.3

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan State: 1. Wisconsin: 0. Rutgers: 1. Penn State: 0

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. Michigan State: 7 by 39.2. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 5 by 30.8. Penn State: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Michigan State

Best efficiency game

39.2 vs Michigan State

Result
Sat 11/28vs Penn StateL 17-2760000
Sun 11/22@ RutgersW 48-4254100
Sun 11/15vs WisconsinL 11-4910000
Sat 10/31vs Michigan StateL 24-2771100

Player Story

Adam Shibley story

Adam Shibley built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 45, spending time with Michigan and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Adam Shibley's career was his defensive production: 22 tackles and 2 tackles for loss across 6 career games in the available record. That gives Adam Shibley'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

    Michigan

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Notre Dame

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan0
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan00
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan04.20.70
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan224.812.32
2021 Regular SeasonNotre Dame08.31.3-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Michigan State

Week 9 · L 24-27 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

79.7 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Rutgers

Week 12 · W 48-42 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Penn State

Week 13 · L 17-27 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

19.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 19.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Florida State

Week 1 · W 41-38

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Havoc Plays

6.4 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Iowa

Week 6 · W 10-3 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

3.3 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Michigan

2 primary output · 24.8 efficiency · 12.3 usage

68.7

#2

2021 Regular Season · Notre Dame

39.7

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Michigan

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games