Player Dossier

2020-2021

Boise State

Shane Irwin

DE • 6'3" • 265 lbs • Palos Verdes Estates, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Shane Irwin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

49%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

68

Solid production for an edge defender

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Reliability

63

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

76

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Boise State

2021

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Boise State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State

Player Story

Shane Irwin built his college career from 2020 through 2021 as a defensive end from Palos Verdes Estates, CA wearing No. 55, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Shane Irwin's career was his defensive...

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Shane Irwin, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Boise State. Shane Irwin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
65
TFL
13
Sacks
9
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Shane Irwin quick answers

Latest team and position
Boise State · DE
Career Tackles
65
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 18 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Boise State
Top game
Colorado State
Latest roster
No. 55 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
35 tackles · DE 63rd (top 23%) · Mountain West 113th (top 21%) · National 1,169th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonBoise State73076--073.6
2021 Regular SeasonBoise State11356321062.4

Related Context

Shane Irwin played DE for Boise State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Shane Irwin recorded 65 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Boise State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Boise State paired 13 primary output with 36.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Boise State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

24.2

Usage

8.7

Consistency

60.6

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. UCF: 1. UTEP: 2. Oklahoma State: 3. Utah State: 0. BYU: 1. Air Force: 0. Colorado State: 1. Fresno State: 0. Wyoming: 2. New Mexico: 1. San Diego State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCF: 4 by 26.7. UTEP: 2 by 28.3. Oklahoma State: 3 by 42.5. Utah State: 3 by 12.5. BYU: 1 by 14.2. Air Force: 8 by 33.3. Colorado State: 3 by 22.5. Fresno State: 2 by 8.3. Wyoming: 1 by 24.2. New Mexico: 3 by 22.5. San Diego State: 5 by 30.8

Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

Best efficiency game

42.5 vs Oklahoma State

Result
Fri 11/26@ San Diego StateL 16-2752100
Sun 11/21vs New MexicoW 37-032100
Sat 11/13vs WyomingSplash gameW 23-1311110
Sat 11/6@ Fresno StateW 40-1422000
Sat 10/30@ Colorado StateW 28-1931001
Sun 10/17vs Air ForceL 17-2484000
Sat 10/9@ BYUW 26-1711000
Sat 9/25@ Utah StateW 27-330000
Sun 9/19vs Oklahoma StateSplash gameL 20-2133110
Sat 9/11vs UTEPSplash gameW 54-1322110
Thu 9/2@ UCFL 31-3642100

Player Story

Shane Irwin story

Shane Irwin built his college career from 2020 through 2021 as a defensive end from Palos Verdes Estates, CA wearing No. 55, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Shane Irwin's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Boise State. 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 Shane Irwin's production has multiple signals. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Boise State.

The arc is straightforward: Shane Irwin 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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    Boise State

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonBoise State1336.412.1
2021 Regular SeasonBoise State1224.28.7-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Colorado State

Week 11 · W 52-21 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Hawai'i

Week 12 · W 40-32 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Oklahoma State

Week 3 · L 20-21

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#4

vs UTEP

Week 2 · W 54-13

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#5

vs Wyoming

Week 11 · W 23-13 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

63.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Boise State

13 primary output · 36.4 efficiency · 12.1 usage

73.6

#2

2021 Regular Season · Boise State

62.4

12 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 8.7 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games