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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022Duke
Shaka Heyward
LB • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Hoschton, GA, USA
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Shaka Heyward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
75
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Duke
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Duke
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte
Player Story
Shaka Heyward built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Hoschton, GA wearing No. 42, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Shaka Heyward's career was his defensive production: 337...
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- Committed To
- Duke
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Shaka Heyward, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Duke. Shaka Heyward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.4 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Duke · LB
- Career Tackles
- 337
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Duke
- Top game
- Charlotte
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Mill Creek · Duke
- High school pipeline
- Mill Creek · 38 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 42 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 93 tackles · LB 63rd (top 6%) · ACC 7th (top 2%) · National 77th (top 2%)
Shaka Heyward played LB for Duke. Across 4 tracked seasons, Shaka Heyward recorded 337 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Duke.
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