Player Dossier

2019-2023

NC State

Shyheim Battle

CB • 6'2" • 195 lbs • Rocky Mount, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Shyheim Battle shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

84%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

74

High-end production for a corner

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Player Story

Shyheim Battle built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a cornerback from Rocky Mount, NC wearing No. 7, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Shyheim Battle's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8922

Rocky Mount · Rocky Mount, NC

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Shyheim Battle, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · NC State. Shyheim Battle shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
140
TFL
6
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
24

Quick Answers

Shyheim Battle quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · CB
Career Tackles
140
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 45 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · NC State
Top game
Virginia
Recruit profile
4-star · Rocky Mount · NC State
High school pipeline
Rocky Mount · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Junior
2023 Tackles rank
46 tackles · CB 33rd (top 8%) · ACC 72nd (top 12%) · National 713th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonNC State00-0--0-
2020 PostseasonNC State122-0--052
2020 Regular SeasonNC State123411-10052
2021 Regular SeasonNC State112810-6042.2
2022 Regular SeasonNC State93020-4043.4
2023 PostseasonNC State137-01-044.5
2023 Regular SeasonNC State133920-4044.5

Related Context

Shyheim Battle played CB for NC State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Shyheim Battle recorded 140 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

NC State paired 13 primary output with 23.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 21.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

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

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2023 Postseason · NC State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

21.7

Usage

4.3

Consistency

51.3

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kansas State: 1. UConn: 0. Notre Dame: 0. VMI: 0. Virginia: 2. Louisville: 1. Marshall: 1. Duke: 2. Clemson: 1. Miami: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Virginia Tech: 1. North Carolina: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kansas State: 7 by 39.2. UConn: 3 by 12.5. Notre Dame: 5 by 20.8. VMI: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 5 by 40.8. Louisville: 3 by 22.5. Marshall: 4 by 26.7. Duke: 2 by 28.3. Clemson: 3 by 22.5. Miami: 6 by 25. Wake Forest: 2 by 8.3. Virginia Tech: 1 by 14.2. North Carolina: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 9 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · +0.4 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

Virginia

Best efficiency game

40.8 vs Virginia

Result
Thu 12/28@ Kansas StateL 19-2874000
Sun 11/26vs North CarolinaW 39-2042000
Sat 11/18@ Virginia TechW 35-2810001
Sat 11/11@ Wake ForestW 26-622000
Sun 11/5vs MiamiW 20-665000
Sat 10/28vs ClemsonW 24-1733100
Sun 10/15@ DukeSplash gameL 3-24200011
Sat 10/7vs MarshallW 48-4144001
Fri 9/29vs LouisvilleL 10-13320010
Fri 9/22@ VirginiaSplash gameW 24-2154101
Sat 9/16vs VMIW 45-710000
Sat 9/9vs Notre DameL 24-4552000
Thu 8/31@ UConnW 24-1432000

Player Story

Shyheim Battle story

Shyheim Battle built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a cornerback from Rocky Mount, NC wearing No. 7, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Shyheim Battle's career was his defensive production: 140 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 7 interceptions across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with NC 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 Shyheim Battle's production has multiple signals. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across NC State.

The arc is straightforward: Shyheim Battle 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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    NC State

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNC State0
2020 PostseasonNC State1323.33.313
2020 Regular SeasonNC State1323.33.30
2021 Regular SeasonNC State918.83.5-4
2022 Regular SeasonNC State822.84.5-1
2023 PostseasonNC State921.74.31
2023 Regular SeasonNC State921.74.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Virginia

Week 6 · W 38-21 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#2

@ East Carolina

Week 1 · W 21-20

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Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Virginia

Week 4 · W 24-21 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Wake Forest

Week 11 · L 42-45 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#5

@ Duke

Week 7 · L 3-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

62.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · NC State

13 primary output · 23.3 efficiency · 3.3 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · NC State

52

13 primary · 23.3 efficiency · 3.3 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · NC State

44.5

9 primary · 21.7 efficiency · 4.3 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games