Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Virginia
Kempton Shine
DB • 6'0" • 184 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kempton Shine shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
50
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
61
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Eastern Michigan • Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Player Story
Kempton Shine built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Chicago, IL wearing No. 29, spending time with Eastern Michigan and Virginia. The clearest part of Kempton Shine's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Eastern Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Kempton Shine, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan. Kempton Shine shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 208
- TFL
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 31
Quick Answers
Kempton Shine quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · DB
- Career Tackles
- 208
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 55 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
- Top game
- Buffalo
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · St. Rita · Eastern Michigan
- High school pipeline
- St. Rita · 10 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 29 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 37 tackles · DB 266th (top 28%) · ACC 131st (top 18%) · National 1,072nd (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 36 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 20.2 |
| 2021 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 23.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 45 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 23.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 24 | - | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 49.8 |
| 2023 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 55 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 8 | 0 | 38.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia | 11 | 37 | 2 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 47.4 |
Related Context
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Kempton Shine played DB for Eastern Michigan and Virginia. Across 6 tracked seasons, Kempton Shine recorded 208 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Eastern Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Eastern Michigan paired 13 primary output with 20.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Eastern Michigan, Virginia.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Virginia
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
22.2
Usage
3.7
Consistency
67.5
Best Game by takeover score
Notre Dame
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Richmond: 1. Wake Forest: 0. Maryland: 1. Coastal Carolina: 1. Louisville: 0. Clemson: 0. North Carolina: 1. Pittsburgh: 1. Notre Dame: 2. SMU: 1. Virginia Tech: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Richmond: 1 by 14.2. Wake Forest: 3 by 12.5. Maryland: 3 by 22.5. Coastal Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Louisville: 5 by 20.8. Clemson: 3 by 12.5. North Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Pittsburgh: 5 by 30.8. Notre Dame: 6 by 45. SMU: 3 by 22.5. Virginia Tech: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Notre Dame
Best efficiency game
45 vs Notre Dame
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/1 | @ Virginia Tech | L 17-37 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs SMU | L 7-33 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Notre DameSplash game | L 14-35 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | @ Pittsburgh | W 24-19 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs North Carolina | L 14-41 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Clemson | L 31-48 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Louisville | L 20-24 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Coastal Carolina | W 43-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/15 | vs Maryland | L 13-27 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Wake Forest | W 31-30 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Richmond | W 34-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Kempton Shine story
Kempton Shine built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Chicago, IL wearing No. 29, spending time with Eastern Michigan and Virginia. The clearest part of Kempton Shine's career was his defensive production: 208 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 31 passes defended across 55 career games in the available record. That gives Kempton Shine's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Eastern Michigan
2019-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Virginia
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | 7.3 | 1.3 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 26.9 | 3.3 | 2 |
| 2021 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 23.6 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 23.6 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 20.9 | 2.8 | 9 |
| 2023 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 10.5 | 26.3 | 3.8 | -2.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 10.5 | 26.3 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia | 9 | 22.2 | 3.7 | -1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Buffalo
Week 4 · L 31-50 · Conference game
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Notre Dame
Week 12 · L 14-35
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Miami (OH)
Week 6 · W 13-12 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Northern Illinois
Week 8 · L 13-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Kent State
Week 7 · W 28-14 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
58 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 58 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
13 primary output · 20.9 efficiency · 2.8 usage
49.8
#2
2024 Regular Season · Virginia
47.4
9 primary · 22.2 efficiency · 3.7 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
39.3
0 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
8
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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