Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Coastal Carolina
Shane Bruce
LB • 6'0" • 235 lbs • Carrollton, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Shane Bruce shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Coastal Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Player Story
Shane Bruce built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Carrollton, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Coastal Carolina. The clearest part of Shane Bruce's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Coastal Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Shane Bruce, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Coastal Carolina. Shane Bruce shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 208
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 8
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Shane Bruce quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Coastal Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 208
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
- Top game
- Troy
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Central · Coastal Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Central · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 34 tackles · LB 437th (top 35%) · Sun Belt 142nd (top 23%) · National 1,186th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 43 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 54.1 |
| 2023 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 62.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 62.7 |
| 2024 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 64.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 34 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 58 |
Related Context
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Shane Bruce played LB for Coastal Carolina. Across 6 tracked seasons, Shane Bruce recorded 208 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Coastal Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Coastal Carolina paired 9 primary output with 37.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 37.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
37.3
Usage
10.1
Consistency
47
Best Game by takeover score
Troy
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTSA: 1. Jacksonville State: 0.5. William & Mary: 0. Temple: 2. Virginia: 1.5. Old Dominion: 1. James Madison: 0.5. Louisiana: 0. Troy: 2.5. Marshall: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTSA: 7 by 39.2. Jacksonville State: 8 by 38.3. William & Mary: 3 by 12.5. Temple: 9 by 57.5. Virginia: 11 by 60.8. Old Dominion: 8 by 43.3. James Madison: 4 by 21.7. Louisiana: 4 by 16.7. Troy: 12 by 75. Marshall: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.9 · Games = 4 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 6 · +0.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Troy
Best efficiency game
75 vs Troy
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12/23 | @ UTSA | L 15-44 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Marshall | L 19-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Troy10+ tackles · Splash game | L 24-38 | 12 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Louisiana | L 24-34 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/10 | @ James Madison | L 7-39 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Old Dominion | W 45-37 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Virginia10+ tackles | L 24-43 | 11 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ TempleSplash game | W 28-20 | 9 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs William & Mary | W 40-21 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | @ Jacksonville State | W 55-27 | 8 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Shane Bruce story
Shane Bruce built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Carrollton, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Coastal Carolina. The clearest part of Shane Bruce's career was his defensive production: 208 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Shane Bruce's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Coastal Carolina
2020-2025
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Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 0 | 9.2 | 1.5 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 0 | 9.2 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 6.5 | 34.9 | 6.9 | 6.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 28.8 | 7.4 | 3.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 28.8 | 7.4 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 37.3 | 10.1 | -1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 37.3 | 10.1 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 36.4 | 12.9 | -5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Troy
Week 10 · L 24-38 · Conference game
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Marshall
Week 9 · W 24-13 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 38 East Carolina
Week 3 · L 0-38
2
Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#4
@ UCLA
Week 1 · L 13-27
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Temple
Week 3 · W 28-20
2
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
9 primary output · 37.3 efficiency · 10.1 usage
64.5
#2
2024 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina
64.5
9 primary · 37.3 efficiency · 10.1 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
62.7
10 primary · 28.8 efficiency · 7.4 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
6
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
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