Player Dossier

2022-2025

Rutgers

Al-Shadee Salaam

DB • 5'10" • 188 lbs • East Orange, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Al-Shadee Salaam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

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Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

10

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Rutgers

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Rutgers
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

Al-Shadee Salaam built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from East Orange, NJ wearing No. 21, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Al-Shadee Salaam's career was his backfield...

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Al-Shadee Salaam, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Rutgers. Al-Shadee Salaam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
30
Passes defended
3
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Al-Shadee Salaam quick answers

Latest team and position
Rutgers · DB
Career Tackles
30
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Rutgers
Top game
Michigan State
Latest roster
No. 21 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
9 tackles · DB 588th (top 61%) · Big Ten 368th (top 47%) · National 2,994th (top 49%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonRutgers110-0--233.3
2023 PostseasonRutgers51-0--037.3
2023 Regular SeasonRutgers54-0--137.3
2024 PostseasonRutgers93-0--032.3
2024 Regular SeasonRutgers913-0-2032.3
2025 Regular SeasonRutgers69-0-1019.1

Related Context

Al-Shadee Salaam played DB for Rutgers. Across 4 tracked seasons, Al-Shadee Salaam recorded 238 rushing yards, 56 receiving yards, and 30 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Rutgers.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Rutgers paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 0 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: Maryland

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Rutgers

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

0

Usage

0

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Maryland

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 0. Wagner: 0. Temple: 0. Iowa: 0. Ohio State: 0. Nebraska: 0. Indiana: 0. Minnesota: 0. Michigan: 0. Penn State: 0. Maryland: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 7 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Maryland

Best efficiency game

0 vs Maryland

Result
Sat 11/26@ MarylandL 0-37
Sat 11/19vs Penn StateL 10-55
Sat 11/5vs MichiganL 17-52
Sat 10/29@ MinnesotaL 0-31
Sat 10/22vs IndianaW 24-17
Fri 10/7vs NebraskaL 13-14
Sat 10/1@ Ohio StateL 10-49
Sat 9/24vs IowaL 10-27
Sat 9/17@ TempleW 16-14
Sat 9/10vs WagnerW 66-7
Sat 9/3@ Boston CollegeW 22-21

Player Story

Al-Shadee Salaam story

Al-Shadee Salaam built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from East Orange, NJ wearing No. 21, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Al-Shadee Salaam's career was his backfield work: 238 rushing yards, 63 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 56 receiving yards across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 56 receiving yards and 30 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Al-Shadee Salaam's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Rutgers

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonRutgers000
2023 PostseasonRutgers04.20.90
2023 Regular SeasonRutgers04.20.90
2024 PostseasonRutgers29.61.52
2024 Regular SeasonRutgers29.61.50
2025 Regular SeasonRutgers17.91.5-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan State

Week 14 · W 41-14 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

45 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.

#2

vs Minnesota

Week 11 · W 26-19 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

43.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Norfolk State

Week 3 · W 60-10

1

Havoc Plays

41.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Kansas State

Week 1 · L 41-44 · Postseason

0

Havoc Plays

11.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.1 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 82 Miami (OH)

Week 2 · W 45-17

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Havoc Plays

10 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Rutgers

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

37.3

#2

2023 Regular Season · Rutgers

37.3

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Rutgers

33.3

0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games