Player Dossier

2020-2024

Buffalo

Shaun Dolac

LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • West Seneca, NY, USA

Backfield disruptorDown-to-down presence

Shaun Dolac shows a backfield disruptor profile with 73.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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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

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Buffalo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Buffalo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Player Story

Shaun Dolac built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from West Seneca, NY wearing No. 52, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Shaun Dolac's career was his defensive production: 374...

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Shaun Dolac, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Buffalo. Shaun Dolac shows a backfield disruptor profile with 73.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
374
TFL
39
Sacks
11
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
12
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Shaun Dolac quick answers

Latest team and position
Buffalo · LB
Career Tackles
374
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Buffalo
Top game
Akron
Latest roster
No. 52 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
168 tackles · LB 1st (top 1%) · Mid-American 1st (top 1%) · National 1st (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 PostseasonBuffalo51-0--038.1
2020 Regular SeasonBuffalo56-0--038.1
2021 Regular SeasonBuffalo63761.5--043.1
2022 Regular SeasonBuffalo1213512.54.527073.7
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo3272.50--056.2
2024 PostseasonBuffalo1391.50.5-1084.9
2024 Regular SeasonBuffalo1315916.54.544284.9

Related Context

Shaun Dolac played LB for Buffalo. Across 5 tracked seasons, Shaun Dolac recorded 374 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Buffalo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Buffalo paired 37 primary output with 73.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 73.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Win with 6.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Buffalo

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.8

Efficiency

73.5

Usage

19.1

Consistency

66.3

Best Game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Liberty: 3. Lafayette: 3. Missouri: 1. Massachusetts: 4. Northern Illinois: 6.5. UConn: 3. Toledo: 1. Western Michigan: 0. Ohio: 1. Akron: 2. Ball State: 3. Eastern Michigan: 5. Kent State: 4.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Liberty: 9 by 67.5. Lafayette: 11 by 75.8. Missouri: 16 by 60. Massachusetts: 16 by 90. Northern Illinois: 19 by 100. UConn: 10 by 71.7. Toledo: 15 by 60. Western Michigan: 11 by 45.8. Ohio: 10 by 51.7. Akron: 12 by 70. Ball State: 17 by 80. Eastern Michigan: 9 by 87.5. Kent State: 13 by 95

Split Comparison

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

Wins3.6 · Games = 9 · +2.3 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · -2.3 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

Northern Illinois

Best efficiency game

100 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Sat 1/4@ LibertySplash gameW 26-7951.500.501
Wed 11/27vs Kent State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 43-713621.500
Thu 11/21@ Eastern MichiganSplash gameW 37-20942120
Wed 11/13vs Ball State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 51-481771011
Sat 11/2@ Akron10+ tackles · Splash gameW 41-30126001
Sat 10/26@ Ohio10+ tacklesL 16-47103000
Sat 10/19vs Western Michigan10+ tacklesL 41-48113000
Sat 10/12vs Toledo10+ tacklesW 30-151510100
Sat 9/28@ UConn10+ tackles · Splash gameL 3-47103110
Sat 9/21@ Northern Illinois10+ tackles · Splash gameW 23-2019154.50011
Sat 9/14vs Massachusetts10+ tackles · Splash gameW 34-3168211
Sat 9/7@ Missouri10+ tacklesL 0-38165100
Thu 8/29vs Lafayette10+ tackles · Splash gameW 30-131162010

Player Story

Shaun Dolac story

Shaun Dolac built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from West Seneca, NY wearing No. 52, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Shaun Dolac's career was his defensive production: 374 tackles, 39 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, and 6 interceptions across 39 career games in the available record. That gives Shaun Dolac's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Buffalo

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2020202020212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonBuffalo05.91
2020 Regular SeasonBuffalo05.910
2021 Regular SeasonBuffalo7.536.88.47.5
2022 Regular SeasonBuffalo2664.716.418.5
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo3.549.114.9-22.5
2024 PostseasonBuffalo3773.519.133.5
2024 Regular SeasonBuffalo3773.519.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Akron

Week 14 · W 23-22 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

vs Toledo

Week 8 · W 34-27 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#3

@ Northern Illinois

Week 4 · W 23-20 · Conference game

6.5

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

Win with 6.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#4

vs Kent State

Week 14 · W 43-7 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

88.1 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 13 · W 37-20 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

88.1 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Buffalo

37 primary output · 73.5 efficiency · 19.1 usage

84.9

#2

2024 Regular Season · Buffalo

84.9

37 primary · 73.5 efficiency · 19.1 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Buffalo

73.7

26 primary · 64.7 efficiency · 16.4 usage

Milestones

20

Impact games

19

Splash games

23

10+ tackle games