Player Dossier

2023-2025

USC

Braylan Shelby

DE • 6'5" • 265 lbs • Friendswood, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Braylan Shelby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

86

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri State

Player Story

Braylan Shelby built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive end from Friendswood, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Braylan Shelby's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9568

Friendswood · Friendswood, TX

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Braylan Shelby, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · USC. Braylan Shelby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
72
TFL
15
Sacks
9.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Braylan Shelby quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · DE
Career Tackles
72
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · USC
Top game
Missouri State
Recruit profile
4-star · Friendswood · USC
High school pipeline
Friendswood · 18 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
27 tackles · DE 75th (top 27%) · Big Ten 183rd (top 24%) · National 1,557th (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 PostseasonUSC91-0--024.2
2023 Regular SeasonUSC91642--024.2
2024 PostseasonUSC11411--055.4
2024 Regular SeasonUSC11244221055.4
2025 PostseasonUSC114-01-056.4
2025 Regular SeasonUSC112364.53-056.4

Related Context

Braylan Shelby played DE for USC. Across 3 tracked seasons, Braylan Shelby recorded 72 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

USC paired 15.5 primary output with 23.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 20.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · USC

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20.6

Usage

9.4

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

UCLA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 2. LSU: 1. Utah State: 0. Michigan: 2. Minnesota: 0. Penn State: 0. Maryland: 1. Rutgers: 2. Washington: 0. UCLA: 3. Notre Dame: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 4 by 36.7. LSU: 3 by 22.5. Utah State: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 3 by 32.5. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Penn State: 1 by 4.2. Maryland: 3 by 22.5. Rutgers: 2 by 28.3. Washington: 4 by 16.7. UCLA: 1 by 34.2. Notre Dame: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.6 · Games = 5 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 6 · -1.1 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

UCLA

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Texas A&M

Result
Sat 12/28vs Texas A&MSplash gameW 35-3142110
Sat 11/30vs Notre DameL 35-4942000
Sun 11/24@ UCLASplash gameW 19-1311110
Sat 11/2@ WashingtonL 21-2642000
Sat 10/26vs RutgersSplash gameW 42-2022001
Sat 10/19@ MarylandL 28-2932100
Sat 10/12vs Penn StateL 30-3311000
Sat 10/5@ MinnesotaL 17-2421000
Sat 9/21@ MichiganSplash gameL 24-2733110
Sun 9/8vs Utah StateW 48-010000
Sun 9/1@ LSUW 27-2033100

Player Story

Braylan Shelby story

Braylan Shelby built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive end from Friendswood, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Braylan Shelby's career was his defensive production: 72 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Braylan Shelby's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    USC

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonUSC614.53.9
2023 Regular SeasonUSC614.53.90
2024 PostseasonUSC1120.69.45
2024 Regular SeasonUSC1120.69.40
2025 PostseasonUSC15.523.98.34.5
2025 Regular SeasonUSC15.523.98.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 108 Missouri State

Week 1 · W 73-13

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5.5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Nevada

Week 1 · W 66-14

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Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#3

@ UCLA

Week 13 · W 19-13 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

78.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 82 Michigan State

Week 4 · W 45-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

73.7 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 73.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Texas A&M

Week 1 · W 35-31 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · USC

15.5 primary output · 23.9 efficiency · 8.3 usage

56.4

#2

2025 Regular Season · USC

56.4

15.5 primary · 23.9 efficiency · 8.3 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · USC

55.4

11 primary · 20.6 efficiency · 9.4 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

9

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games