Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Massachusetts
Dean Shaffer
LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Smithtown, NY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dean Shaffer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts
25
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Massachusetts
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Dean Shaffer, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts. Dean Shaffer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 7
Quick Answers
Dean Shaffer quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Massachusetts · LB
- Career Tackles
- 7
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts
- Top game
- Temple
- Latest roster
- No. 52 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · LB 829th (top 65%) · Mid-American 303rd (top 53%) · National 3,278th (top 53%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 3 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Unlisted to Massachusetts | Unlisted to G5/FCS | 10.6 | Jan 6, 2025 |
Dean Shaffer played LB for Massachusetts. Across 1 tracked season, Dean Shaffer recorded 7 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Massachusetts.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Massachusetts paired 0 primary output with 9.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
9.7
Usage
1.7
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Temple
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Temple: 0. Bryant: 0. Iowa: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Temple: 3 by 12.5. Bryant: 2 by 8.3. Iowa: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Temple
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs Temple
Career Arc
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- 1
Massachusetts
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 0 | 9.7 | 1.7 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 88 Temple
Week 1 · L 10-42
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
10 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10 takeover score.
#2
vs Bryant
Week 2 · L 26-27
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Havoc Plays
7.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 12 Iowa
Week 3 · L 7-47 · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
6.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts
0 primary output · 9.7 efficiency · 1.7 usage
41.3
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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