Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Virginia Tech
Michael Short
LB • 6'3" • 226 lbs • Charlotte, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Michael Short shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
81
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
55
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
82
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- North Carolina • Virginia Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Player Story
Michael Short built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 30, spending time with North Carolina and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Michael Short's career was...
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- Committed To
- North Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Michael Short, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech. Michael Short shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 45
- TFL
- 5
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Michael Short quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia Tech · LB
- Career Tackles
- 45
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
- Top game
- South Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Mallard Creek · North Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Mallard Creek · 44 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 22 tackles · LB 560th (top 44%) · ACC 255th (top 33%) · National 1,924th (top 31%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Postseason | North Carolina | 9 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | North Carolina | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 5 | 22 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 61.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Virginia Tech to TCU | P4 to P4 | 79.8 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| 2025 | North Carolina to Virginia Tech | P4 to P4 | 79.8 | Apr 23, 2025 |
Michael Short played LB for North Carolina and Virginia Tech. Across 3 tracked seasons, Michael Short recorded 45 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Virginia Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Virginia Tech paired 6 primary output with 30.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 30.3 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across North Carolina, Virginia Tech.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
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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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
30.3
Usage
8
Consistency
49.9
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 2.5. Vanderbilt: 1. Old Dominion: 0. Wofford: 2.5. Georgia Tech: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina: 5 by 45.8. Vanderbilt: 11 by 55.8. Old Dominion: 1 by 4.2. Wofford: 4 by 41.7. Georgia Tech: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.5 · Games = 1 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 4 · -1.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
55.8 vs Vanderbilt
Player Story
Michael Short story
Michael Short built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 30, spending time with North Carolina and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Michael Short's career was his defensive production: 45 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Michael Short's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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North Carolina
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Virginia Tech
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Postseason | North Carolina | 1 | 11.8 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | North Carolina | 1 | 11.8 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 6 | 30.3 | 8 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 49 South Carolina
Week 1 · L 11-24
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Wofford
Week 4 · W 38-6
2.5
Havoc Plays
73.1 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 11 Vanderbilt
Week 2 · L 20-44 · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#4
vs NC State
Week 14 · L 30-35 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Duke
Week 5 · L 20-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
16.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 16.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
6 primary output · 30.3 efficiency · 8 usage
61.7
#2
2024 Postseason · North Carolina
13.2
1 primary · 11.8 efficiency · 2.5 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · North Carolina
13.2
1 primary · 11.8 efficiency · 2.5 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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