Player Dossier

2024-2025

Nebraska

Vincent Shavers Jr.

LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Miami, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Vincent Shavers Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

9.2

Efficiency

28.3

Consistency

50

Season Value

25.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Nebraska

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Nebraska
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Vincent Shavers Jr., LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Nebraska. Vincent Shavers Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Nebraska paired 8.5 primary output with 28.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 28.3 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: Michigan State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Postseason · Nebraska

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

28.3

Usage

9.2

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Utah

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Akron: 0. Unknown: 1. Michigan: 1. Michigan State: 2. Maryland: 1. Northwestern: 0. USC: 2. UCLA: 1. Penn State: 0.5. Iowa: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah: 9 by 37.5. Cincinnati: 3 by 12.5. Akron: 2 by 8.3. Unknown: 1 by 14.2. Michigan: 7 by 39.2. Michigan State: 9 by 57.5. Maryland: 4 by 26.7. Northwestern: 6 by 25. USC: 6 by 45. UCLA: 5 by 30.8. Penn State: 7 by 34.2. Iowa: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Wins0.7 · n=6 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · n=5 · +0.0 vs Wins
First Half0.7 · n=6 · -0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · n=6 · +0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Michigan State

Best efficiency game

57.5 vs Michigan State

Result
Wed 12/31@ UtahL 22-4492000
Fri 11/28vs IowaL 16-4021000
Sun 11/23@ Penn StateL 10-37740.5000
Sun 11/9@ UCLAW 28-2151100
Sat 11/1vs USCL 17-2163110
Sat 10/25vs NorthwesternW 28-2162000
Sat 10/11@ MarylandW 34-3143100
Sat 10/4vs Michigan StateSplash gameW 38-2796200
Sat 9/20vs MichiganL 27-3073100
Sat 9/13vs Unknown11100
Sat 9/6vs AkronW 68-022000
Fri 8/29@ CincinnatiW 20-1731000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Nebraska

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonNebraska3.512.73.6
2024 Regular SeasonNebraska3.512.73.60
2025 PostseasonNebraska8.528.39.25
2025 Regular SeasonNebraska8.528.39.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Boston College

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

#2

Michigan State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57 takeover score.

#3

USC

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.9 takeover score.

#4

Michigan

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.7 takeover score.

#5

UCLA

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 30 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Postseason · Nebraska

8.5 primary output · 28.3 efficiency · 9.2 usage

25.9

#2

2025 Regular Season · Nebraska

25.9

8.5 primary · 28.3 efficiency · 9.2 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Nebraska

7.2

3.5 primary · 12.7 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8842

Miami Central · Miami, FL

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

86

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 23 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Vincent Shavers Jr. quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
86