Shane Whitter

Position:
LB
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 222
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Burlington, NC
High School:
Williams HS
Prev School:
Oklahoma

2024: Saw action in 12 games with five starts … recorded 49 tackles and 1.5 TFL … broke up three passes when dropping into coverage … had four tackles and 1.5 TFL and a PBU at Texas Tech … posted four tackles vs. Tulsa … had five tackles at Memphis … finished with six tackles vs. Tulane … put up seven tackles vs. East Carolina ... posted a season-high eight tackles in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl against Texas State.

Prior to UNT: Spent four seasons at Oklahoma … appeared in 39 games in his career … played in all 13 games in 2023 for the Sooners, primarily on special teams … tallied four tackles and a TFL on the year … had three tackles and a TFL against Iowa State … appeared in four games in 2022 before suffering a season-ending injury … preserved a redshirt season … had eight tackles on the year … finished with four tackles each in contests against UTEP and Nebraska … saw action in all 13 games on the year in 2021 … had his most productive season with 27 tackles, a pair of TFLs and a fumble recovery … tallied three stops in the Alamo Bowl against Oregon … made four tackles against Texas Tech … had four tackles and a career-high 1.5 TFLs versus West Virginia … played in nine games in 2020 … totaled four tackles .. recorded three tackles, a pass breakup and a QB hurry in the Cotton Bowl against Florida … registered five stops and 0.5 TFL vs. Kansas … prepped at Walter M. Williams HS … rated a four-star prospect by 247Sports and a three-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals … ranked the No. 177 national recruit by 247Sports … touted as the No. 11 inside linebacker in the country by 247 and the No. 37 outside linebacker by ESPN … ranked the No. 7 recruit in North Carolina by 247, No. 12 by ESPN and No. 23 by Rivals … compiled 123 tackles, 14 TFLs and a sack his senior season.

NCAA Stats Prior to UNT

Year	TEAM	GP	SOLO	AST	TT	TFL	SACK	PBU	FR
2020	Oklahoma	9	4	5	9	0.5	0.0	1	0
2021	Oklahoma	13	12	15	27	2.0	0.0	0	1
2022	Oklahoma	4	2	6	8	0.0	0.0	0	0
2023	Oklahoma	13	3	1	4	1.0	0.0	0	0
2020-23	TOTAL	39	21	27	48	3.5	0.0	1	1