2025 Football Roster
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 | GS | SOLO | AST | TT | TFL | SACK | PBU | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Oklahoma | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | Oklahoma | 13 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Oklahoma | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Oklahoma | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-23 | TOTAL | 39 | 0 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
