Shane Whitter

Position:
LB
Class:
Junior
Height:
6-0
Weight:
225
Hometown:
Burlington, N.C.
High School:
Walter M. Williams HS

Season	GP-GS	UT	AT	Total	TFL	Sacks	INT	FF	FR	PBU
2020	9-0	4	5	9	0.5-1	0.0-0	0-0	0	0	1
2021	13-0	12	15	27	2.0-3	0.0-0	0-0	0	1	0
2022	4-0	2	6	8	0.0-0	0.0-0	0-0	0	0	0
2023	13-0	3	1	4	1.0-2	0.0.-0	0-0	0	0	0
Career	39-0	21	27	48	3.5-6	0.0-0	0-0	0	1	1

2023
Played in all 13 games (primarily on special teams) … totaled four tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss … made three tackles (1.0 TFL) vs. Iowa State (9/30) … logged a solo stop vs. Arkansas State (9/2).

2022
Played in four games before sustaining a season-ending injury in early October … totaled eight tackles … registered four tackles at Nebraska (9/17) … made four stops in season opener vs. UTEP (9/3) … also saw action vs. Kansas State (9/24) and at TCU (10/1).

2021
Played in all 13 games … contributed as a backup linebacker and on special teams … totaled 27 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, three QB hurries and a fumble recovery … tallied three stops in the Alamo Bowl vs. Oregon (12/29) … notched two solo tackles at Baylor (11/13) … made four tackles vs. Texas Tech (10/30) … tallied three stops at Kansas (10/23) … recorded three tackles at Kansas State (10/2) … registered four tackles and a career-high 1.5 TFLs vs. West Virginia (9/25) … notched four stops vs. Nebraska (9/18) … made three tackles (0.5 TFL) and recovered a fumble vs. Western Carolina (9/11).

2020
Played in nine games and totaled nine tackles (four solo) … recorded three tackles (two solo), a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry in Cotton Bowl win over No. 10 Florida (12/30) ... made one tackle vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State (11/21) … registered five stops (two solo, three assists) and 0.5 TFLs vs. Kansas (11/7) … did not play vs. Missouri State (9/12) or Baylor (12/5).

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-star prospect by 247Sports and 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 247Sports and the No. 37 outside linebacker by ESPN … ranked the No. 7 recruit in North Carolina by 247Sports, No. 12 by ESPN and No. 23 by Rivals … compiled 123 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and one sack his senior season … chose the Sooners over North Carolina, Navy and Wake Forest, among others.

PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in January 2020 ... major is human relations.