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Jersey Number 1
Shane Bruce
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 227
- Class:
- Super Senior
- Hometown:
- Carrollton, Ga. / Central
Honors
2025 Preseason All-Sun Belt
2023 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Fourth Team
2022 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team
2022 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention
Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 31, 2022)
2025 (Super Senior): Appeared in six games… Recorded 39 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss and two interceptions
Season highs:
• Nine tackles at South Alabama (09/20)
• Interception vs. Marshall (10/30)
• Interception vs. Louisiana Tech (12/30)
2024 (Redshirt Senior)
- Named Honrable Mention All-Sun Belt Conference
- Started in 11 games, leading Coastal with 75 tackles, five for a loss along with an interception, fumble recovery, PBU and three QB hurries.
- Had a career-best 12 tackles at Troy and finished with 11 against Virginia.
- Named to the 2023 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt fourth team
- Saw action in 11 games
- Recorded 52 tackles, 20 solo stops, 2.5 tacklse for loss, one interception, two fumble recoveries, and five pass breakups
- Season-high 11 tackles, including four solos, and 0.5 tackle for loss against Jacksonvile State (Sept. 9)
- Tallied seven tackles, including three solos, and a QB hurry against Georgia Southern (Sept. 30)
- Registered four tackles, including two solos, and a interception against Arkansas State (Oct. 21)
- Made four tackles, 0.5 tackle for loss, and added a fumble recovery against Old Dominion (Nov. 4)
- Five solo tackles and a fumble recovery in the 2023 EasyPost Hawai'i Bowl against San Jose State (Dec. 23)
2022 (Redshirt Sophomore)
- Earned 2022 All-Sun Belt honorable mention honors
- Named the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 31) after recording a career-high 11 tackles and recovering a fumble in the road win at Marshall (Oct. 29)
- Started nine games on the year while playing in 10 contests on defense and special teams
- Was third on the team with 57 total tackles, including 15 solo stops
- Also had 4.5 tackles-for-loss and 0.5 sacks on the season
- Added two quarterback hurries and one fumble recovery, which he returned 14 yards
- Had a career-high 11 tackles, 0.5 tackles-for-loss, a quarterback hurry, and recovered a fumble in the road win at Marshall (Oct. 29)
- Totaled six tackles or more in seven different contests on the year
- Registered nine tackles, including 0.5 tackles-for-loss in the win versus Gardner-Webb (Sept. 10)
- Recorded seven tackles, 0.5 tackles-for-loss, and 0.5 sacks in the home win over Southern Miss (Nov. 12)
- Added seven tackles in the victory at home over Appalachian State (Nov. 3)
- Had six total tackles in the season-opening win over Army (Sept. 3) and in the 2022 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Football Championship game at Troy (Dec. 3)
- Also posted six stops, including a season-high 2.5 tackles-for-loss, in the 2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl versus East Carolina (Dec. 27)
- Named to the 2022 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Football team
- Named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2023 spring semester
2021 (Sophomore)
- Received a medical redshirt
- Missed the entire season while recovering from an injury and offseason surgery
- Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for both the 2021 fall and 2022 spring semesters
2020 (Freshman)
- Saw action in seven games, primarily on special teams
- Totaled 12 tackles, including five solo stops on the year
- Posted a season-high six tackles, including two solo tackles, while playing at linebacker in the road win at Troy (Dec. 12)
- Recorded his first career tackle in the win over Arkansas State (Oct. 3)
- Also had two tackles in the home win over Appalachian State (Nov. 21) and the road win at Texas State (Nov. 28)
- Picked up a tackle in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl versus No. 23 Liberty (Dec. 26)
- Awarded the Most Improved Award for the linebackers group in 2021 spring practice
- Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.25 GPA or higher) for the 2020 fall semester
- Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2021 spring semester
High School
- A three-star prospect at outside linebacker by 247Sports and ESPN
- Also rated a two-star recruit by Rivals
- Played both outside linebacker and running back at Central High School for head coach Darius Smiley
- Tabbed the Georgia 5-AAAA All-Region 2019 Co-Defensive Player of the Year
- Earned second-team all-region honors in 2018 as a junior
- A nine-time MaxPreps Player of the Game selection
- Finished his senior season with 86 total tackles, including 62 solo stops, and an average of 9.6 tackles per game
- Also had 5.0 tackles-for-loss and 1.0 sack his senior season
- Recorded two interceptions his senior year
- Tallied 144 tackles over his final two seasons in high school
- Totaled 39 carries for 240 yards and six rushing scores while at running back
- Caught 10 passes for 231 yards and two scores out of the backfield
- Also lettered in wrestling and track & field
- Named the 2018-19 Times-Georgia All-Area Newcomer of the Year in wrestling
- Finished third at the Class AAA Traditional Wrestling State Championships as a junior
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