Defensive back, Georgia Tech, 2022–⁠25

Rodney Shelley

Number
No. 6
Height
5′11″
Weight
180 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Fairburn, GA
Born
Aug 14, 2002

Rodney Shelley played defensive back at Georgia Tech (2022–⁠25).

Career highs

8tackles, career hightwice; last at Boston College, 2025

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2022Georgia Tech7400000
2023Georgia Tech17700000
2024Georgia Tech191550041
2025Georgia Tech382720230
Career815370271

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2022Georgia Tech–––150
2023Georgia Tech–––4320
2024Georgia Tech115014940
Career1150191310

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Georgia Tech6DBFr.
2023Georgia Tech6DBSo.
2024Georgia Tech6DBJr.
2025Georgia Tech6DBSr.5′11″180

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2025 Georgia Tech 9 games, 38 tackles, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 20vs.TempleW 45–⁠24521000
Oct 11vs.Virginia TechW 35–⁠20100010
Oct 18atDukeW 27–⁠18530000
Oct 25vs.SyracuseW 41–⁠16420001
Nov 1atNC StateL 36–⁠48640000
Nov 15atBoston CollegeW 36–⁠34880001
Nov 22vs.PittsburghL 28–⁠42440000
Nov 28vs.GeorgiaL 9–⁠16321001
Dec 27 ✦vs.BYUL 21–⁠25220010
2024 Georgia Tech 11 games, 19 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 24vs.Florida StateW 24–⁠21210000
Aug 31vs.Georgia StateW 35–⁠12332001
Sep 7atSyracuseL 28–⁠31110001
Sep 14vs.VMIW 59–⁠7––––––
Sep 21atLouisvilleL 19–⁠31000000
Oct 5vs.DukeW 24–⁠14110001
Oct 12atNorth CarolinaW 41–⁠34220000
Oct 26atVirginia TechL 6–⁠21443001
Nov 9vs.MiamiW 28–⁠23210000
Nov 21vs.NC StateW 30–⁠29320000
Nov 29atGeorgiaL 42–⁠44100000
2023 Georgia Tech 6 games, 17 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 9vs.South Carolina StateW 48–⁠13––––––
Nov 4atVirginiaW 45–⁠17110000
Nov 11atClemsonL 21–⁠42840000
Nov 18vs.SyracuseW 31–⁠22510000
Nov 25vs.GeorgiaL 23–⁠31210000
Dec 22 ✦vs.UCFW 30–⁠17100000
2022 Georgia Tech 7 games, 7 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 17vs.Ole MissL 0–⁠42100000
Sep 24atUCFL 10–⁠27110000
Oct 20vs.VirginiaL 9–⁠16100000
Oct 29atFlorida StateL 16–⁠41110000
Nov 5atVirginia TechW 28–⁠27220000
Nov 19atNorth CarolinaW 21–⁠17––––––
Nov 26atGeorgiaL 14–⁠37100000

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2026
Height5′10½″
Weight182 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size9¾″
Wingspan79¼″
40-yard dash4.46 s
10-yard split1.48 s
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump10′9″
3-cone drill6.94 s
20-yard shuttle4.25 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 3 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Chargers.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2026 (so far)Los Angeles Chargers3500

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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