Linebacker, North Texas (from Oklahoma), 2020–⁠25

Shane Whitter

Number
No. 7
Height
6′0″
Weight
222 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Burlington, NC

Shane Whitter played linebacker at Oklahoma (2020–⁠23) and North Texas (2024–⁠25).

Career highs

12tackles, career hightwice; last vs. South Alabama, 2025

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2020

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2020Oklahoma950.50011
2021Oklahoma27121.50003
2022Oklahoma8200000
2023Oklahoma4310000
2024North Texas492320032
2025North Texas58281.50116
Career155736.501512

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
2020Oklahoma7LBYr 1
2021Oklahoma7LBYr 2
2022Oklahoma7LBYr 3
2023Oklahoma7LBYr 4
2024North Texas7LBYr 5
2025North Texas7LBSr. (Yr 6)6′0″222

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 North Texas 8 games, 58 tackles, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 30vs.LamarW 51–⁠0540000
Sep 6atWestern MichiganW 33–⁠301270000
Sep 13vs.Washington StateW 59–⁠10851010
Sep 20atArmyW 45–⁠381120000
Sep 27vs.South AlabamaW 36–⁠221250.5000
Oct 10vs.South FloridaL 36–⁠63740000
Oct 18vs.UTSAW 55–⁠17200000
Nov 1vs.NavyW 31–⁠17110001
2024 North Texas 12 games, 49 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31atSouth AlabamaW 52–⁠38110000
Sep 7vs.Stephen F. AustinW 35–⁠20210000
Sep 14atTexas TechL 21–⁠66422001
Sep 21vs.WyomingW 44–⁠17410000
Sep 28vs.TulsaW 52–⁠20430000
Oct 12atFlorida AtlanticW 41–⁠37320000
Oct 19atMemphisL 44–⁠52520000
Oct 26vs.TulaneL 37–⁠45620000
Nov 15atUTSAL 27–⁠48430001
Nov 23vs.East CarolinaL 28–⁠40710000
Nov 30atTempleW 24–⁠17110001
Jan 3 ✦vs.Texas StateL 28–⁠30840000
2023 Oklahoma 2 games, 4 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.Arkansas StateW 73–⁠0110000
Sep 30vs.Iowa StateW 50–⁠20321000
2022 Oklahoma 2 games, 8 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 3vs.UTEPW 45–⁠13410000
Sep 17atNebraskaW 49–⁠14410000
2021 Oklahoma 10 games, 27 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 11vs.Western CarolinaW 76–⁠0320.5000
Sep 18vs.NebraskaW 23–⁠16400000
Sep 25vs.West VirginiaW 16–⁠13421000
Oct 2atKansas StateW 37–⁠31320000
Oct 16vs.TCUW 52–⁠31000000
Oct 23atKansasW 35–⁠23300000
Oct 30vs.Texas TechW 52–⁠21410000
Nov 13atBaylorL 14–⁠27220000
Nov 27atOklahoma StateL 33–⁠37110000
Dec 29 ✦vs.OregonW 47–⁠32320000
2020 Oklahoma 3 games, 9 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Nov 7vs.KansasW 62–⁠9520.5000
Nov 21vs.Oklahoma StateW 41–⁠13100000
Dec 30 ✦vs.FloridaW 55–⁠20330001

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

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