Linebacker, Abilene Christian (from Arizona State), 2020–25
Will Shaffer
- Number
- No. 1
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 240 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Tempe, AZ
Will Shaffer played linebacker at Arizona State (2020–23) and Abilene Christian (2024–25).
Career highs
12tackles, career highat Texas Tech, 2024Team titles: United Athletic champions, 2024 and 2025
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Arizona State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | Arizona State | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Arizona State | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Arizona State | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Abilene Christian | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | Abilene Christian | 17 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 50 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Arizona State | 1 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | Arizona State | 1 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | Arizona State | 1 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | Arizona State | 1 | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | Abilene Christian | 1 | LB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2025 | Abilene Christian | 1 | LB | Sr. (Yr 6) | 6′0″ | 240 |
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 Abilene Christian 3 games, 17 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at Tulsa | L 7–35 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | at TCU | L 21–42 | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. Utah Tech | W 31–10 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
No box score in the source for Sep 21 vs. Austin Peay, so that game is not listed.
2024 Abilene Christian 2 games, 12 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at Texas Tech | L 51–52 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Eastern Kentucky | W 34–20 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
2023 Arizona State 1 game, 5 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | vs. Fresno State | L 0–29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Arizona State 3 games, 9 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Northern Arizona | W 40–3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Eastern Michigan | L 21–30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Washington State | L 18–28 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Arizona State 5 games, 4 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Southern Utah | W 41–14 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 11 | vs. UNLV | W 37–10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Colorado | W 35–13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | at Utah | L 21–35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | vs. Arizona | W 38–15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Arizona State 3 games, 3 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7 | at USC | L 27–28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 11 | atArizona | W 70–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 19 | at Oregon State | W 46–33 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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