Dean Shaffer

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-1
Weight:
230
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Smithtown, N.Y.
High School:
Smithtown East
Prev School:
Yale

Before Massachusetts

• Competed at Yale for four seasons, totaling 18 appearances
• Was a 2024 team captain
• Posted 41 career stops with 24 solo and 17 assisted tackles
• Added 4.5 tackles for a loss (seven yards) and a pass defended
• Tallied 25 tackles, including 15 solo, in four games during the 2024 season
• Had 2.5 tackles for loss and came away with the pass defended
• Finished the 2023 year with seven tackles (four solo, three assisted)
• Appeared in seven games in 2022, contributing eight tackles with five solo stops
• Attended Smithtown East High School
• Ran for 1,100 yards with 16 touchdowns as a junior
• Set a school record in dead lift