The Citadel Athletics

2025 (Bryant): Appeared in the first four games before missing the rest of the year...posted 6.0 tackles...also collected a sack...graduated with honors in December 2025.

2024 (Bryant): Played in 12 games for the Bulldogs...posted a career-high 55.0 tackles, including 3.5 tackles-for-loss with one sack...recorded his first career sack against Franklin Pierce...career-high 12.0 tackles against Stony Brook...notably secured a tackle in every game during the season.

2023 (Bryant): Appeared in all 11 games...posted 6.0 tackles...collected 4.0 tackles over the final three games of the season...registered 2.0 tackles at Lindenwood.

2022 (Bryant): Appeared in all 11 games for the Bulldogs as a freshman...logged one block.

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed for Greenbrier High School under head coach Tony Kramer...logged 43 consecutive varsity starts, good for a school record, and finished as a four-year letterman...2020 Recruit Georgia 5A Player of the Year...All-CSRA Defensive Player of the Year...consensus first-team Georgia 5A All-State choice...Georgia 5A Region 8 Two-Way Player of the Year...Columbia County Defensive Player of the Year...first-team All-CSRA...three-time All-Region...three-time All-County...two-time All-Greater CSRA...played in Georgia Elite All-Star Game...selected to play in the GA / SC Border Bowl Game...team captain both junior and senior seasons...concluded season with 296.0 tackles, good for third all-time in school history...notched 62.0 tackles-for-loss plus 21.0 sacks, both good for the top marks all-time in program history...also posted four forced fumbles, five recovered fumbles, four pass breakups, seven blocked kicks and a pair of touchdowns...in wrestling, 2021 Georgia 5A State Wrestling Champion in the heavyweight division...generated a 31-1 record with 30 pins...placed third at state the year prior...2020 and 2021 CSRA Wrestler of the Year...team captain both junior and senior seasons...in weight-lifting, 2021 GACA 246 lb State Weightlifting Champion...also competed in lacrosse and track & field.

PERSONAL: Son of Carla and Bret Shugarts...father, Bret, played for IUP and the Pittsburgh Steelers...brother, JB, played for Ohio State and six different NFL franchises over three years...brother, Stone, played for IUP...first cousins with AJ Barner.