Ashton Shumpert

#32 · RB · Mississippi State6′2″ · Fulton, MS · Tupelo

Ashton Shumpert: RB · Mississippi State · #32.

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Ashton Shumpert

RB · Mississippi State · #32

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Third year in the same backfield at Mississippi State. On tape: 68 rushing yards and 3 tackles against Massachusetts, Week 4, 2016.

Style of play

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Mississippi State in the news

Kamario Taylor out for seasonOct 27
Students rally for Nolan WellsOct 21
Billy Puckett named QB1The Clarion-Ledger Oct 17

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Mississippi State	55	257	4.7	1	27
2015	Mississippi State	59	228	3.9	1	20
2014	Mississippi State	47	274	5.8	2	59
Career		161	759	4.7	4	59

Season	Team
2016	Mississippi State	3	28	9.3	17
2015	Mississippi State	14	118	8.4	18
2014	Mississippi State	3	18	6.0	8
Career		20	164	8.2	18

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-21vs South Alabama	3	14	4.7	0	6
Wk 2	W 27-14vs South Carolina	5	28	5.6	0	16
Wk 3	L 20-23@ No. 20 LSU	6	34	5.7	0	9
Wk 4	W 47-35@ Massachusetts	12	68	5.7	1	27	Season-high 68 yds
Wk 6	L 14-38vs Auburn	4	11	2.8	0	5
Wk 7	L 21-28@ BYU	6	10	1.7	0	5
Wk 8	L 38-40@ Kentucky	2	27	13.5	0	15
Wk 9	W 56-41vs Samford	7	39	5.6	0	21
Wk 10	W 35-28vs No. 7 Texas A&M	2	6	3.0	0	4
Wk 11	L 3-51@ No. 1 Alabama	4	9	2.3	0	5
Wk 12	L 42-58vs Arkansas	2	4	2.0	0	3
Wk 13	W 55-20@ Ole Miss	1	5	5.0	0	5
Bowl	W 17-16vs Miami (OH)	1	2	2.0	0	2
Total		55	257	4.7	1	27

Signature game

Week 4 · 2016

W 47-35

at Massachusetts

68 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Massachusetts on the road in a shootout.

With N. Fitzgerald — 305 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.4 · 110 rush yds (15 car) · B. Holloway — 80 rush yds (10 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Massachusetts · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.53Ashton Shumpert run for 12 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 7 · BYU · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Nick Fitzgerald pass complete to Ashton Shumpert for 17 yds to the MisSt 41 for a
Week 4 · Massachusetts · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −2.16Ashton Shumpert run for a loss of 5 yards to the MisSt 48
Week 4 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 1 · Q4 · EPA +1.97Ashton Shumpert run for 27 yds to the UMass 22 for a
Week 7 · BYU · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA −1.19Ashton Shumpert run for a loss of 6 yards to the MisSt 24
Week 10 · Texas A&M · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +1.15Ashton Shumpert run for 4 yds to the MisSt 38 for a

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Week 11 · Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −1.14Ashton Shumpert run for a loss of 2 yards to the MisSt 29
Week 2 · South Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.04Ashton Shumpert run for 11 yds to the SCaro 47 Ashton Shumpert fumbled, forced by Jonathan Walton, recovered by MisSt Fred Ross for a
Week 9 · Samford · 2nd and 3 · Q2 · EPA −1.00Ashton Shumpert run for 1 yd to the MisSt 41
Week 3 · LSU · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +0.88Ashton Shumpert run for 7 yds to the LSU 40 for a

Rushing profile

Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security

How he gets his yards, and how often it works

55 car · 257 yds · 1 TD

55 of 55 carries matched to play-by-play

Success rate

43%54 carries

Fumble rate

1.8%1 of 55 carries

Stuffed

0 or fewer yds

11%of carries

6 carries

Grind

1–3 yds

40%of carries

22 carries

Chunk

4–9 yds

36%of carries

20 carries

Explosive

10+ yds

13%of carries

7 carries

2 of 3 (67%) converted on 3rd/4th & short (≤2 to go)

4.7 yds/carry on 55 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 43% success rate.

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Dan Mullen — 25-14 over that span.

2014Mississippi State10-3HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015Mississippi State9-4HC: Dan Mullen · Balanced

2016Mississippi State6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (86th percentile). Concern: td rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#276 / 432 · 36th pct

42.6%

Explosive rate#288 / 432 · 33rd pct

5.5%

Yards / carry#318 / 432 · 27th pct

4.6

EPA / carry#382 / 432 · 12th pct

-0.04

TD rate#387 / 432 · 11th pct

1.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 222 · 86th pct

Yards / carry#195 / 304 · 35th pct

4.7

Rec yards#230 / 294 · 21st pct

Long run#247 / 304 · 18th pct

Receptions#241 / 294 · 16th pct

Carries#257 / 304 · 15th pct

Rush yards#264 / 304 · 13th pct

257

Rush TDs#267 / 304 · 8th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

3rd → 12th percentile

Success rate

11th → 36th percentile

Explosive rate

15th → 33rd percentile

Yards / carry

9th → 27th percentile

TD rate

13th → 11th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	17.0	3.9	0.0
Road6g	25.5	5.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	23.9	4.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	15.0	5.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Dan Mullen

Pass share

44.3%

411 pass / 517 run

Plays / game

71.4

13 games

Team sack rate

4.3%

440 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

55 carries and 3 catches in 13 games

Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Ashton Shumpert

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Style of play

Fans

Mississippi State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Rushing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

55 carries and 3 catches in 13 games

Four seasons at Mississippi State

2013