#32

Ashton Shumpert

Running back for Mississippi State. 2016: 257 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 3 catches.

RB · Mississippi State · #32

6′2″ · Fulton, MS

Mississippi State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 183 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 running back for Mississippi State. 2016: 257 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 3 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Mississippi State, 759 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2013

Signed with Mississippi State4-star out of Tupelo

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#183 national

CFB

College

Mississippi State

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Dan Mullen

Mississippi State

Played his entire career under Dan Mullen.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (86th percentile). Concern: rush tds (8th percentile).

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

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	14.9	3.7	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2016

W 56–41

vs Samford

39 rush yds (7 car)

Edged out Samford at home in a shootout.

With N. Fitzgerald — 417 yds · 5 TD · 2 INT · QBR 87.1 · 119 rush yds (19 car) · 2 TD · D. Gray — 4 rec · 207 yds · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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 Texas A&M	2	6	3.0	0	4
Wk 11	L 3-51@ 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	4.6	1	27

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology