UL Monroe · W 45-17
No carries.
Texas Southern · W 66-10 · FCS
No carries.
North Texas · L 41-48
3 carries, 31 yards
The other 5 games average 12 yards. This one was 19 above.
Shields-Dutton has carries in 6 of Florida Atlantic’s 8 games: none against UL Monroe and Texas Southern.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
Kaden Shields-Dutton
Played for two head coaches at Florida Atlantic: Chad Lunsford and Zach Kittley. A game that shows it: 31 rushing yards and 22 receiving yards against North Texas — Week 9, 2026.
90 rushing yards · 0 rushing TD · 21 carries
Play style
Wins in space out of the backfield.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Roost Oct 20Against North Texas on Oct. 29: 3 carries for 31 yards. In the 6 games drawn here: 21 carries for 90 yards.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Florida Atlantic | 21 | 90 | 4.3 | 0 | 21 |
| 2025 | Florida Atlantic | 83 | 460 | 5.5 | 6 | 50 |
| 2024 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 0 | 9 |
| Career | 116 | 606 | 5.2 | 6 | 50 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 1 | 22 |
| 2025 | Florida Atlantic | 17 | 108 | 6.4 | 1 | 18 |
| 2024 | Florida Atlantic | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 22 | 156 | 7.1 | 2 | 22 |
Last game (Wk 9): 31 rushing yards, 1 catch.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-66@ Florida | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-30vs Navy | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 3 | W 16-10vs Florida International | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-56@ Army | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 8 | W 51-49vs Rice | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 9 | L 41-48@ North Texas | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 21 | Season-high 31 yds |
| Total | 21 | 90 | 4.3 | 0 | 21 |
Week 9 · 2026
L 41-48
at North Texas
31 rush yds (3 car) · 1 rec · 22 yds · 1 TD
With C. Veltkamp — 452 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · QBR 67.6 · E. Messer — 16 rec · 189 yds · 3 TD
The plays that mattered most
Ratings of the games shown run from -14 to +11 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 10.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 19.7 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 11.2 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 22.5 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Zach Kittley
Pass share
55.1%
337 pass / 275 run
Plays / game
76.5
8 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
375 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #11 of 37 American Athletic RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 1,556 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the American Athletic.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Zach Kittley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
