Raheem Blackshear

Junior running back for Virginia Tech. 2021: 760 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 25 catches.

RB · Virginia Tech · Jr. · #6

5′9″ · 194 lb · Philadelphia, PA

CFB Index 64 · #54 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceVirginia Tech 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1481 nationally · Signed with Rutgers

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for Virginia Tech. 2021: 760 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 25 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rutgers in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Virginia Tech, 1,916 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201710 games

Signed with Rutgers3-star out of Archbishop Wood

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1481 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2020

Justin Fuente

Virginia Tech

2021

J.C. Price

Virginia Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Justin Fuente → J.C. Price. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Rutgers4-8HC: Chris Ash · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2018Rutgers1-11HC: Chris Ash · Run-leaning

2019Rutgers2-10HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2020Virginia Tech5-6HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2021Virginia Tech6-7HC: J.C. Price · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

64Quality starter #54 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (89th percentile). Strength: receptions (89th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#129 / 409 · 67th pct

9.1%

Yards / carry#144 / 409 · 65th pct

5.8

Success rate#164 / 409 · 60th pct

47.9%

EPA / carry#230 / 409 · 44th pct

0.16

TD rate#275 / 409 · 33rd pct

3.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#37 / 331 · 89th pct

249

Receptions#35 / 331 · 89th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 222 · 86th pct

Yards / carry#78 / 343 · 76th pct

5.7

Rush yards#83 / 343 · 76th pct

760

Carries#104 / 343 · 70th pct

133

Rush TDs#99 / 343 · 68th pct

Long run#141 / 343 · 58th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	49.3	5.1	0.6
Road5g	73.8	5.4	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	32.8	3.8	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	86.2	6.7	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #54 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #54 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Virginia Tech	133	760	5.7	6	--
2020	Virginia Tech	66	243	3.7	2	--
2019	Rutgers	29	88	3.0	0	--
2018	Rutgers	144	587	4.1	3	--
2017	Rutgers	39	238	6.1	3	--
Career		411	1,916	4.7	14	--

Season	Team
2021	Virginia Tech	25	249	10.0	1	--
2020	Virginia Tech	18	154	8.6	0	--
2019	Rutgers	29	310	10.7	2	--
2018	Rutgers	43	366	8.5	2	--
2017	Rutgers	7	133	19.0	2	--
Career		122	1,212	9.9	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2021

W 29–24

at Virginia

169 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With B. Burmeister — 141 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.0 · 115 rush yds (12 car) · T. Robinson — 3 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.2 · -2 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Notre Dame · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.47Braxton Burmeister pass complete to Raheem Blackshear for 25 yds to the NDame 41 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Virginia · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.37Raheem Blackshear run for 50 yds to the Virg 10 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Duke · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.05Raheem Blackshear run for 40 yds to the Duke 48 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · West Virginia · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.99Raheem Blackshear run for 20 yds for a TD, (John Parker Romo KICK)
Week 13 · Virginia · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.94Raheem Blackshear run for 18 yds for a TD, (John Parker Romo KICK)
Week 8 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.82Raheem Blackshear run for 38 yds to the Syrac 32 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Notre Dame · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.67Raheem Blackshear run for 7 yds for a TD, (John Parker Romo KICK)
Week 2 · Middle Tennessee · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.66R.Blackshear rushed to MTS End Zone for 6 yards. R.Blackshear for 6 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 11 · Duke · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.62Raheem Blackshear run for 20 yds for a TD, (John Parker Romo KICK)
Week 11 · Duke · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Braxton Burmeister pass complete to Raheem Blackshear for 13 yds for a TD, (John Parker Romo KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 17-10vs North Carolina	11	16	1.5	0	11
Wk 2	W 35-14vs Middle Tennessee	10	53	5.3	2	11
Wk 3	L 21-27@ West Virginia	10	47	4.7	1	20
Wk 4	W 21-10vs Richmond	7	28	4.0	0	8
Wk 6	L 29-32vs Notre Dame	8	35	4.4	1	8
Wk 7	L 7-28vs Pittsburgh	7	18	2.6	0	7
Wk 8	L 36-41vs Syracuse	10	78	7.8	0	38
Wk 9	W 26-17@ Georgia Tech	14	83	5.9	0	25
Wk 10	L 3-17@ Boston College	12	67	5.6	0	27
Wk 11	W 48-17vs Duke	12	117	9.8	1	40
Wk 12	L 26-38@ Miami	2	3	1.5	0	4
Wk 13	W 29-24@ Virginia	18	169	9.4	1	50	Season-high 169 yds
Total		121	714	5.2	6	50