#22

Rasheen Ali

Former running back at Marshall. 2023: 1,140 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD, 28 catches.

RB · Marshall · Jr. · #22

6′0″ · 209 lb · Cleveland, OH

CFB Index 72 · #39 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceBaltimore — drafted 2024, Rd 5, Pick 30, #165 overall

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 3984 nationally · Signed with Marshall

Statement game23 car · 203 yds · 3 TDat Charlotte (FBS) · W 49-28

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Marshall. 2023: 1,140 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD, 28 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Marshall in 2019.
Drafted round 5 by the Baltimore in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Marshall, 2,836 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #165 overall by Baltimore.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Signed with Marshall2-star out of Shaker Heights

202112 games

All-Conference USAfirst

20223 games

The snaps went the other way.

All-Sun Belt

202312 games

The role got bigger.

All-Sun Beltsecond

2024

Drafted by Baltimoreround 5, pick 165

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3984 national

CFB

College

Marshall

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #165

Baltimore · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

8 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020

Doc Holliday

Marshall

2021–2023

Charles Huff

Marshall

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Doc Holliday → Charles Huff. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 3rd NFL season

#165Rd 5 · Pick 30

BaltimoreEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Marshall7-3HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

2021Marshall7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Marshall9-4HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy

2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

72Quality starter #39 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (96th percentile). Strength: carries (93rd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#86 / 426 · 80th pct

7.2%

Yards / carry#161 / 426 · 62nd pct

5.5

EPA / carry#224 / 426 · 48th pct

0.15

Explosive rate#244 / 426 · 43rd pct

6.2%

Success rate#287 / 426 · 33rd pct

41.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#11 / 333 · 96th pct

Carries#23 / 333 · 93rd pct

212

Receptions#26 / 327 · 92nd pct

Rush yards#29 / 333 · 91st pct

1140

Rec yards#47 / 327 · 86th pct

213

Long run#72 / 333 · 78th pct

Yards / carry#93 / 333 · 70th pct

5.4

Fumbles lost#154 / 207 · 16th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

66th → 48th percentile

Success rate

71st → 33rd percentile

Explosive rate

84th → 43rd percentile

Yards / carry

72nd → 62nd percentile

TD rate

18th → 80th percentile

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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

204 carries

17%

Stuffed (≤0)

39%

Grind (1–3)

33%

Chunk (4–9)

12%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	117	6.3	1.7
Road6g	72.8	4.7	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	105	5.9	1.7
Weeks 8+5g	81.4	4.9	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #39 of 310 RBs

Two-star recruit. Now #39 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Marshall	212	1,140	5.4	15	--
2022	Marshall	47	273	5.8	1	--
2021	Marshall	250	1,401	5.6	23	--
2020	Marshall	5	22	4.4	0	--
Career		514	2,836	5.5	39	--

Season	Team
2023	Marshall	28	213	7.6	1	--
2022	Marshall	2	10	5.0	1	--
2021	Marshall	46	342	7.4	1	--
2020	Marshall	--	--	--	--	--
Career		76	565	7.4	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 21–17

vs UAlbany

137 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With C. Fancher — 268 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 34.2 · 16 rush yds (5 car) · J. Mcconnell — 46 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 62 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · UTSA · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +6.62Rasheen Ali run for 64 yds for a TD (Rece Verhoff KICK)
Week 7 · Georgia State · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +6.41Cam Fancher pass complete to Rasheen Ali for 65 yds for a TD (Rece Verhoff KICK)
Week 2 · East Carolina · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +5.78Rasheen Ali run for 56 yds for a TD (Kameron Lake KICK)
Week 4 · Virginia Tech · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +5.47Rasheen Ali run for 56 yds for a TD (Rece Verhoff KICK)
Week 11 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.28Rasheen Ali 55 Yd Run (Rece Verhoff Kick)
Week 1 · UAlbany · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +4.03Rasheen Ali run for 30 yds for a TD (Rece Verhoff KICK)
Week 7 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -3.86Rasheen Ali run for 1 yd to the GAST 38 Rasheen Ali fumbled, recovered by GAST Henry Bryant III
Week 4 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.74Rasheen Ali run for 61 yds to the VT 18 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UAlbany · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.42Rasheen Ali run for 73 yds for a 1ST down Marshall Penalty, Offensive Holding (-10 Yards) to the MRSH 48 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Georgia State · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.29Rasheen Ali run for 53 yds to the GAST 13 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 21-17vs UAlbany	18	137	7.6	2	31
Wk 2	W 31-13@ East Carolina	18	85	4.7	3	56	3 rushing TDs
Wk 4	W 24-17vs Virginia Tech	27	174	6.4	2	61	Season-high 174 yds
Wk 5	W 41-35vs Old Dominion	28	79	2.8	2	13
Wk 6	L 41-48@ NC State	14	63	4.5	0	11
Wk 7	L 24-41@ Georgia State	19	103	5.4	2	53
Wk 9	L 6-34@ Coastal Carolina	12	52	4.3	0	12
Wk 10	L 9-31@ App State	13	79	6.1	0	43
Wk 11	W 38-33vs Georgia Southern	24	165	6.9	3	55	3 rushing TDs
Wk 12	L 0-28@ South Alabama	16	55	3.4	0	13
Wk 13	W 35-21vs Arkansas State	14	56	4.0	0	27
Bowl	L 17-35vs UTSA	9	92	10.2	1	64
Total		212	1140	5.5	15	64

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

204Carries

1170Yards

26.5%Top-5 share

16.7%Stuffed rate

Just 26.5% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 16.7% of his carries. 12 carries for 52 yds vs Coastal Carolina; 18 for 179 vs UAlbany.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

50.9%Carry share

35.5%Q4-lead share

100.0%In competitive games

50.9% of carries overall (201/395) → 35.5% of Q4-with-lead carries (22/62) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

10/163rd/4th & short

14/20Inside-5 share