Rushel Shell

Running back for West Virginia. 2016: 514 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 12 catches.

RB · West Virginia · #4

5′10″ · Hopewell, PA

West Virginia 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

5★

RB recruit

No. 32 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 running back for West Virginia. 2016: 514 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 12 catches.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at West Virginia, 2,010 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2012

Signed with Pittsburgh5-star out of Hopewell

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#32 national

CFB

College

West Virginia

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

Played his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 25-14 over that span.

2014West Virginia7-6HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced, fast tempo

2015West Virginia8-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2016West Virginia10-3HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long run (11th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#115 / 294 · 60th pct

Rec yards#118 / 294 · 60th pct

100

Rush TDs#132 / 304 · 53rd pct

Fumbles lost#62 / 222 · 53rd pct

Carries#144 / 304 · 53rd pct

113

Rush yards#164 / 304 · 46th pct

514

Yards / carry#217 / 304 · 27th pct

4.5

Long run#267 / 304 · 11th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	61.7	4.4	0.5
Road4g	36.0	3.1	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	58.0	3.9	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	41.5	3.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	West Virginia	113	514	4.5	5	--
2015	West Virginia	161	708	4.4	8	--
2014	West Virginia	176	788	4.5	7	--
Career		450	2,010	4.5	20	--

Season	Team
2016	West Virginia	12	100	8.3	--
2015	West Virginia	16	101	6.3	--
2014	West Virginia	21	140	6.7	--
Career		49	341	7.0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2016

W 24–21

vs Baylor

9 rush yds (3 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With B. Kinney — 33 AVG · 42 LONG · 7 NO · J. Crawford — 209 rush yds (28 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 26-11vs Missouri	16	90	5.6	1	23
Wk 2	W 38-21vs Youngstown State	16	84	5.3	0	21
Wk 4	W 35-32vs BYU	11	35	3.2	2	10
Wk 5	W 17-16vs Kansas State	8	35	4.4	0	12
Wk 7	W 48-17@ Texas Tech	21	104	5.0	2	14
Wk 8	W 34-10vs TCU	24	117	4.9	0	20	Season-high 117 yds
Wk 9	L 20-37@ Oklahoma State	7	38	5.4	0	15
Wk 11	W 24-20@ Texas	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 14	W 24-21vs Baylor	3	9	3.0	0	5
Bowl	L 14-31@ Miami	6	0	0.0	0	2
Total		113	514	3.9	5	23

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