Senior running back for Washington. 2021: 434 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 8 catches.
5′7″ · 175 lb · Torrance, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 running back for Washington. 2021: 434 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 8 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearSean McGrew
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Sean McGrew has been at Washington through two head coaches in five seasons. The receipt: 114 rush yds, 5 rec yds against Stanford — Week 9, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Washington, 1,288 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chris Petersen → Jimmy Lake. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: explosive rate (5th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 34.6 | 3.0 | 1.2 |
| Road3g | 87.0 | 5.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 56.5 | 4.3 | 1.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 52.0 | 3.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jedd Fisch
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Washington | 110 | 434 | 3.9 | 8 | -- |
| 2020 | Washington | 43 | 227 | 5.3 | 4 | -- |
| 2019 | Washington | 55 | 342 | 6.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Washington | 50 | 226 | 4.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Washington | 17 | 59 | 3.5 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 275 | 1,288 | 4.7 | 16 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Washington | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Washington | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Washington | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Washington | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Washington | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 27 | 212 | 7.9 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021
W 31–24
vs California
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 52-3vs Arkansas State | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 2 | 13 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-24vs California | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-27@ Oregon State | 16 | 104 | 6.5 | 2 | 39 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-24vs UCLA | 18 | 38 | 2.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-16@ Arizona | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 9 | W 20-13@ Stanford | 19 | 114 | 6.0 | 0 | 20 | Season-high 114 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 16-26vs Oregon | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 2 | 14 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-40vs Washington State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 110 | 434 | 3.7 | 8 | 39 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Ta'Zhawn Henry’s 2021 season.
Matches Ta'Zhawn on
Differs from Ta'Zhawn on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Deon Jackson’s path through Duke.
Matches Deon on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to David Mbadinga's senior season at Georgia Southern (2024).
Matches David on
Differs from David on
Player DNA