#34

Sean Tucker

Sophomore running back for Syracuse. 2022: 1,058 rushing yards, 11 rushing TD, 36 catches.

RB · Syracuse · So. · #34

5′10″ · 205 lb · Owings Mills, MD

CFB Index 72 · #35 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceSyracuse 2022 alumnus

The story

2 running back for Syracuse. 2022: 1,058 rushing yards, 11 rushing TD, 36 catches.

Named All-America (ESPN) in 2021.
Named All-America (FWAA) in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Syracuse, 3,192 rushing yards, an All-American season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

202112 games

All-Americafirst · 2 selectors
All-ACCfirst

202212 games

All-ACCsecond

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Syracuse

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

10 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2021)

2 selectors honored him

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Dino Babers

Syracuse

Played his entire career under Dino Babers.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dino Babers — 13-23 over that span.

2020Syracuse1-10HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Syracuse5-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-heavy

2022Syracuse7-6HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

72Quality starter #35 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (96th percentile). Strength: rec yards (92nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#130 / 398 · 67th pct

5.9%

Explosive rate#145 / 398 · 64th pct

8.1%

Success rate#149 / 398 · 63rd pct

47.6%

Yards / carry#153 / 398 · 62nd pct

5.5

EPA / carry#162 / 398 · 59th pct

0.19

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#13 / 338 · 96th pct

Rec yards#28 / 338 · 92nd pct

255

Rush TDs#27 / 346 · 91st pct

Rush yards#32 / 346 · 91st pct

1058

Carries#34 / 346 · 90th pct

206

Long run#92 / 346 · 73rd pct

Yards / carry#141 / 346 · 58th pct

5.1

Fumbles lost#61 / 244 · 48th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

48th → 59th percentile

Success rate

33rd → 63rd percentile

Explosive rate

70th → 64th percentile

Yards / carry

69th → 62nd percentile

TD rate

53rd → 67th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	91.7	4.9	0.9
Road5g	83.2	5.9	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	107	5.2	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	69.3	5.5	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Fran Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #35 of 317 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Syracuse	206	1,058	5.1	11	--
2021	Syracuse	246	1,496	6.1	12	--
2020	Syracuse	138	638	4.6	4	--
Career		590	3,192	5.4	27	--

Season	Team
2022	Syracuse	36	255	7.1	2	--
2021	Syracuse	20	255	12.8	2	--
2020	Syracuse	7	103	14.7	0	--
Career		63	613	9.7	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 31–7

vs Louisville

98 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 24-point win at home against Louisville.

With G. Shrader — 237 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.3 · 95 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · M. Von Marburg — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Wagner · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +5.65Sean Tucker run for 60 yds for a TD, (Andre Szmyt KICK)
Week 1 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.28Garrett Shrader pass complete to Sean Tucker for 55 yds for a TD, (Andre Szmyt KICK)
Week 7 · NC State · 2&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.22Sean Tucker run for 25 yds for a TD, (Andre Szmyt KICK)
Week 13 · Boston College · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.86Sean Tucker run for 29 yds for a TD, (Andre Szmyt KICK)
Week 8 · Clemson · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Garrett Shrader pass complete to Sean Tucker for 12 yds for a TD, (Andre Szmyt KICK)
Week 12 · Wake Forest · 1&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.42Sean Tucker 9 Yd Run (Andre Szmyt Kick)
Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 1&5 · Q4 · EPA -2.31Carlos Del Rio-Wilson pass complete to Sean Tucker for a loss of 4 yards to the Syrac 33
Week 12 · Wake Forest · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.28Sean Tucker run for 39 yds to the WFrst 8 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Louisville · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.28Garrett Shrader pass complete to Sean Tucker for 13 yds to the Lvile 49 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Notre Dame · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.27Sean Tucker run for 8 yds to the Syrac 43 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-7vs Louisville	21	98	4.7	1	12
Wk 2	W 48-14@ UConn	27	112	4.1	1	13
Wk 3	W 32-29vs Purdue	18	42	2.3	0	10
Wk 4	W 22-20vs Virginia	21	60	2.9	0	9
Wk 5	W 59-0vs Wagner	23	232	10.1	3	60	Season-high 232 yds
Wk 7	W 24-9vs NC State	14	98	7.0	1	38
Wk 8	L 21-27@ Clemson	5	54	10.8	0	23
Wk 9	L 24-41vs Notre Dame	16	60	3.8	1	21
Wk 10	L 9-19@ Pittsburgh	10	19	1.9	0	7
Wk 11	L 3-38vs Florida State	14	52	3.7	0	16
Wk 12	L 35-45@ Wake Forest	16	106	6.6	2	39
Wk 13	W 32-23@ Boston College	21	125	6.0	2	29
Total		206	1058	5.3	11	60