Shane Tucker

#1 · WR · Middle Tennessee6′0″ · 220 lb · Memphis, TN · Memphis University School

Shane Tucker: WR · Middle Tennessee · #1.

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Shane Tucker

WR · Middle Tennessee · #1

Moves the chains on third down. Three seasons in the Middle Tennessee receiving corps to date. A game that shows it: 63 receiving yards and 2 receptions against UTEP — Week 10, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Middle Tennessee in the news

Rick Stockstill named FSU interim coachNov 2
Ed Bunio dies at 85Oct 26

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Middle Tennessee	25	381	15.2	2	44
2015	Middle Tennessee	16	133	8.3	1	33
2014	Middle Tennessee	25	351	14.0	4	52
Career		66	865	13.1	7	52

Season	Team
2017	Middle Tennessee	3	22	207
2015	Middle Tennessee	127	413	--
2014	Middle Tennessee	97	486	--
Career		227	921	207

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 6-28vs Vanderbilt	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 2	W 30-23@ Syracuse	3	25	8.3	1	11
Wk 3	L 3-34@ Minnesota	3	31	10.3	0	25
Wk 6	W 37-17vs Florida International	4	44	11.0	0	20
Wk 8	L 10-38vs Marshall	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 10	W 30-3vs UTEP	2	63	31.5	0	36	Season-high 63 yds
Wk 11	W 35-21@ Charlotte	2	16	8.0	0	13
Wk 12	L 38-41@ Western Kentucky	2	53	26.5	0	28
Wk 13	W 41-10vs Old Dominion	3	58	19.3	0	44
Bowl	W 35-30vs Arkansas State	4	63	15.8	1	30
Total		25	381	15.2	2	44

Signature game

Bowl · 2017

W 35-30

vs Arkansas State · neutral site

4 rec · 63 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Arkansas State at a neutral site in a shootout.

With M. Bonadies — 42.7 yards per punt · 6 punts · 53 long · B. Stockstill — 232 yds · 2 TD · 3 INT · QBR 46.7

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Old Dominion · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.39Brent Stockstill pass complete to Shane Tucker for 44 yds to the ODU 39 for a
Week 10 · UTEP · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.14Brent Stockstill pass complete to Shane Tucker for 36 yds to the UTEP 25 for a
Week 2 · Syracuse · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.99Brent Stockstill pass complete to Shane Tucker for 10 yds for a TD, (Canon Rooker KICK)
Week 12 · Western Kentucky · 3rd and 12 · Q5 · EPA +2.89Brent Stockstill pass complete to Shane Tucker for 25 yds to the WKent 2 for a
Week 1 · Arkansas State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.81Stockstill to Tucker: a 30-yard touchdown pass.
Week 10 · UTEP · 4th and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Brent Stockstill pass complete to Shane Tucker for 27 yds to the UTEP 6 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Arkansas State · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.69Brent Stockstill pass complete to Shane Tucker for 22 yds to the ArkSt 1 for a
Week 11 · Charlotte · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.67Brent Stockstill pass complete to Shane Tucker for 13 yds to the Charl 43 for a
Week 6 · Florida International · 4th and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.42John Urzua pass complete to Shane Tucker for 5 yds to the FlaIn 38 for a
Week 12 · Western Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.29Brent Stockstill pass complete to Shane Tucker for 28 yds to the WKent 39 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 20-18 over that span.

2014Middle Tennessee6-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Run-heavy

2015Middle Tennessee7-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Middle Tennessee7-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (95th percentile). Strength: epa / target (92nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#39 / 709 · 95th pct

23.5%

EPA / target#56 / 709 · 92nd pct

0.92

Yards / catch#188 / 709 · 74th pct

14.6

Catch rate#281 / 709 · 60th pct

70.6%

TD rate#475 / 709 · 32nd pct

2.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#153 / 539 · 71st pct

15.2

Rush yards#111 / 283 · 60th pct

Rec yards#292 / 539 · 46th pct

381

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#279 / 539 · 40th pct

Long catch#332 / 539 · 38th pct

Receptions#331 / 539 · 37th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.2	38.6	18.0	0.0
Road4g	2.5	31.2	13.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.0	34.4	10.9	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	41.8	20.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Rick Stockstill

Pass share

52.7%

473 pass / 424 run

Plays / game

69.0

13 games

Team sack rate

4.7%

511 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

25 catches and 3 carries in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Shane Tucker

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Style of play

Fans

Middle Tennessee in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

25 catches and 3 carries in 10 games

Five seasons at Middle Tennessee

2013