Shaun Shivers

Senior running back for Indiana. 2022: 592 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 22 catches.

RB · Indiana · Sr. · #2

5′7″ · 186 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 50 · #124 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceIndiana 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

APB recruit

No. 344 nationally · Signed with Auburn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Indiana. 2022: 592 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 22 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Auburn in 2018.
Transferred from Auburn to Indiana in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Indiana, 1,610 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201813 games

Signed with Auburn4-star out of Chaminade-Madonna

202212 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#344 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Tom Allen

Indiana

Played his entire career under Tom Allen.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Auburn8-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2019Auburn9-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2020Auburn6-5HC: Kevin Steele · Balanced

2021Auburn6-7HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced

2022Indiana4-8HC: Tom Allen · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #124 of 317?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long run (93rd percentile). Strength: receptions (83rd percentile). Concern: success rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#251 / 398 · 37th pct

3.5%

EPA / carry#252 / 398 · 37th pct

0.10

Explosive rate#254 / 398 · 36th pct

5.7%

Yards / carry#266 / 398 · 33rd pct

4.7

Success rate#356 / 398 · 11th pct

35.5%

Box-score rates (7)

Long run#26 / 346 · 93rd pct

Receptions#56 / 338 · 83rd pct

Carries#92 / 346 · 73rd pct

143

Rec yards#102 / 338 · 70th pct

128

Rush TDs#107 / 346 · 65th pct

Rush yards#128 / 346 · 63rd pct

592

Yards / carry#282 / 346 · 17th pct

4.1

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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	50.0	3.0	0.3
Road5g	48.4	3.8	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	57.4	3.8	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	38.0	2.7	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #124 of 317 RBs

Former four-star. Now #124 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Indiana	143	592	4.1	6	--
2021	Auburn	14	87	6.2	1	--
2020	Auburn	62	276	4.5	1	--
2019	Auburn	55	286	5.2	3	--
2018	Auburn	69	369	5.3	3	--
Career		343	1,610	4.7	14	--

Season	Team
2022	Indiana	22	128	5.8	1	--
2021	Auburn	22	163	7.4	1	--
2020	Auburn	10	55	5.5	0	--
2019	Auburn	4	1	0.2	0	--
2018	Auburn	2	-8	-4.0	0	--
Career		60	339	5.7	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 23–20

vs Illinois

28 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD

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

With C. Bazelak — 330 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.6 · -3 rush yds (5 car) · J. Evans — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Michigan State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.33Shaun Shivers run for 79 yds for a TD, (Charles Campbell KICK)
Week 3 · Western Kentucky · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.74Shaun Shivers run for 32 yds to the WKent 40 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Cincinnati · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.61Shaun Shivers run for 47 yds for a TD, (Charles Campbell KICK)
Week 2 · Idaho · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.54Shaun Shivers run for 46 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 8 · Rutgers · 1&20 · Q1 · EPA +2.98Connor Bazelak pass complete to Shaun Shivers for 24 yds to the Ind 49 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Idaho · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.55Shaun Shivers run for 31 yds to the Idaho 39 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Illinois · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.45Shaun Shivers run for 1 yd for a TD, (Charles Campbell KICK)
Week 3 · Western Kentucky · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.30Shaun Shivers run for 2 yds to the Ind 49
Week 3 · Western Kentucky · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.30Shaun Shivers run for 2 yds to the Ind 49
Week 4 · Cincinnati · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.07Connor Bazelak pass complete to Shaun Shivers for 2 yds for a TD, (Charles Campbell KICK)

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 23-20vs Illinois	15	28	1.9	1	5
Wk 2	W 35-22vs Idaho	20	155	7.8	1	46	Season-high 155 yds
Wk 3	W 33-30vs Western Kentucky	15	58	3.9	0	32
Wk 4	L 24-45@ Cincinnati	19	79	4.2	1	47
Wk 5	L 21-35@ Nebraska	9	25	2.8	1	8
Wk 6	L 10-31vs Michigan	7	25	3.6	0	15
Wk 7	L 33-38vs Maryland	14	32	2.3	0	8
Wk 8	L 17-24@ Rutgers	4	3	0.8	0	5
Wk 10	L 14-45vs Penn State	3	-6	-2.0	0	3
Wk 11	L 14-56@ Ohio State	8	20	2.5	0	6
Wk 12	W 39-31@ Michigan State	13	115	8.8	2	79
Wk 13	L 16-30vs Purdue	16	58	3.6	0	8
Total		143	592	3.4	6	79

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