Sheldon Evans

Junior running back for Marshall. 2021: 303 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 11 catches.

RB · Marshall · Jr. · #5

5′11″ · 200 lb · Roswell, GA

CFB Index 36 · #253 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceMarshall 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1175 nationally · Signed with Marshall

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for Marshall. 2021: 303 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 11 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Marshall in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Marshall, 1,004 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2017

Signed with Marshall3-star out of Roswell

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1175 national

CFB

College

Marshall

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018–2020

Doc Holliday

Marshall

2021

Charles Huff

Marshall

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Doc Holliday → Charles Huff. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Marshall9-4HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2019Marshall8-5HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

2020Marshall7-3HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

2021Marshall7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

36Below cohort / limited sample #253 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (90th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#41 / 409 · 90th pct

8.5%

Explosive rate#218 / 409 · 47th pct

6.8%

EPA / carry#225 / 409 · 45th pct

0.16

Success rate#263 / 409 · 36th pct

42.4%

Yards / carry#264 / 409 · 36th pct

4.8

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#123 / 331 · 63rd pct

114

Rush TDs#125 / 343 · 59th pct

Receptions#156 / 331 · 51st pct

Long run#182 / 343 · 46th pct

Yards / carry#238 / 343 · 29th pct

4.4

Carries#252 / 343 · 27th pct

Rush yards#269 / 343 · 22nd pct

303

Fumbles lost#177 / 222 · 13th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

34th → 45th percentile

Success rate

32nd → 36th percentile

Explosive rate

35th → 47th percentile

Yards / carry

38th → 36th percentile

TD rate

68th → 90th 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	24.3	4.6	0.2
Road6g	24.2	3.8	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	20.1	3.5	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	30.0	5.3	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #253 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #253 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Marshall	69	303	4.4	5	--
2020	Marshall	72	327	4.5	4	--
2019	Marshall	69	375	5.4	1	--
2018	Marshall	1	-1	-1.0	0	--
Career		211	1,004	4.8	10	--

Season	Team
2021	Marshall	11	114	10.4	0	--
2020	Marshall	9	26	2.9	0	--
2019	Marshall	3	37	12.3	0	--
2018	Marshall	--	--	--	--	--
Career		23	177	7.7	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021

W 44–10

vs North Carolina Central

25 rush yds (8 car)

Dominant 34-point win at home against North Carolina Central.

With G. Wells — 344 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 42.0 · 4 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · R. LeFevre — 38 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Navy · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -4.35Sheldon Evans run for no gain to the Navy 21 Sheldon Evans fumbled, forced by Nicholas Straw, recovered by Navy Kevin Brennan
Week 3 · East Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.85Grant Wells pass complete to Sheldon Evans for 56 yds to the ECaro 7 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Charlotte · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.77Sheldon Evans run for 15 yds for a TD, (Shane Ciucci KICK)
Week 12 · Charlotte · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.70Sheldon Evans run for 25 yds for a TD, (Shane Ciucci KICK)
Week 1 · Navy · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.47Sheldon Evans run for 9 yds for a TD (Andrew Sanders KICK)
Week 1 · Navy · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA +1.90Sheldon Evans run for 1 yd for a TD (Andrew Sanders KICK)
Week 5 · Middle Tennessee · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA -1.77Sheldon Evans run for 14 yds to the MTnSt 32 Sheldon Evans fumbled, forced by Gregory Grate Jr., recovered by MTnSt Reed Blankenship
Week 1 · Louisiana · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +1.56Sheldon Evans run for 8 yds to the LaLaf 46 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · North Carolina Central · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.55G.Wells pass complete to MSH 38. Catch made by S.Evans at MSH 38. Gain of 9 yards. S.Evans ran out of bounds.
Week 4 · App State · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +1.24Grant Wells pass complete to Sheldon Evans for 6 yds to the Marsh 30 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-7@ Navy	9	27	3.0	2	9
Wk 2	W 44-10vs North Carolina Central	8	25	3.1	0	11
Wk 3	L 38-42vs East Carolina	9	27	3.0	0	8
Wk 4	L 30-31@ App State	4	20	5.0	0	10
Wk 5	L 28-34@ Middle Tennessee	5	20	4.0	0	14
Wk 6	W 20-13vs Old Dominion	4	12	3.0	0	6
Wk 7	W 49-21@ North Texas	3	10	3.3	0	6
Wk 9	W 38-0vs Florida International	9	70	7.8	1	41	Season-high 70 yds
Wk 10	W 28-13@ Florida Atlantic	3	0	0.0	0	1
Wk 11	L 14-21vs UAB	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 12	W 49-28@ Charlotte	9	68	7.6	2	25
Wk 13	L 21-53vs Western Kentucky	2	12	6.0	0	11
Total		65	291	4.2	5	41

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

Sheldon Evans

2017

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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