Shomari Lawrence

Senior running back for Missouri State. 2025: 1,021 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 19 catches.

RB · Missouri State · Sr. · #2

6′0″ · 210 lb · Pompano Beach, FL

CFB Index 41 · #215 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Missouri State for 2026

The numbers

1,021

rushing yards · 2025

7 TD · 5.1 per carry · 19 catches

Backed by 20 car · 173 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% rushing yards game.

The play that turned itSwung Missouri State from 10% to 54% to win.Missouri State at Kennesaw State · 41-34

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Missouri State. 2025: 1,021 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 19 catches.

Transferred from Florida International to Missouri State in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Does a little of everything without one standout trait.

Explosive rate: 53rd percentile.

The full scouting read

Shomari Lawrence

RB · Missouri State · Sr · #2

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 173 rush yds, 9 rec yds against Kennesaw State — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Balanced

2024Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2025Missouri State7-6HC: Nick Petrino · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

41Rotational starter #215 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (92nd percentile). Strength: rush yards (90th percentile). Concern: success rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#216 / 456 · 53rd pct

6.5%

Yards / carry#299 / 456 · 35th pct

4.6

TD rate#379 / 456 · 17th pct

1.0%

EPA / carry#391 / 456 · 14th pct

-0.04

Success rate#408 / 456 · 11th pct

34.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#28 / 349 · 92nd pct

199

Rush yards#36 / 349 · 90th pct

1021

Long run#57 / 349 · 83rd pct

Rush TDs#62 / 349 · 80th pct

Receptions#77 / 338 · 75th pct

Rec yards#128 / 338 · 62nd pct

118

Yards / carry#139 / 349 · 58th pct

5.1

Fumbles lost#55 / 201 · 49th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

6th → 14th percentile

Success rate

38th → 11th percentile

Explosive rate

7th → 53rd percentile

Yards / carry

11th → 35th percentile

TD rate

18th → 17th 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

200 carries

27%

Stuffed (≤0)

30%

Grind (1–3)

29%

Chunk (4–9)

14%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	80.7	5.8	1.0
Road7g	76.7	4.8	0.1

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	58.0	4.7	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	102	5.9	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Casey Woods

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #215 of 326 RBs

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #16 of 28 Conference USA RBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Missouri State	199	1,021	5.1	7	--
2024	Florida International	47	177	3.8	1	--
2023	Florida International	125	566	4.5	4	--
Career		371	1,764	4.8	12	--

Season	Team
2025	Missouri State	19	118	6.2	--
2024	Florida International	1	1	1.0	--
2023	Florida International	8	47	5.9	--
Career		28	166	5.9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 42–10

vs UT Martin

65 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 32-point win at home against UT Martin.

With J. Clark — 271 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.5 · 22 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD · S. McDonald — 43 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Kennesaw State · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +5.98(05:18) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 S.Lawrence rush middle for 70 yards gain to the KSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:08, 1ST DOWN #36 Y.Obeid kick attempt good (H: #25 S.McDonald, LS: #47 A.Kallas)
Week 4 · UT Martin · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +4.81Shomari Lawrence run for 50 yds for a TD (Yousef Obeid KICK)
Week 14 · Louisiana Tech · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.37No Huddle-Shotgun #2 S.Lawrence rush middle for 56 yards gain to the LTU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:25, 1ST DOWN #36 Y.Obeid kick attempt good (H: #25 S.McDonald, LS: #47 A.Kallas)
Week 10 · Florida International · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.12No Huddle-Shotgun #2 S.Lawrence rush middle for 41 yards gain to the FIU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:32, 1ST DOWN #36 Y.Obeid kick attempt good (H: #25 S.McDonald, LS: #47 A.Kallas)
Week 5 · Western Kentucky · 2&17 · Q3 · EPA +3.20Shomari Lawrence run for 21 yds to the WKU 32 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UTEP · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.97#2 S.Lawrence rush middle for 10 yards gain to the UTEP00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:43, 1ST DOWN #36 Y.Obeid kick attempt good (H: #25 S.McDonald, LS: #47 A.Kallas)
Week 5 · Western Kentucky · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Shomari Lawrence run for 32 yds for a TD (Yousef Obeid KICK)
Week 1 · USC · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.77Shomari Lawrence run for 23 yds to the USC 34 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Florida International · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.49No Huddle-Shotgun #2 S.Lawrence rush right for 42 yards gain to the FIU08 (#22 S.Sterlin), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Marshall · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +2.43Jacob Clark pass complete to Shomari Lawrence for 13 yds to the MRSH 43 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-73@ USC	12	50	4.2	0	23
Wk 2	W 21-20@ Marshall	17	49	2.9	0	17
Wk 3	L 10-28vs SMU	13	44	3.4	0	15
Wk 4	W 42-10vs UT Martin	8	65	8.1	1	50
Wk 5	L 22-27vs Western Kentucky	16	78	4.9	1	32
Wk 7	W 22-20@ Middle Tennessee	11	63	5.7	0	10
Wk 9	W 24-17@ New Mexico State	21	97	4.6	0	11
Wk 10	W 28-21vs Florida International	14	104	7.4	2	42
Wk 11	W 21-17@ Liberty	13	48	3.7	0	17
Wk 12	W 38-24vs UTEP	25	109	4.4	1	14
Wk 13	L 34-41@ Kennesaw State	20	173	8.7	1	70	Season-high 173 yds
Wk 14	L 30-42vs Louisiana Tech	13	84	6.5	1	56
Bowl	L 28-34@ Arkansas State	16	57	3.6	0	12
Total		199	1021	5.2	7	70

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

200Carries

918Yards

21.5%Top-5 share

27.0%Stuffed rate

Just 21.5% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 27.0% of his carries. 12 carries for 28 yds vs Louisiana Tech; 24 for 119 vs UTEP.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

57.0%Carry share

42.2%Q4-lead share

100.0%In competitive games

57.0% of carries overall (203/356) → 42.2% of Q4-with-lead carries (19/45) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

6/123rd/4th & short

6 of 12 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (50.0%).

2026 Outlook

Missouri State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Missouri State

Returning around him

31% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
Transfer portal: +8 net (19 in / 11 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Missouri State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #119 · 2026 recruiting class #131

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Back

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Spencer Brown’s 2020 season.

Spencer Brown

77%match

UAB · 2020

All-Conference USA

TJ Green

Liberty · 2021

74%

Samuel Brown V

Rutgers · 2022

70%

Jalen Berger

Michigan State · 2022

66%

Malachi Thomas

Virginia Tech · 2023

65%

Matches Spencer on

Height

Weight

Class year

Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Gaej Walker’s path through Western Kentucky.

Gaej Walker

99%match

Western Kentucky · 2020

Andrew Body

Alabama State · 2025

98%

Narii Gaither

Gardner-Webb · 2023

97%

Marlon Gunn

East Carolina · 2025

95%

Greg McCrae

UCF · 2020

94%

Matches Gaej on

Yards per carry

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jaquez Moore's graduate season at Duke (2025).

Jaquez Moore

60%match

Duke · 2025

Kay'Ron Adams

Michigan State · 2024

58%

Reggie Love III

Purdue · 2024

56%

Roman Hemby

Indiana · 2025

All-Big Ten

53%

Anderson Castle

App State · 2024

53%

Matches Jaquez on

Rush TD rate

Weight

Differs from Jaquez on

Total rush EPA (college ability) (lower)

Height (higher)

Yards / reception (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Shomari Lawrence

Roman Hemby

Indiana · 2025

80%

Christian Clark

Texas · 2025

76%

Marlon Gunn

East Carolina · 2024

75%

Anthony Carrie

Florida International · 2025

74%

Simeon Price

Coastal Carolina · 2024

73%

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

Shomari Lawrence

202312 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Back

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