Junior running back for Louisiana Tech. 2023: 551 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 9 catches.
5′11″ · 190 lb · Douglasville, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
3 running back for Louisiana Tech. 2023: 551 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 9 catches.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 3587 nationally · Signed with Miami (OH)
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonTyre Shelton
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Chuck Martin and Sonny Cumbie. One game to point at: 152 rush yds, 5 rec yds against North Texas — Week 3, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Louisiana Tech, 1,704 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Skip Holtz → Sonny Cumbie. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: rec yards (25th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 92.2 | 7.7 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 45.5 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 95.0 | 7.6 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 25.3 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Cumbie
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #129 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Louisiana Tech | 97 | 551 | 5.7 | 5 | -- |
| 2022 | Miami (OH) | 85 | 321 | 3.8 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Miami (OH) | 54 | 245 | 4.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Miami (OH) | 108 | 587 | 5.4 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 344 | 1,704 | 5.0 | 12 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Miami (OH) | 13 | 78 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 32 | 163 | 5.1 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 51–21
62 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 30-point win at home against Northwestern State.
With K. Willis — 188 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · B. Ochsendorf — 32 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 41 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 51-21vs Northwestern State | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 1 | 41 | |
| Wk 3 | L 37-40vs North Texas | 16 | 152 | 9.5 | 1 | 56 | Season-high 152 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 24-10@ UTEP | 16 | 104 | 6.5 | 1 | 37 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-35vs Western Kentucky | 21 | 118 | 5.6 | 2 | 25 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-31@ Middle Tennessee | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-56@ Liberty | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-42vs Sam Houston | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-56@ Jacksonville State | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 97 | 551 | 5.7 | 5 | 56 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3 of the team's 19 inside-the-5 carries (15.8%).
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Treshaun Ward’s 2023 season.
Matches Treshaun on
Differs from Treshaun on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to James Charles’s path through Florida Atlantic.
Matches James on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Charles McClelland's senior season at Cincinnati (2022).
Matches Charles on
Differs from Charles on
Player DNA