Will Shipley

#1 · RB · Jr. · Clemson5′11″ · 210 lb · Weddington, NC

Will Shipley: RB · Clemson · #1.

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Will Shipley

RB · Clemson · Jr · #1

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Third year in the Clemson backfield. All-ACC in 2023 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 126 rushing yards and 53 receiving yards against North Carolina — Week 12, 2023.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

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

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

162Carries
829Yards
16.4%Top-5 share
12.3%Stuffed rate

Just 16.4% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 12.3% of his carries. 6 carries for 23 yds vs NC State; 18 for 130 vs North Carolina.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

33.9%Carry share
23.8%Q4-lead share
87.5%In competitive games

33.9% of carries overall (160/472) → 23.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (24/101) — 87.5% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

6/103rd/4th & short
13/43Inside-5 share

6 of 10 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (60.0%). 13 of the team's 43 inside-the-5 carries (30.2%).

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