Jo-El Shaw

RB · Kent State 2019 · #33

Last confirmed: Kent State, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′1″ · 230 lb · Pittsburgh, PA

Jo-El Shaw: RB · Kent State · #33.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Brian Robinson Jr.Alabama · 2018 · 89% season match
Gus EdwardsRutgers · 2017 · 86% season match
Andy DavidsonArmy · 2018 · 84% season match
Gerald HolmesMichigan State · 2017 · 82% season match
Markese SteppUSC · 2020 · 78% season match

Jo-El Shaw

RB · Kent State · Sr · #33

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Second year in the Kent State backfield. On tape: 109 rushing yards and 7 receiving yards against Bowling Green, Week 4, 2019.

How he plays

Play style

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

4/27Inside-5 share

4 of the team's 27 inside-the-5 carries (14.8%).

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Kent State	73	320	4.4	2
2018	Kent State	138	657	4.8	7
Career		211	977	4.6	9

Season	Team
2019	Kent State	6	46	7.7	0
2018	Kent State	9	84	9.3	2
Career		15	130	8.7	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-30@ Arizona State	16	67	4.2	0	15
Wk 2	W 26-23vs Kennesaw State	17	93	5.5	0	54
Wk 3	L 16-55@ No. 8 Auburn	6	9	1.5	0	6
Wk 4	W 62-20vs Bowling Green	15	109	7.3	2	41	Season-high 109 yds
Wk 6	L 0-48@ No. 8 Wisconsin	6	20	3.3	0	9
Wk 8	L 38-45@ Ohio	9	33	3.7	0	11
Wk 9	L 16-23vs Miami (OH)	4	-11	-2.8	0	0
Total		73	320	4.4	2	54

Signature game

Week 4 · 2019

W 62-20

vs Bowling Green

109 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 42-point win at home against Bowling Green.

With D. Crum — 310 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.7 · 65 rush yds (9 car) · K. Price — 5 rec · 64 yds · 1 TD · 12 rush yds (1 car) · 10 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Miami (OH) · 1st and 2 · Q3 · EPA −5.79Jo-El Shaw run for a loss of 2 yards to the MiaOh 3 Jo-El Shaw fumbled, forced by Sterling Weatherford, recovered by MiaOh Sterling Weatherford
Week 3 · Auburn · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.42Dustin Crum pass complete to Jo-El Shaw for 21 yds to the Aub 38 for a
Week 2 · Kennesaw State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.39Jo-El Shaw run for 54 yds to the Ksaw 20 for a
Week 4 · Bowling Green · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.09Jo-El Shaw run for 38 yds to the BwGrn 42 for a
Week 3 · Auburn · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.99Dustin Crum pass complete to Jo-El Shaw for 12 yds to the Aub 46 for a
Week 4 · Bowling Green · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Jo-El Shaw run for 41 yds to the BwGrn 12 for a

4 more plays

Week 6 · Wisconsin · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.66Jo-El Shaw run for 9 yds to the KntSt 24 for a WISCONSIN Penalty, Personal Foul (Collin Wilder) to the KntSt 39 for a
Week 2 · Kennesaw State · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.58Jo-El Shaw run for 10 yds to the Ksaw 45 for a
Week 2 · Kennesaw State · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA −2.56Jo-El Shaw run for a loss of 7 yards to the Ksaw 47
Week 4 · Bowling Green · 3rd and 1 · Q1 · EPA +2.45Jo-El Shaw run for 1 yd for a TD, (Matthew Trickett KICK)

Rushing profile

Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security

How he gets his yards, and how often it works

73 car · 320 yds · 2 TD

73 of 73 carries matched to play-by-play

Success rate

38%73 carries

Fumble rate

4.1%3 of 73 carries · 2 lost

Stuffed

0 or fewer yds

33%of carries

24 carries

Grind

1–3 yds

27%of carries

20 carries

Chunk

4–9 yds

29%of carries

21 carries

Explosive

10+ yds

11%of carries

8 carries

4 of 5 (80%) converted on 3rd/4th & short (≤2 to go) · 2 of 5 (40%) scored from inside the 5-yard line

4.4 yds/carry on 73 carries · 11% explosive (10+ yds) · 38% success rate.

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Sean Lewis — 9-16 over that span.

2018Kent State2-10HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2019Kent State7-6HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / carry (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#229 / 448 · 49th pct

6.8%

Yards / carry#355 / 448 · 21st pct

4.3

TD rate#354 / 448 · 21st pct

2.7%

Success rate#359 / 448 · 20th pct

38.4%

EPA / carry#424 / 448 · 5th pct

-0.11

Box-score rates (8)

Long run#131 / 326 · 58th pct

Rec yards#206 / 314 · 34th pct

Carries#219 / 326 · 33rd pct

Receptions#210 / 314 · 31st pct

Rush yards#244 / 326 · 25th pct

320

Yards / carry#241 / 326 · 25th pct

4.4

Rush TDs#245 / 326 · 19th pct

Fumbles lost#166 / 218 · 17th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

63rd → 5th percentile

Success rate

37th → 20th percentile

Explosive rate

13th → 49th percentile

Yards / carry

36th → 21st percentile

TD rate

56th → 21st 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 7 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home3g	63.7	3.3	0.7
Road4g	32.2	3.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	59.6	4.4	0.4
Weeks 8+2g	11.0	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

Pass share

39.4%

355 pass / 546 run

Plays / game

69.3

13 games

Team sack rate

10.5%

418 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

73 carries and 6 catches in 7 games

About as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.

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