Shaq Vann

RB · Eastern Michigan 2019 · #5

Last confirmed: Eastern Michigan, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′10″ · 222 lb · South Bend, IN

Shaq Vann: RB · Eastern Michigan · #5.

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Shaq Vann

RB · Eastern Michigan · Sr · #5

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Fifth year in the Eastern Michigan backfield. One game to point at: 142 rushing yards and 4 rushing TD against Akron — Week 12, 2019.

How he plays

How he plays

Play style

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

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

149Carries
739Yards
19.5%Top-5 share
20.8%Stuffed rate

Just 19.5% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 20.8% of his carries. 8 carries for 9 yds vs Kentucky; 28 for 142 vs Akron.

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

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

38.4%Carry share
40.0%Q4-lead share
60.0%In competitive games

38.4% of carries overall (149/388) → 40.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (20/50) — 60.0% 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

7/24Inside-5 share

7 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (29.2%).

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