Last confirmed: Duke, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · Las Vegas, NV · Bishop Gorman
Shaquille Powell: RB · Duke · #28.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Shaquille Powell
Wins in space out of the backfield. This is his second year in the same backfield at Duke. On tape: 98 rushing yards and 31 receiving yards against North Carolina, Week 10, 2015.
Play style
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 20.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.5% of his carries. 3 carries for 8 yds vs Indiana; 13 for 98 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
The closer
24.4% of carries overall (122/499) → 21.2% of Q4-with-lead carries (18/85) — 100.0% 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
10 of 11 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (90.9%). 6 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (18.2%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
The Daily Progress Oct 23
Yahoo Sports Oct 19
Heavy Oct 18Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2015 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-7@ Tulane | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-0vs North Carolina Central | 16 | 71 | 4.4 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-19vs No. 23 Northwestern | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-20vs No. 20 Georgia Tech | 14 | 88 | 6.3 | 3 | 30 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 5 | W 9-7vs Boston College | 14 | 18 | 1.3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 6 | W 44-3@ Army | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-43@ Virginia Tech | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-30vs Miami | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-66@ No. 21 North Carolina | 13 | 98 | 7.5 | 0 | 16 | Season-high 98 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 13-31vs Pittsburgh | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 12 | L 34-42@ Virginia | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-21@ Wake Forest | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 0 | 6 | |
 Bowl | W 44-41vs Indiana | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 125 | 542 | 4.3 | 3 | 30 |
Week 4 · 2015
W 34-20
vs Georgia Tech
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
44%119 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.3 yds/carry on 125 carries · 9% explosive (10+ yds) · 44% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
2 seasons under David Cutcliffe — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2015 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 51.2 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 37.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 44.3 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 38.7 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Cutcliffe
Pass share
49.8%
509 pass / 514 run
Plays / game
78.7
13 games
Team sack rate
3.2%
527 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2015
125 carries and 35 catches in 13 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Duke, 1,160 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2015
1 coachPlayed his entire career under David Cutcliffe.
