Will Shipley

Former running back at Clemson. 2023: 827 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 31 catches.

RB · Clemson · Jr. · #1

5′11″ · 210 lb · Weddington, NC

CFB Index 60 · #70 of 310 RBsHigh confidencePhiladelphia — drafted 2024, Rd 4, Pick 27, #127 overall

Recruiting

5★

RB recruit

No. 32 nationally · Signed with Clemson

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Clemson. 2023: 827 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 31 catches.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Clemson in 2021.
Drafted round 4 by the Philadelphia in 2024.
Named All-America (USA Today) in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Clemson, 2,748 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #127 overall by Philadelphia.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

20219 games

Signed with Clemson5-star out of Weddington

202214 games

All-Americafirst
All-ACCfirst

202312 games

All-ACC

2024

Drafted by Philadelphiaround 4, pick 127

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#32 national

CFB

College

Clemson

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #127

Philadelphia · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

12 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2022)

1 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021–2023

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PhiladelphiaEntering 3rd NFL season

#127Rd 4 · Pick 27

PhiladelphiaEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 30-10 over that span.

2021Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Clemson11-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2023Clemson9-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #70 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (95th percentile). Strength: rec yards (92nd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#124 / 426 · 71st pct

8.6%

Success rate#170 / 426 · 60th pct

46.4%

Yards / carry#204 / 426 · 52nd pct

5.3

EPA / carry#258 / 426 · 40th pct

0.11

TD rate#284 / 426 · 33rd pct

3.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#17 / 327 · 95th pct

Rec yards#27 / 327 · 92nd pct

244

Carries#57 / 333 · 83rd pct

167

Rush yards#62 / 333 · 81st pct

827

Rush TDs#112 / 333 · 62nd pct

Yards / carry#146 / 333 · 54th pct

5.0

Long run#231 / 333 · 31st pct

Fumbles lost#154 / 207 · 16th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

74th → 40th percentile

Success rate

72nd → 60th percentile

Explosive rate

70th → 71st percentile

Yards / carry

68th → 52nd percentile

TD rate

76th → 33rd 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

162 carries

12%

Stuffed (≤0)

43%

Grind (1–3)

28%

Chunk (4–9)

17%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	79.7	5.8	0.7
Road6g	58.2	4.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	68.4	4.8	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	69.6	5.1	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #70 of 310 RBs

Former five-star. Now #70 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Clemson	167	827	5.0	5	--
2022	Clemson	210	1,182	5.6	15	--
2021	Clemson	149	739	5.0	11	--
Career		526	2,748	5.2	31	--

Season	Team
2023	Clemson	31	244	7.9	2	--
2022	Clemson	38	242	6.4	0	--
2021	Clemson	16	116	7.2	0	--
Career		85	602	7.1	2	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · North Carolina · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA -4.56Will Shipley run for 2 yds to the UNC 7 Will Shipley fumbled, recovered by UNC Kevin Hester Jr. No Huddle-Shotgun Shipley,Will rush middle for 2 yards loss to the UNC07 fumbled by Shipley,Will at UNC06 forced by Rucker,Kaimon recovered by UNC Hester Jr.,Kevin at UNC07, End Of Play.
Week 12 · North Carolina · 2&13 · Q3 · EPA +3.83Will Shipley run for 33 yds for a TD (Jonathan Weitz KICK)
Week 11 · Georgia Tech · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.87Will Shipley run for 32 yds for a TD (Jonathan Weitz KICK)
Week 4 · Florida State · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Will Shipley 10 Yd pass from Cade Klubnik (Jonathan Weitz Kick)
Week 12 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.66Will Shipley run for 31 yds to the UNC 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Duke · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Will Shipley 2 Yd pass from Cade Klubnik (Robert Gunn III Kick)
Week 13 · South Carolina · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Cade Klubnik pass complete to Will Shipley for 12 yds to the SC 32 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Kentucky · 4&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.19Cade Klubnik pass complete to Will Shipley for 5 yds to the UK 30 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Georgia Tech · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.18Will Shipley run for 9 yds to the GT 32 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Florida State · 2&25 · Q1 · EPA +2.10Cade Klubnik pass complete to Will Shipley for 18 yds to the FSU 42

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-28@ Duke	17	114	6.7	0	18
Wk 2	W 66-17vs Charleston Southern	9	73	8.1	0	17
Wk 3	W 48-14vs Florida Atlantic	10	38	3.8	0	19
Wk 4	L 24-31vs Florida State	18	67	3.7	1	16
Wk 5	W 31-14@ Syracuse	18	61	3.4	1	17
Wk 6	W 17-12vs Wake Forest	19	97	5.1	1	21
Wk 8	L 20-28@ Miami	15	44	2.9	0	17
Wk 9	L 17-24@ NC State	6	21	3.5	0	10
Wk 11	W 42-21vs Georgia Tech	11	77	7.0	1	32
Wk 12	W 31-20vs North Carolina	18	126	7.0	1	33	Season-high 126 yds
Wk 13	W 16-7@ South Carolina	15	80	5.3	0	14
Bowl	W 38-35@ Kentucky	11	29	2.6	0	6
Total		167	827	4.9	5	33

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

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.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

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.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

6/103rd/4th & short

13/43Inside-5 share