Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2006-2009Rice
John Thomas Shepherd
QB • 6'1" • El Dorado, AR, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
John Thomas Shepherd is a balanced quarterback profile with 14.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
12
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Player Story
John Thomas Shepherd built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a quarterback from El Dorado, AR wearing No. 17, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of John Thomas Shepherd's career was his passing...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2003
John Thomas Shepherd, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Rice. John Thomas Shepherd is a balanced quarterback profile with 14.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 910
- Passing yards
- 803
- Rushing yards
- 107
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
John Thomas Shepherd quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 910
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- Texas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Southfield-lathrup
- High school pipeline
- Southfield-lathrup · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Class 2009
- 2009 Total offense rank
- 616 total offense · QB 142nd (top 52%) · Conference USA 26th (top 20%) · National 248th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | Rice | 4 | 111 | 128 | -17 | 0 | 28 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Rice | 2 | 98 | 91 | 7 | 0 | 50.8 |
| 2008 Postseason | Rice | 6 | -13 | 0 | -13 | 0 | 20.7 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Rice | 6 | 98 | 78 | 20 | 0 | 20.7 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Rice | 10 | 616 | 506 | 110 | 2 | 57.1 |
Related Context
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John Thomas Shepherd played QB for Rice. Across 4 tracked seasons, John Thomas Shepherd recorded 803 passing yards, 107 rushing yards, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
Rice paired 616 primary output with 43.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2008 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 39.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Loss with 43 yards of offense and 70.4 efficiency. It landed in the 83.3th percentile of the selected season.
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2008 Postseason · Rice
Games
6
Primary Metric / G
14.2
Efficiency
39.4
Usage
5.6
Consistency
17
Best Game by takeover score
Tulsa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: -13. SMU: 1. Texas: 52. North Texas: -2. Tulsa: 43. UTEP: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 1 by 0. SMU: 1 by 10. Texas: 12 by 53.5. North Texas: 2 by 25. Tulsa: 7 by 70.4. UTEP: 1 by 77.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins-2.5 · Games = 4 · -50 vs Losses
Losses47.5 · Games = 2 · +50 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Tulsa
Best efficiency game
77.8 vs UTEP
Player Story
John Thomas Shepherd story
John Thomas Shepherd built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a quarterback from El Dorado, AR wearing No. 17, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of John Thomas Shepherd's career was his passing role: 803 passing yards, 2 touchdown passes, 159 attempts, and 107 rushing yards across 22 career games in the available record. His career also includes 107 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives John Thomas Shepherd's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Rice
2006-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20062007200820082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | Rice | 111 | 31.4 | 6.1 | — |
| 2007 Regular Season | Rice | 98 | 81.7 | 13.2 | -13 |
| 2008 Postseason | Rice | 85 | 39.4 | 5.6 | -13 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Rice | 85 | 39.4 | 5.6 | 0 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Rice | 616 | 43.7 | 14.7 | 531 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas
Week 4 · L 14-58
Loss with 59 yards of offense and 99.4 efficiency.
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Total Offense
99.7 takeover
59 total offense with 99.4 efficiency.
#2
vs Vanderbilt
Week 4 · L 17-36
111
Total Offense
66.2 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
111 total offense with 40.3 efficiency.
#3
@ UAB
Week 1 · L 24-44 · Conference game
129
Total Offense
66.2 takeover
Loss with 129 yards of offense and 59.5 efficiency.
129 total offense with 59.5 efficiency.
#4
@ UCLA
Week 2 · L 16-26
61
Total Offense
63.6 takeover
Loss with 61 yards of offense and 53.8 efficiency.
61 total offense with 53.8 efficiency.
#5
@ Oklahoma State
Week 3 · L 24-41
114
Total Offense
63 takeover
Loss with 114 yards of offense and 48.8 efficiency.
114 total offense with 48.8 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · Rice
616 primary output · 43.7 efficiency · 14.7 usage
57.1
#2
2007 Regular Season · Rice
50.8
98 primary · 81.7 efficiency · 13.2 usage
#3
2006 Regular Season · Rice
28
111 primary · 31.4 efficiency · 6.1 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
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3+ TD games
4
Above avg efficiency
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