Usage / Role
86%
Featured offensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2007-2009SMU
Shawnbrey McNeal
RB • 5'10" • Dallas, TX, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Shawnbrey McNeal leans workhorse runner traits and 53.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
lowelite
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
lowhigh
Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · SMU
07080909
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Miami • SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Player Story
Shawnbrey McNeal built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a running back from Dallas, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Miami and SMU. The clearest part of Shawnbrey McNeal's career was his backfield...
Read the story2★
- Committed To
- Georgia State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Shawnbrey McNeal, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · SMU. Shawnbrey McNeal leans workhorse runner traits and 53.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,623
- Rushing yards
- 1,340
- Receiving yards
- 283
- Touchdowns
- 17
Quick Answers
Shawnbrey McNeal quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,623
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2009 Postseason · SMU
- Top game
- UTEP
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Jenkins · Georgia State
- High school pipeline
- Jenkins · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Class 2009
- 2009 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,471 scrimmage yards · RB 17th (top 4%) · Conference USA 2nd (top 1%) · National 25th (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Miami | 4 | 90 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 36.4 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Miami | 5 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 19.5 |
| 2009 Postseason | SMU | 13 | 116 | 63 | 53 | 3 | 83 |
| 2009 Regular Season | SMU | 13 | 1,355 | 1,125 | 230 | 11 | 83 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Shawnbrey McNeal
Shawnbrey McNeal played RB for Miami and SMU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Shawnbrey McNeal recorded 1,340 rushing yards, 283 receiving yards, and 17 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Postseason
SMU paired 1,471 primary output with 53.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 53.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Miami, SMU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Win with 169 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2009 Postseason · SMU
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
113.2
Efficiency
53.7
Usage
40.9
Consistency
78.3
Best Game by takeover score
UTEP
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 116. Stephen F. Austin: 162. UAB: 83. Washington State: 117. TCU: 96. East Carolina: 45. Navy: 146. Houston: 110. Tulsa: 96. Rice: 88. UTEP: 169. Marshall: 82. Tulane: 161
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nevada: 19 by 58.3. Stephen F. Austin: 21 by 82.1. UAB: 23 by 35. Washington State: 27 by 41.6. TCU: 16 by 37.5. East Carolina: 16 by 26.3. Navy: 17 by 85.8. Houston: 18 by 65. Tulsa: 23 by 31.9. Rice: 21 by 43.7. UTEP: 18 by 89.1. Marshall: 20 by 42.7. Tulane: 28 by 59.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins115 · Games = 8 · +4.8 vs Losses
Losses110.2 · Games = 5 · -4.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
UTEP
Best efficiency game
89.1 vs UTEP
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/25 | vs Nevada2+ TD | W 45-10 | 12 | 63 | 5.30 | 3 | 7 | 53 | 6.1 |
| Sat 11/28 | vs Tulane100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 26-21 | 26 | 147 | 5.70 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5.8 |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Marshall | L 31-34 | 20 | 82 | 4.10 | 1 | — | — | 4.1 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs UTEP100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 35-31 | 18 | 169 | 9.40 | 1 | — | — | 9.4 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Rice2+ TD | W 31-28 | 21 | 88 | 4.20 | 2 | — | — | 4.2 |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Tulsa | W 27-13 | 19 | 44 | 2.30 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 4.2 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Houston | L 15-38 | 15 | 95 | 6.30 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 6.1 |
| Sun 10/18 | vs Navy100 rush yards | L 35-38 | 15 | 131 | 8.70 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8.6 |
| Sun 10/11 | vs East Carolina | W 28-21 | 15 | 35 | 2.30 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2.8 |
| Sun 10/4 | @ TCU | L 14-39 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 6 |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Washington State | L 27-30 | 22 | 83 | 3.80 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/12 | @ UAB | W 35-33 | 21 | 67 | 3.20 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 3.6 |
| Sun 9/6 | vs Stephen F. Austin100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 31-23 | 19 | 158 | 8.30 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7.7 |
Player Story
Shawnbrey McNeal story
Shawnbrey McNeal built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a running back from Dallas, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Miami and SMU. The clearest part of Shawnbrey McNeal's career was his backfield work: 1,340 rushing yards, 269 carries, 15 rushing touchdowns, and 283 receiving yards across 22 career games in the available record. His career also includes 283 receiving yards and 66 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Shawnbrey McNeal's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Miami
2007-2008
Opening stop
- 2
SMU
2009
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2007200820092009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Miami | 90 | 48.7 | 9.8 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Miami | 62 | 33.8 | 5.1 | -28 |
| 2009 Postseason | SMU | 1,471 | 53.7 | 40.9 | 1,409 |
| 2009 Regular Season | SMU | 1,471 | 53.7 | 40.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UTEP
Week 11 · W 35-31 · Conference game
Win with 169 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
169
Scrimmage Yards
96.4 takeover
169 scrimmage yards and 40.9 usage.
#2
vs Stephen F. Austin
Week 1 · W 31-23
162
Scrimmage Yards
92.7 takeover
Win with 162 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
162 scrimmage yards and 42 usage.
#3
vs Navy
Week 7 · L 35-38
146
Scrimmage Yards
90.7 takeover
Loss with 146 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
146 scrimmage yards and 37.8 usage.
#4
vs Tulane
Week 13 · W 26-21 · Conference game
161
Scrimmage Yards
84.9 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
161 scrimmage yards and 50 usage.
#5
@ Houston
Week 8 · L 15-38 · Conference game
110
Scrimmage Yards
76.3 takeover
Loss with 110 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
110 scrimmage yards and 34.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Postseason · SMU
1,471 primary output · 53.7 efficiency · 40.9 usage
83
#2
2009 Regular Season · SMU
83
1,471 primary · 53.7 efficiency · 40.9 usage
#3
2007 Regular Season · Miami
36.4
90 primary · 48.7 efficiency · 9.8 usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
3
150+ scrimmage yards
3
2+ TD games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Shawnbrey McNeal
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.