Usage / Role
50%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2015-2019Eastern Michigan
Shaq Vann
RB • 5'10" • 222 lbs • South Bend, IN, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Shaq Vann leans workhorse runner traits and 50 efficiency.
Impact Production
49
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
47
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Eastern Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi Valley State
Player Story
Shaq Vann built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a running back from South Bend, IN wearing No. 5, spending time with Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Shaq Vann's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Eastern Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Shaq Vann, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Eastern Michigan. Shaq Vann leans workhorse runner traits and 50 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 3,006
- Rushing yards
- 2,566
- Receiving yards
- 440
- Touchdowns
- 24
Quick Answers
Shaq Vann quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Eastern Michigan · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 3,006
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
- Top game
- Mississippi Valley State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Adams · Eastern Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Adams · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2019 Scrimmage yards rank
- 781 scrimmage yards · RB 119th (top 18%) · Mid-American 20th (top 9%) · National 225th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 850 | 586 | 264 | 6 | 72.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 166 | 166 | 0 | 2 | 52.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 582 | 520 | 62 | 3 | 65.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 627 | 579 | 48 | 5 | 63 |
| 2019 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 70 | 48 | 22 | 0 | 74.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 711 | 667 | 44 | 8 | 74.2 |
Related Context
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Shaq Vann played RB for Eastern Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Shaq Vann recorded -4 passing yards, 2,566 rushing yards, and 440 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Eastern Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Eastern Michigan paired 781 primary output with 50 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 46.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Win with 125 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2018 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
57
Efficiency
46.9
Usage
21.8
Consistency
69
Best Game by takeover score
Central Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Monmouth: 35. Purdue: 44. Buffalo: 33. San Diego State: 76. Northern Illinois: 68. Western Michigan: 54. Toledo: 62. Ball State: 77. Army: 7. Central Michigan: 125. Akron: 46
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. Monmouth: 11 by 33.1. Purdue: 7 by 65.5. Buffalo: 11 by 31.3. San Diego State: 21 by 37.7. Northern Illinois: 18 by 39.4. Western Michigan: 15 by 37.5. Toledo: 14 by 47.4. Ball State: 22 by 34.3. Army: 3 by 24.3. Central Michigan: 14 by 87.2. Akron: 6 by 78.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins64.8 · Games = 6 · +17.2 vs Losses
Losses47.6 · Games = 5 · -17.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Central Michigan
Best efficiency game
87.2 vs Central Michigan
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/10 | vs Akron | W 27-7 | 5 | 37 | 7.40 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7.7 |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Central Michigan100 rush yards | W 17-7 | 13 | 114 | 8.80 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8.9 |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Army | L 22-37 | 3 | 7 | 2.30 | 0 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Ball State | W 42-20 | 20 | 63 | 3.20 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3.5 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Toledo | W 28-26 | 11 | 51 | 4.60 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4.4 |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Western Michigan | L 24-27 | 15 | 54 | 3.60 | 0 | — | — | 3.6 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Northern Illinois | L 23-26 | 18 | 68 | 3.80 | 1 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sun 9/23 | @ San Diego State | L 20-23 | 21 | 76 | 3.60 | 0 | — | — | 3.6 |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Buffalo | L 28-35 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Sat 9/8 | @ Purdue | W 20-19 | 7 | 44 | 6.30 | 0 | — | — | 6.3 |
| Fri 8/31 | vs Monmouth | W 51-17 | 11 | 35 | 3.20 | 0 | — | — | 3.2 |
Player Story
Shaq Vann story
Shaq Vann built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a running back from South Bend, IN wearing No. 5, spending time with Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Shaq Vann's career was his backfield work: 2,566 rushing yards, 517 carries, 23 rushing touchdowns, and 440 receiving yards across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Eastern Michigan. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 440 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 23 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Eastern Michigan.
The arc is straightforward: Shaq Vann moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Eastern Michigan
2015-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017201820192019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 850 | 60.6 | 20.5 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 166 | 86.5 | 17.1 | -684 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 582 | 48 | 23.9 | 416 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 627 | 46.9 | 21.8 | 45 |
| 2019 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 781 | 50 | 28.5 | 154 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 781 | 50 | 28.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Mississippi Valley State
Week 1 · W 61-14
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
156
Scrimmage Yards
91.7 takeover
156 scrimmage yards and 32.8 usage.
#2
@ Wyoming
Week 2 · W 48-29
129
Scrimmage Yards
90.5 takeover
Win with 129 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
129 scrimmage yards and 30.8 usage.
#3
@ Akron
Week 12 · W 42-14 · Conference game
142
Scrimmage Yards
84.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
142 scrimmage yards and 45.2 usage.
#4
vs Central Michigan
Week 10 · W 17-7 · Conference game
125
Scrimmage Yards
83.3 takeover
Win with 125 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
125 scrimmage yards and 21.9 usage.
#5
vs Bowling Green
Week 13 · W 34-31 · Conference game
117
Scrimmage Yards
81.8 takeover
Win with 117 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
117 scrimmage yards and 24.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
781 primary output · 50 efficiency · 28.5 usage
74.2
#2
2019 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
74.2
781 primary · 50 efficiency · 28.5 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
72.6
850 primary · 60.6 efficiency · 20.5 usage
Milestones
7
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
5
2+ TD games
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