Player Dossier

2016-2019

Iowa State

Sheldon Croney Jr.

RB • 5'11" • 206 lbs • Bakersfield, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Sheldon Croney Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 32.1 efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

2

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

13

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State
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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8189

Garces Memorial · Bakersfield, CA

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Sheldon Croney Jr., RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Iowa State. Sheldon Croney Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 32.1 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
493
Rushing yards
311
Receiving yards
182
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Sheldon Croney Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
493
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 27 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Iowa State
Top game
Kansas State
Recruit profile
3-star · Garces Memorial · Iowa State
High school pipeline
Garces Memorial · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 25 · Senior
2019 Scrimmage yards rank
156 scrimmage yards · RB 381st (top 58%) · Big 12 94th (top 45%) · National 1,164th (top 46%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonIowa State00000-
2017 PostseasonIowa State9880048.2
2017 Regular SeasonIowa State920215151148.2
2018 PostseasonIowa State1016160042.2
2018 Regular SeasonIowa State101114071142.2
2019 PostseasonIowa State8330037.2
2019 Regular SeasonIowa State81539360137.2

Related Context

Sheldon Croney Jr. played RB for Iowa State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Sheldon Croney Jr. recorded 311 rushing yards, 182 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Iowa State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Iowa State paired 210 primary output with 48.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 32.1 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: Northern Iowa

Win with 79 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2019 Postseason · Iowa State

Games

8

Scrimmage Yards / G

19.5

Efficiency

32.1

Usage

8

Consistency

19.3

Best Game by takeover score

Northern Iowa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 3. Northern Iowa: 79. Iowa: 1. UL Monroe: 35. Baylor: 33. West Virginia: 0. Kansas: 5. Kansas State: 0

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. Notre Dame: 1 by 31.3. Northern Iowa: 16 by 47.5. Iowa: 1 by 8.3. UL Monroe: 10 by 28.5. Baylor: 11 by 25. Kansas: 1 by 52.1

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins29.8 · Games = 4 · +20.5 vs Losses
Losses9.3 · Games = 4 · -20.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Northern Iowa

Best efficiency game

52.1 vs Kansas

Result
Sat 12/28vs Notre DameL 9-3313303
Sun 12/1@ Kansas StateL 17-27
Sat 11/23vs KansasW 41-3115505
Sat 10/12@ West VirginiaW 38-14
Sat 9/28@ BaylorL 21-23612205213
Sat 9/21vs UL MonroeW 72-209202.2001153.5
Sat 9/14vs IowaL 17-18111
Sat 8/31vs Northern IowaW 29-2613564.3013234.9

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Iowa State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonIowa State0
2017 PostseasonIowa State21048.17.2210
2017 Regular SeasonIowa State21048.17.20
2018 PostseasonIowa State12731.86.2-83
2018 Regular SeasonIowa State12731.86.20
2019 PostseasonIowa State15632.1829
2019 Regular SeasonIowa State15632.180

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Kansas State

Week 13 · L 19-20 · Conference game

Loss with 78 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

78.4 takeover

78 scrimmage yards and 29.6 usage.

#2

vs Northern Iowa

Week 1 · W 29-26

79

Scrimmage Yards

69.5 takeover

Win with 79 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

79 scrimmage yards and 21.3 usage.

#3

vs Akron

Week 4 · W 26-13

26

Scrimmage Yards

62.5 takeover

Win with 26 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

26 scrimmage yards and 4.9 usage.

#4

@ Oklahoma State

Week 6 · W 48-42 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

59.5 takeover

Win with 26 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

26 scrimmage yards and 10.2 usage.

#5

@ Baylor

Week 12 · W 23-13 · Conference game

47

Scrimmage Yards

58.7 takeover

Win with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

47 scrimmage yards and 9.3 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Iowa State

210 primary output · 48.1 efficiency · 7.2 usage

48.2

#2

2017 Regular Season · Iowa State

48.2

210 primary · 48.1 efficiency · 7.2 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Iowa State

42.2

127 primary · 31.8 efficiency · 6.2 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games