Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Iowa 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.
Impact Production
2
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
13
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
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
3★
- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Postseason | Iowa State | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa State | 9 | 202 | 151 | 51 | 1 | 48.2 |
| 2018 Postseason | Iowa State | 10 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 42.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa State | 10 | 111 | 40 | 71 | 1 | 42.2 |
| 2019 Postseason | Iowa State | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa State | 8 | 153 | 93 | 60 | 1 | 37.2 |
Related Context
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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.
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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
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
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Iowa State | 210 | 48.1 | 7.2 | 210 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa State | 210 | 48.1 | 7.2 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Iowa State | 127 | 31.8 | 6.2 | -83 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa State | 127 | 31.8 | 6.2 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Iowa State | 156 | 32.1 | 8 | 29 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa State | 156 | 32.1 | 8 | 0 |
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
26
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
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100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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