Usage / Role
26%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2021Virginia
Shane Simpson
RB • 5'11" • 200 lbs • Ewa Beach, HI, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Shane Simpson leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Impact Production
36
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
18
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Virginia
2021
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
Player Story
Shane Simpson built his college career from 2020 through 2021 as a running back from Ewa Beach, HI wearing No. 31, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Shane Simpson's career was his backfield work: 278...
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- Committed To
- Towson
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Shane Simpson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Virginia. Shane Simpson leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 411
- Rushing yards
- 278
- Receiving yards
- 133
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Shane Simpson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 411
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Virginia
- Top game
- East Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Easton Area · Towson
- High school pipeline
- Easton Area · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia | 10 | 411 | 278 | 133 | 3 | 55.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Shane Simpson played RB for Virginia. Across 2 tracked seasons, Shane Simpson recorded 278 rushing yards, 133 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Virginia paired 411 primary output with 50.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 50.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina
Win with 141 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2020 Regular Season · Virginia
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
41.1
Efficiency
50.3
Usage
11.3
Consistency
40.7
Best Game by takeover score
North Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Duke: 47. Clemson: 20. NC State: 41. Wake Forest: 27. Miami: 2. North Carolina: 141. Louisville: 57. Abilene Christian: 31. Boston College: 19. Virginia Tech: 26
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. Duke: 10 by 47.7. Clemson: 4 by 43.8. NC State: 8 by 54.4. Wake Forest: 6 by 48.8. Miami: 1 by 16.7. North Carolina: 9 by 100. Louisville: 13 by 44.3. Abilene Christian: 6 by 35.6. Boston College: 5 by 39.6. Virginia Tech: 5 by 71.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins59 · Games = 5 · +35.8 vs Losses
Losses23.2 · Games = 5 · -35.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
North Carolina
Best efficiency game
100 vs North Carolina
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/13 | @ Virginia Tech | L 15-33 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5.2 |
| Sat 12/5 | vs Boston College | W 43-32 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 11/21 | vs Abilene Christian2+ TD | W 55-15 | 4 | 9 | 2.30 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 5.2 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Louisville | W 31-17 | 12 | 50 | 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4.4 |
| Sun 11/1 | vs North Carolina | W 44-41 | 8 | 70 | 8.80 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 15.7 |
| Sun 10/25 | @ Miami | L 14-19 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Sat 10/17 | @ Wake Forest | L 23-40 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4.5 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs NC State | L 21-38 | 7 | 37 | 5.30 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5.1 |
| Sun 10/4 | @ Clemson | L 23-41 | 3 | 11 | 3.70 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Duke | W 38-20 | 8 | 36 | 4.50 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4.7 |
Player Story
Shane Simpson story
Shane Simpson built his college career from 2020 through 2021 as a running back from Ewa Beach, HI wearing No. 31, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Shane Simpson's career was his backfield work: 278 rushing yards, 54 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 133 receiving yards across 14 career games in the available record. His career also includes 133 receiving yards and 189 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Shane Simpson'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
Virginia
2020-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia | 411 | 50.3 | 11.3 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | — | — | -411 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ East Carolina
Week 1
Game with 13 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
13
Scrimmage Yards
100 takeover
13 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#2
vs North Carolina
Week 9 · W 44-41 · Conference game
141
Scrimmage Yards
80.3 takeover
Win with 141 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
141 scrimmage yards and 14.3 usage.
#3
@ Maryland
Week 2
78
Scrimmage Yards
65.1 takeover
Game with 78 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
78 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#4
@ Wake Forest
Week 2
36
Scrimmage Yards
64.6 takeover
Game with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
36 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#5
@ South Florida
Week 1
2
Scrimmage Yards
52.1 takeover
Game with 2 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
2 scrimmage yards and — usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Virginia
411 primary output · 50.3 efficiency · 11.3 usage
55.8
#2
2021 Regular Season · Virginia
—
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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