Player Dossier

2017-2021

Washington

Sean McGrew

RB • 5'7" • 175 lbs • Torrance, CA, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Sean McGrew leans workhorse runner traits and 40.1 efficiency.

Usage / Role

50%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

69

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

65

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

67

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Washington

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Washington
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Player Story

Sean McGrew built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Torrance, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Sean McGrew's career was his backfield work: 1,288...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.9145

St. John Bosco · Bellflower, CA

Committed To
Washington
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Sean McGrew, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Washington. Sean McGrew leans workhorse runner traits and 40.1 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,500
Rushing yards
1,288
Receiving yards
212
Touchdowns
16

Quick Answers

Sean McGrew quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,500
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 41 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Washington
Top game
Stanford
Recruit profile
4-star · St. John Bosco · Washington
High school pipeline
St. John Bosco · 96 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2021 Scrimmage yards rank
485 scrimmage yards · RB 208th (top 31%) · Pac-12 41st (top 19%) · National 482nd (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonWashington759590225.1
2018 PostseasonWashington12770045.4
2018 Regular SeasonWashington12329219110145.4
2019 PostseasonWashington1031625049.2
2019 Regular SeasonWashington1034933613149.2
2020 Regular SeasonWashington424022713458.7
2021 Regular SeasonWashington848543451871.1

Related Context

Sean McGrew played RB for Washington. Across 5 tracked seasons, Sean McGrew recorded 1,288 rushing yards, 212 receiving yards, and 16 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Washington.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Washington paired 485 primary output with 40.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 55.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State

Win with 91 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Washington

Games

4

Scrimmage Yards / G

60

Efficiency

55.3

Usage

21.3

Consistency

69

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 91. Arizona: 37. Utah: 42. Stanford: 70

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. Oregon State: 9 by 92.1. Arizona: 12 by 32.7. Utah: 8 by 54. Stanford: 17 by 42.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins56.7 · Games = 3 · -13.3 vs Losses
Losses70 · Games = 1 · +13.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Oregon State

Best efficiency game

92.1 vs Oregon State

Result
Sat 12/5vs Stanford2+ TDL 26-3116654.102154.1
Sun 11/29vs UtahW 24-217365.100165.3
Sun 11/22vs ArizonaW 44-2711353.201123.1
Sun 11/15vs Oregon StateW 27-2199110.10110.1

Player Story

Sean McGrew story

Sean McGrew built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Torrance, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Sean McGrew's career was his backfield work: 1,288 rushing yards, 275 carries, 16 rushing touchdowns, and 212 receiving yards across 41 career games in the available record. His career also includes 212 receiving yards and 640 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Sean McGrew'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.

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    Washington

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonWashington5938.24
2018 PostseasonWashington33651.98.3277
2018 Regular SeasonWashington33651.98.30
2019 PostseasonWashington38053.511.344
2019 Regular SeasonWashington38053.511.30
2020 Regular SeasonWashington24055.321.3-140
2021 Regular SeasonWashington48540.130245

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Stanford

Week 9 · W 20-13 · Conference game

Win with 119 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

86.4 takeover

119 scrimmage yards and 33.9 usage.

#2

@ Oregon State

Week 5 · L 24-27 · Conference game

111

Scrimmage Yards

86.2 takeover

Loss with 111 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

111 scrimmage yards and 34.6 usage.

#3

@ BYU

Week 4 · W 45-19

118

Scrimmage Yards

84.5 takeover

Win with 118 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

118 scrimmage yards and 31.7 usage.

#4

@ Arizona

Week 7 · W 51-27 · Conference game

102

Scrimmage Yards

77.8 takeover

Win with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

102 scrimmage yards and 23.3 usage.

#5

vs Oregon State

Week 11 · W 27-21 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

77.7 takeover

Win with 91 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

91 scrimmage yards and 14.3 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Washington

485 primary output · 40.1 efficiency · 30 usage

71.1

#2

2020 Regular Season · Washington

58.7

240 primary · 55.3 efficiency · 21.3 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Washington

49.2

380 primary · 53.5 efficiency · 11.3 usage

Milestones

4

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

5

2+ TD games