Usage / Role
46%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Kent State
Jo-El Shaw
RB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jo-El Shaw leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
82
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
51
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Kent State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kent State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Player Story
Jo-El Shaw built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a running back from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 33, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Jo-El Shaw's career was his backfield work: 977...
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- Committed To
- Arizona
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Jo-El Shaw, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Kent State. Jo-El Shaw leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,107
- Rushing yards
- 977
- Receiving yards
- 130
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Jo-El Shaw quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kent State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,107
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Kent State
- Top game
- Eastern Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Carlsbad · Arizona
- High school pipeline
- Carlsbad · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Senior
- 2019 Scrimmage yards rank
- 366 scrimmage yards · RB 245th (top 37%) · Mid-American 62nd (top 28%) · National 669th (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kent State | 9 | 741 | 657 | 84 | 9 | 68.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kent State | 7 | 366 | 320 | 46 | 2 | 49.7 |
Related Context
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Jo-El Shaw played RB for Kent State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jo-El Shaw recorded 977 rushing yards, 130 receiving yards, and 11 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Kent State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Kent State paired 741 primary output with 49.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 49.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Kent State
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
82.3
Efficiency
49.1
Usage
26.7
Consistency
49.3
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Howard: 105. Penn State: 36. Ole Miss: 55. Ohio: 17. Akron: 38. Bowling Green: 156. Buffalo: 50. Toledo: 118. Eastern Michigan: 166
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Howard: 12 by 86.5. Penn State: 13 by 25.3. Ole Miss: 7 by 60.2. Ohio: 8 by 22.1. Akron: 10 by 39.6. Bowling Green: 28 by 54. Buffalo: 20 by 26. Toledo: 17 by 74.2. Eastern Michigan: 32 by 53.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins130.5 · Games = 2 · +61.9 vs Losses
Losses68.6 · Games = 7 · -61.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
Best efficiency game
86.5 vs Howard
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/23 | vs Eastern Michigan100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 20-28 | 31 | 159 | 5.10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5.2 |
| Thu 11/15 | vs Toledo100 rush yards | L 34-56 | 16 | 116 | 7.30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6.9 |
| Wed 11/7 | @ Buffalo | L 14-48 | 20 | 50 | 2.50 | 0 | — | — | 2.5 |
| Wed 10/31 | @ Bowling Green100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 35-28 | 26 | 128 | 4.90 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 5.6 |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Akron | L 23-24 | 10 | 38 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Ohio | L 26-27 | 8 | 17 | 2.10 | 0 | — | — | 2.1 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Ole Miss | L 17-38 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 7.9 |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Penn State | L 10-63 | 10 | 22 | 2.20 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 2.8 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Howard100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 54-14 | 12 | 105 | 8.80 | 3 | — | — | 8.8 |
Player Story
Jo-El Shaw story
Jo-El Shaw built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a running back from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 33, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Jo-El Shaw's career was his backfield work: 977 rushing yards, 211 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 130 receiving yards across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Kent State. 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 130 receiving yards and 121 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kent State.
The arc is straightforward: Jo-El Shaw 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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Kent State
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kent State | 741 | 49.1 | 26.7 | 741 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kent State | 366 | 40.2 | 20.1 | -375 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 13 · L 20-28 · Conference game
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
166
Scrimmage Yards
84.6 takeover
166 scrimmage yards and 50 usage.
#2
@ Bowling Green
Week 10 · W 35-28 · Conference game
156
Scrimmage Yards
82.7 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
156 scrimmage yards and 43.8 usage.
#3
vs Kennesaw State
Week 2 · W 26-23
101
Scrimmage Yards
80.6 takeover
Win with 101 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
101 scrimmage yards and 34 usage.
#4
vs Bowling Green
Week 4 · W 62-20 · Conference game
116
Scrimmage Yards
77.9 takeover
Win with 116 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
116 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.
#5
vs Toledo
Week 12 · L 34-56 · Conference game
118
Scrimmage Yards
75.9 takeover
Loss with 118 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
118 scrimmage yards and 28.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Kent State
741 primary output · 49.1 efficiency · 26.7 usage
68.7
#2
2019 Regular Season · Kent State
49.7
366 primary · 40.2 efficiency · 20.1 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Kent State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
3
2+ TD games
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