Player Dossier

2018-2021

Marshall

Sheldon Evans

RB • 5'11" • 200 lbs • Roswell, GA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Sheldon Evans leans balanced backfield option traits and 44.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

20%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

16

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Marshall

181920202121

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Marshall
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo

Player Story

Sheldon Evans built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a running back from Roswell, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Sheldon Evans' career was his backfield work: 1,004...

Read the story
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8396

Roswell · Roswell, GA

Committed To
Marshall
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Sheldon Evans, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Marshall. Sheldon Evans leans balanced backfield option traits and 44.9 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,181
Rushing yards
1,004
Receiving yards
177
Touchdowns
10

Quick Answers

Sheldon Evans quick answers

Latest team and position
Marshall · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,181
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Marshall
Top game
Buffalo
Recruit profile
3-star · Roswell · Marshall
High school pipeline
Roswell · 36 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Junior
2021 Scrimmage yards rank
417 scrimmage yards · RB 241st (top 36%) · Conference USA 64th (top 24%) · National 575th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonMarshall1-1-10024
2019 Regular SeasonMarshall1141237537161.8
2020 PostseasonMarshall987798061.2
2020 Regular SeasonMarshall926624818461.2
2021 PostseasonMarshall1312120053.5
2021 Regular SeasonMarshall13405291114553.5

Related Context

Sheldon Evans played RB for Marshall. Across 4 tracked seasons, Sheldon Evans recorded 1,004 rushing yards, 177 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Marshall.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Marshall paired 412 primary output with 57.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 44.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Loss with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2021 Postseason · Marshall

Games

13

Scrimmage Yards / G

32.1

Efficiency

44.9

Usage

10.2

Consistency

40.1

Best Game by takeover score

East Carolina

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Active game

Hover over a point

Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.

Game-by-Game Trend

Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.

12345678910111213

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 12. Navy: 39. North Carolina Central: 50. East Carolina: 92. App State: 26. Middle Tennessee: 20. Old Dominion: 18. North Texas: 10. Florida International: 70. Florida Atlantic: 0. UAB: 0. Charlotte: 68. Western Kentucky: 12

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.

Low volumeHigh quality

High volumeHigh quality

Low volumeLower quality

High volumeLower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana: 4 by 31.3. Navy: 12 by 32.3. North Carolina Central: 11 by 38.5. East Carolina: 11 by 53.6. App State: 5 by 52.9. Middle Tennessee: 5 by 41.7. Old Dominion: 6 by 31.3. North Texas: 3 by 34.7. Florida International: 9 by 81. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 0. Charlotte: 9 by 78.7. Western Kentucky: 2 by 62.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins36.4 · Games = 7 · +9.4 vs Losses
Losses27 · Games = 6 · -9.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

East Carolina

Best efficiency game

81 vs Florida International

Result
Sun 12/19vs LouisianaL 21-36412303
Sat 11/27vs Western KentuckyL 21-53212606
Sat 11/20@ Charlotte2+ TDW 49-289687.6027.6
Sat 11/13vs UABL 14-21
Sat 11/6@ Florida AtlanticW 28-1330000
Sat 10/30vs Florida InternationalW 38-09707.8017.8
Fri 10/15@ North TexasW 49-213103.3003.3
Sat 10/9vs Old DominionW 20-1341230263
Sat 10/2@ Middle TennesseeL 28-34520404
Thu 9/23@ App StateL 30-3142050165.2
Sat 9/18vs East CarolinaL 38-42927302658.4
Sat 9/11vs North Carolina CentralW 44-108253.1003254.5
Sat 9/4@ Navy2+ TDW 49-7927323123.3

Player Story

Sheldon Evans story

Sheldon Evans built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a running back from Roswell, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Sheldon Evans' career was his backfield work: 1,004 rushing yards, 211 carries, 10 rushing touchdowns, and 177 receiving yards across 34 career games in the available record. His career also includes 177 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 675 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Sheldon Evans' 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. 1

    Marshall

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonMarshall-101.9
2019 Regular SeasonMarshall41257.211.3413
2020 PostseasonMarshall35349.316.2-59
2020 Regular SeasonMarshall35349.316.20
2021 PostseasonMarshall41744.910.264
2021 Regular SeasonMarshall41744.910.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Buffalo

Week 1 · L 10-17 · Postseason

Loss with 87 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

87

Scrimmage Yards

81.6 takeover

87 scrimmage yards and 42 usage.

#2

vs Ohio

Week 3 · W 33-31

95

Scrimmage Yards

76.2 takeover

Win with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

95 scrimmage yards and 27 usage.

#3

vs East Carolina

Week 3 · L 38-42

92

Scrimmage Yards

68.6 takeover

Loss with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

92 scrimmage yards and 18.3 usage.

#4

@ Western Kentucky

Week 6 · W 38-14 · Conference game

64

Scrimmage Yards

66.8 takeover

Win with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

64 scrimmage yards and 28.6 usage.

#5

vs Florida International

Week 9 · W 38-0 · Conference game

70

Scrimmage Yards

64.7 takeover

Win with 70 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

70 scrimmage yards and 12.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Marshall

412 primary output · 57.2 efficiency · 11.3 usage

61.8

#2

2020 Postseason · Marshall

61.2

353 primary · 49.3 efficiency · 16.2 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Marshall

61.2

353 primary · 49.3 efficiency · 16.2 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games