Player Dossier

2021-2025

Toledo

Willie Shaw III

RB • 5'11" • 202 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Willie Shaw III leans balanced backfield option traits and 54.6 efficiency.

Usage / Role

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Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

10

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Toledo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Toledo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Player Story

Willie Shaw III built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Chicago, IL wearing No. 32, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of Willie Shaw III's career was his backfield work: 475...

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Willie Shaw III, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Toledo. Willie Shaw III leans balanced backfield option traits and 54.6 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
525
Rushing yards
475
Receiving yards
50
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Willie Shaw III quick answers

Latest team and position
Toledo · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
525
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 20 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Toledo
Top game
Mississippi State
High school pipeline
American Heritage · 80 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 32 · Senior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
85 scrimmage yards · RB 479th (top 66%) · Mid-American 137th (top 53%) · National 1,527th (top 56%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonToledo1372215051.3
2022 Regular SeasonToledo468608131.3
2023 PostseasonToledo5330046.1
2023 Regular SeasonToledo51201155046.1
2024 Regular SeasonToledo621219022361
2025 PostseasonToledo4000039.9
2025 Regular SeasonToledo485850039.9

Related Context

Willie Shaw III played RB for Toledo. Across 5 tracked seasons, Willie Shaw III recorded 475 rushing yards, 50 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Toledo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Toledo paired 212 primary output with 46.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 54.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Morgan State

Win with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Toledo

Games

4

Scrimmage Yards / G

21.3

Efficiency

54.6

Usage

5.8

Consistency

48.4

Best Game by takeover score

Morgan State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisville: 0. Morgan State: 49. Akron: 28. Northern Illinois: 8

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. Morgan State: 8 by 63.8. Akron: 5 by 58.3. Northern Illinois: 2 by 41.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins28.3 · Games = 3 · +28.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -28.3 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

Morgan State

Best efficiency game

63.8 vs Morgan State

Result
Tue 12/23@ LouisvilleL 22-27
Thu 11/6vs Northern IllinoisW 42-328404
Sat 9/27vs AkronW 45-35285.6005.6
Sat 9/13vs Morgan StateW 60-08496.1006.1

Player Story

Willie Shaw III story

Willie Shaw III built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Chicago, IL wearing No. 32, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of Willie Shaw III's career was his backfield work: 475 rushing yards, 115 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 50 receiving yards across 20 career games in the available record. His career also includes 50 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Willie Shaw III's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Toledo

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonToledo3765.27.9
2022 Regular SeasonToledo6826.59.631
2023 PostseasonToledo12333.511.855
2023 Regular SeasonToledo12333.511.80
2024 Regular SeasonToledo21246.915.889
2025 PostseasonToledo8554.65.8-127
2025 Regular SeasonToledo8554.65.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Mississippi State

Week 3 · W 41-17

Win with 84 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

84

Scrimmage Yards

73.1 takeover

84 scrimmage yards and 26.5 usage.

#2

vs San José State

Week 3 · W 21-17

52

Scrimmage Yards

71.4 takeover

Win with 52 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

52 scrimmage yards and 16.3 usage.

#3

vs Massachusetts

Week 2 · W 55-10

47

Scrimmage Yards

69.3 takeover

Win with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

47 scrimmage yards and 16.3 usage.

#4

vs Morgan State

Week 3 · W 60-0

49

Scrimmage Yards

64.9 takeover

Win with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

49 scrimmage yards and 10.8 usage.

#5

vs Akron

Week 13 · W 49-14 · Conference game

37

Scrimmage Yards

62.6 takeover

Win with 37 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

37 scrimmage yards and 7.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Toledo

212 primary output · 46.9 efficiency · 15.8 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · Toledo

51.3

37 primary · 65.2 efficiency · 7.9 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Toledo

46.1

123 primary · 33.5 efficiency · 11.8 usage

Milestones

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100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games