Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012West Virginia
Shawne Alston
RB • 5'11" • Hampton, VA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Shawne Alston leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
8
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
20
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · West Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- West Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Player Story
Shawne Alston built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Hampton, VA wearing No. 20, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Shawne Alston's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Texas Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Shawne Alston, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · West Virginia. Shawne Alston leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,082
- Rushing yards
- 1,068
- Receiving yards
- 14
- Touchdowns
- 19
Quick Answers
Shawne Alston quick answers
- Latest team and position
- West Virginia · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,082
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2011 Postseason · West Virginia
- Top game
- Iowa State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Eastland · Texas Tech
- High school pipeline
- Eastland · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Class 2012
- 2012 Scrimmage yards rank
- 386 scrimmage yards · RB 203rd (top 42%) · Big 12 60th (top 34%) · National 588th (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | West Virginia | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2010 Postseason | West Virginia | 8 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 48.8 |
| 2010 Regular Season | West Virginia | 8 | 238 | 242 | -4 | 0 | 48.8 |
| 2011 Postseason | West Virginia | 11 | 77 | 77 | 0 | 2 | 59.7 |
| 2011 Regular Season | West Virginia | 11 | 345 | 339 | 6 | 10 | 59.7 |
| 2012 Postseason | West Virginia | 7 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 55.8 |
| 2012 Regular Season | West Virginia | 7 | 371 | 371 | 0 | 7 | 55.8 |
Related Context
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Shawne Alston played RB for West Virginia. Across 4 tracked seasons, Shawne Alston recorded 1,068 rushing yards, 14 receiving yards, and 19 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with West Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Postseason
West Virginia paired 422 primary output with 41.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 40.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2012 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Win with 130 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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2012 Postseason · West Virginia
Games
7
Scrimmage Yards / G
55.1
Efficiency
40.4
Usage
17.2
Consistency
42.3
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Syracuse: 15. Marshall: 123. James Madison: 62. TCU: 16. Oklahoma State: 0. Iowa State: 130. Kansas: 40
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. Syracuse: 8 by 19.5. Marshall: 16 by 80.1. James Madison: 14 by 46.1. TCU: 7 by 23.8. Oklahoma State: 1 by 0. Iowa State: 19 by 71.3. Kansas: 10 by 41.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins88.8 · Games = 4 · +78.4 vs Losses
Losses10.3 · Games = 3 · -78.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Iowa State
Best efficiency game
80.1 vs Marshall
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/29 | @ Syracuse | L 14-38 | 8 | 15 | 1.90 | 0 | — | — | 1.9 |
| Sat 12/1 | vs Kansas2+ TD | W 59-10 | 10 | 40 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 4 |
| Fri 11/23 | @ Iowa State100 rush yards | W 31-24 | 19 | 130 | 6.80 | 1 | — | — | 6.8 |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Oklahoma State | L 34-55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Sat 11/3 | vs TCU | L 38-39 | 7 | 16 | 2.30 | 1 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sat 9/15 | vs James Madison | W 42-12 | 14 | 62 | 4.40 | 1 | — | — | 4.4 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Marshall100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 69-34 | 16 | 123 | 7.70 | 2 | — | — | 7.7 |
Player Story
Shawne Alston story
Shawne Alston built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Hampton, VA wearing No. 20, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Shawne Alston's career was his backfield work: 1,068 rushing yards, 234 carries, 19 rushing touchdowns, and 14 receiving yards across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 14 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Shawne Alston'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
West Virginia
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009201020102011201120122012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | West Virginia | 18 | 31.3 | 9.2 | — |
| 2010 Postseason | West Virginia | 256 | 39.2 | 13.3 | 238 |
| 2010 Regular Season | West Virginia | 256 | 39.2 | 13.3 | 0 |
| 2011 Postseason | West Virginia | 422 | 41.1 | 15.1 | 166 |
| 2011 Regular Season | West Virginia | 422 | 41.1 | 15.1 | 0 |
| 2012 Postseason | West Virginia | 386 | 40.4 | 17.2 | -36 |
| 2012 Regular Season | West Virginia | 386 | 40.4 | 17.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Iowa State
Week 13 · W 31-24 · Conference game
Win with 130 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
86.7 takeover
130 scrimmage yards and 31.1 usage.
#2
@ Rutgers
Week 9 · W 41-31 · Conference game
110
Scrimmage Yards
84.9 takeover
Win with 110 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
110 scrimmage yards and 25.5 usage.
#3
vs Marshall
Week 1 · W 69-34
123
Scrimmage Yards
80.3 takeover
Win with 123 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
123 scrimmage yards and 23.2 usage.
#4
@ Pittsburgh
Week 13 · W 35-10 · Conference game
71
Scrimmage Yards
79.1 takeover
Win with 71 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
71 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#5
vs Cincinnati
Week 11 · W 37-10 · Conference game
74
Scrimmage Yards
71.4 takeover
Win with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
74 scrimmage yards and 24.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Postseason · West Virginia
422 primary output · 41.1 efficiency · 15.1 usage
59.7
#2
2011 Regular Season · West Virginia
59.7
422 primary · 41.1 efficiency · 15.1 usage
#3
2012 Postseason · West Virginia
55.8
386 primary · 40.4 efficiency · 17.2 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
7
2+ TD games
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