Usage / Role
81%
Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Duke
Nate Sheppard
RB • 5'10" • 195 lbs • Mandeville, LA, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Nate Sheppard leans workhorse runner traits and 59.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
89
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Duke
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse
Player Story
Nate Sheppard built his college career in 2025 as a running back from Mandeville, LA wearing No. 20, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Nate Sheppard's career was his backfield work: 1,132 rushing yards,...
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- Committed To
- Duke
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Nate Sheppard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke. Nate Sheppard leans workhorse runner traits and 59.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,418
- Rushing yards
- 1,132
- Receiving yards
- 286
- Touchdowns
- 12
Quick Answers
Nate Sheppard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Duke · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,418
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Duke
- Top game
- Syracuse
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Mandeville · Duke
- High school pipeline
- Mandeville · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Freshman
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,418 scrimmage yards · RB 13th (top 2%) · ACC 1st (top 1%) · National 14th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Duke | 14 | 190 | 170 | 20 | 1 | 78.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Duke | 14 | 1,228 | 962 | 266 | 11 | 78.1 |
Related Context
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Nate Sheppard played RB for Duke. Across 1 tracked season, Nate Sheppard recorded 1,132 rushing yards, 286 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Duke.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Duke paired 1,418 primary output with 59.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 59.7 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: Syracuse
Win with 201 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Duke
Games
14
Scrimmage Yards / G
101.3
Efficiency
59.7
Usage
29.5
Consistency
68.3
Best Game by takeover score
Syracuse
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 190. Elon: 48. Illinois: 26. Tulane: 96. NC State: 81. Syracuse: 201. California: 97. Georgia Tech: 80. Clemson: 71. UConn: 105. Virginia: 52. North Carolina: 108. Wake Forest: 135. Virginia: 128
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona State: 24 by 81.3. Elon: 6 by 68.3. Illinois: 6 by 48.1. Tulane: 9 by 94.4. NC State: 17 by 47.1. Syracuse: 19 by 94.1. California: 13 by 78.5. Georgia Tech: 19 by 38.4. Clemson: 15 by 48.6. UConn: 17 by 64.8. Virginia: 15 by 36.8. North Carolina: 23 by 45.1. Wake Forest: 28 by 40.5. Virginia: 26 by 49.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins117.7 · Games = 9 · +45.9 vs Losses
Losses71.8 · Games = 5 · -45.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Syracuse
Best efficiency game
94.4 vs Tulane
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | vs Arizona State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 42-39 | 22 | 170 | 7.70 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7.9 |
| Sun 12/7 | @ Virginia | W 27-20 | 21 | 97 | 4.60 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 4.9 |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Wake Forest2+ TD | W 49-32 | 23 | 75 | 3.30 | 2 | 5 | 60 | 4.8 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ North Carolina | W 32-25 | 22 | 90 | 4.10 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4.7 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Virginia | L 17-34 | 12 | 43 | 3.60 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.5 |
| Sat 11/8 | @ UConn100 rush yards · 2+ TD | L 34-37 | 16 | 100 | 6.30 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6.2 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Clemson | W 46-45 | 13 | 60 | 4.60 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4.7 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Georgia Tech | L 18-27 | 15 | 50 | 3.30 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 4.2 |
| Sun 10/5 | @ California2+ TD | W 45-21 | 12 | 91 | 7.60 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7.5 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Syracuse100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 38-3 | 15 | 168 | 11.20 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 10.6 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs NC State | W 45-33 | 14 | 61 | 4.40 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 4.8 |
| Sun 9/14 | @ Tulane | L 27-34 | 5 | 75 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 10.7 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Illinois | L 19-45 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.3 |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Elon | W 45-17 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 |
Player Story
Nate Sheppard story
Nate Sheppard built his college career in 2025 as a running back from Mandeville, LA wearing No. 20, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Nate Sheppard's career was his backfield work: 1,132 rushing yards, 200 carries, 11 rushing touchdowns, and 286 receiving yards across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Duke. 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 286 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 22 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke.
The arc is straightforward: Nate Sheppard 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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Duke
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Duke | 1,418 | 59.7 | 29.5 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Duke | 1,418 | 59.7 | 29.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 115 Syracuse
Week 5 · W 38-3 · Conference game
Win with 201 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
201
Scrimmage Yards
95.9 takeover
201 scrimmage yards and 32.8 usage.
#2
vs No. 60 Arizona State
Week 1 · W 42-39 · Postseason
190
Scrimmage Yards
91.9 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
190 scrimmage yards and 36.9 usage.
#3
@ No. 31 Virginia
Week 15 · W 27-20 · Conference game
128
Scrimmage Yards
71 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
128 scrimmage yards and 41.3 usage.
#4
vs No. 52 Wake Forest
Week 14 · W 49-32 · Conference game
135
Scrimmage Yards
69.2 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
135 scrimmage yards and 44.4 usage.
#5
@ No. 53 UConn
Week 11 · L 34-37
105
Scrimmage Yards
68 takeover
Loss with 105 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
105 scrimmage yards and 30.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Duke
1,418 primary output · 59.7 efficiency · 29.5 usage
78.1
#2
2025 Regular Season · Duke
78.1
1,418 primary · 59.7 efficiency · 29.5 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
2
150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
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