Player Dossier

2012-2014

South Carolina

Shaq Roland

WR • 6'1" • Lexington, SC, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Shaq Roland reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

48

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

49

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

58

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · South Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
South Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Player Story

Shaq Roland built his college career from 2012 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Lexington, SC wearing No. 4, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Shaq Roland's career was his receiving role: 56...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.9808

Lexington · Lexington, SC

Committed To
South Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Shaq Roland, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · South Carolina. Shaq Roland reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
891
Receptions
56
Touchdowns
10

Quick Answers

Shaq Roland quick answers

Latest team and position
South Carolina · WR
Career Receiving Yards
891
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
Best season
2013 Postseason · South Carolina
Top game
Wisconsin
Recruit profile
4-star · Lexington · South Carolina
High school pipeline
Lexington · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Class 2014
2014 Receiving yards rank
356 receiving yards · WR 299th (top 32%) · SEC 38th (top 18%) · National 349th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina3580158.3
2013 PostseasonSouth Carolina96112074.9
2013 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina919343574.9
2014 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina926356462.5

Related Context

Shaq Roland played WR for South Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Shaq Roland recorded 891 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with South Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Postseason

South Carolina paired 455 primary output with 84.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 74 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2014 Regular Season · South Carolina

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

39.6

Efficiency

74

Usage

12.6

Consistency

55.7

Best Game by takeover score

East Carolina

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 2. East Carolina: 94. Georgia: 47. Vanderbilt: 33. Missouri: 4. Furman: 45. Auburn: 75. Florida: 30. Clemson: 26

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. Texas A&M: 1 by 13.3. East Carolina: 7 by 89.5. Georgia: 4 by 78.3. Vanderbilt: 2 by 100. Missouri: 1 by 26.7. Furman: 2 by 100. Auburn: 4 by 100. Florida: 2 by 100. Clemson: 3 by 57.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins49.8 · Games = 5 · +23.0 vs Losses
Losses26.8 · Games = 4 · -23.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

East Carolina

Best efficiency game

100 vs Florida

Result
Sat 11/29@ ClemsonL 17-353268.78.70012
Sat 11/15@ FloridaW 23-202301515021
Sat 10/25@ AuburnL 35-4247518.818.80132
Sat 10/18vs FurmanW 41-1024522.522.50131
Sat 9/27vs MissouriL 20-21144404
Sat 9/20@ VanderbiltW 48-3423316.516.50129
Sat 9/13vs GeorgiaW 38-3544711.811.80117
Sat 9/6vs East CarolinaW 33-2379413.413.40031
Thu 8/28vs Texas A&ML 28-52122202

Player Story

Shaq Roland story

Shaq Roland built his college career from 2012 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Lexington, SC wearing No. 4, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Shaq Roland's career was his receiving role: 56 catches, 891 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with South Carolina. 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. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Carolina.

The arc is straightforward: Shaq Roland 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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    South Carolina

    2012-2014

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2012201320132014
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina8088.99.6
2013 PostseasonSouth Carolina45584.415.8375
2013 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina45584.415.80
2014 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina3567412.6-99

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wisconsin

Week 1 · W 34-24 · Postseason

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

95.7 takeover

112 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs East Carolina

Week 2 · W 33-23

94

Receiving Yards

94.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

94 receiving yards with a 89.5 efficiency score.

#3

vs Coastal Carolina

Week 13 · W 70-10

72

Receiving Yards

77 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

72 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Auburn

Week 9 · L 35-42 · Conference game

75

Receiving Yards

74.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

75 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs North Carolina

Week 1 · W 27-10

75

Receiving Yards

74.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

75 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Postseason · South Carolina

455 primary output · 84.4 efficiency · 15.8 usage

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#2

2013 Regular Season · South Carolina

74.9

455 primary · 84.4 efficiency · 15.8 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · South Carolina

62.5

356 primary · 74 efficiency · 12.6 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games