Running back, West Virginia (from Pittsburgh), 2012–⁠16

Rushel Shell

Lettered 2012 at Pittsburgh (school media guide)

Number
No. 4
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Hopewell, PA
Born
Sep 7, 1993, in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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Rushel Shell played running back at Pittsburgh (2012) and West Virginia (2013–⁠16).

Career highs

157rushing yards, career highvs. Virginia Tech, 20122rushing touchdowns, career highfive times; last at Texas Tech, 2016

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012Pittsburgh1416414.5433
2014West Virginia1767884.5754
2015West Virginia1617084.4843
2016West Virginia1135144.5523
Career5912,6514.52454

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Pittsburgh910311.4041
2014West Virginia211406.7019
2015West Virginia161016.3017
2016West Virginia121008.3028
Career584447.7041

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Pittsburgh4RB
2013West Virginia4RB
2014West Virginia4RB
2015West Virginia4RB
2016West Virginia4RB5′10″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2014West Virginia2010.1041st (n=253)0.1219.719%0.17
2015West Virginia1810.1251st (n=268)0.1221.517%0.15
2016West Virginia1090.0422nd (n=259)0.134.914%0.09

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 West Virginia 10 games, 514 rushing yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.MissouriW 26–⁠111690123122
Sep 10vs.Youngstown StateW 38–⁠21168402115
Sep 24vs.BYUW 35–⁠321135210422
Oct 1vs.Kansas StateW 17–⁠1683501215
Oct 15atTexas TechW 48–⁠172110421412
Oct 22vs.TCUW 34–⁠1024117020235
Oct 29atOklahoma StateL 20–⁠3773801513
Nov 12atTexasW 24–⁠201202––
Dec 3vs.BaylorW 24–⁠213905––
Dec 28 ✦vs.MiamiL 14–⁠31600216
2015 West Virginia 13 games, 708 rushing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 5vs.Georgia SouthernW 44–⁠084219––
Sep 12vs.LibertyW 41–⁠17112705111
Sep 26vs.MarylandW 45–⁠61577123233
Oct 3atOklahomaL 24–⁠442072115––
Oct 10vs.Oklahoma StateL 26–⁠33194808112
Oct 17atBaylorL 38–⁠6215460122−2
Oct 29atTCUL 10–⁠4071408223
Nov 7vs.Texas TechW 31–⁠261411124326
Nov 14vs.TexasW 38–⁠20125301613
Nov 21atKansasW 49–⁠01410822614
Nov 28vs.Iowa StateW 30–⁠610411915
Dec 5atKansas StateL 23–⁠2473801914
Jan 2 ✦vs.Arizona StateW 43–⁠4293101422
2014 West Virginia 12 games, 788 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.AlabamaL 23–⁠331038014219
Sep 6vs.TowsonW 54–⁠01471116447
Sep 13atMarylandW 40–⁠37279812237
Sep 20vs.OklahomaL 33–⁠451560118210
Oct 4vs.KansasW 33–⁠1421113128212
Oct 11atTexas TechW 37–⁠342411021225
Oct 18vs.BaylorW 41–⁠2731306––
Nov 1vs.TCUL 30–⁠3183501418
Nov 8atTexasL 16–⁠33522011––
Nov 20vs.Kansas StateL 20–⁠261560018212
Nov 29atIowa StateW 37–⁠2422146154111
Dec 29 ✦vs.Texas A&ML 37–⁠4512220729
2012 Pittsburgh 12 games, 641 rushing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 6atCincinnatiL 10–⁠34831012––
Sep 15vs.Virginia TechW 35–⁠1723157029215
Sep 22vs.Gardner-WebbW 55–⁠101341113––
Oct 5atSyracuseL 13–⁠141202––
Oct 13vs.LouisvilleL 35–⁠451896119534
Oct 20atBuffaloW 20–⁠61235116141
Oct 27vs.TempleW 47–⁠171279133––
Nov 3atNotre DameL 26–⁠291202––
Nov 9atUConnL 17–⁠24623011––
Nov 24vs.RutgersW 27–⁠61143021113
Dec 1atSouth FloridaW 27–⁠31153017––
Jan 5 ✦vs.Ole MissL 17–⁠382579014––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height5′9⅝″
Weight227 lb
Arm length30″
Hand size9⅝″
40-yard dash4.74 s
10-yard split1.67 s
Vertical jump32½″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.09 s
20-yard shuttle4.08 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2018CFLCalgary Stampeders *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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