Running back, Duke, 2012–⁠15

Shaquille Powell

Number
No. 28
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Las Vegas, NV
Born
Dec 31, 1993

Shaquille Powell played running back at Duke (2012–⁠15).

Career highs

117rushing yards, career highvs. Arizona State, 20143rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Georgia Tech, 20157catches, career highvs. Northwestern, 2015

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012Duke28933.308
2013Duke623445.5233
2014Duke1346184.6217
2015Duke1255424.3330
Career3491,5974.6733

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Duke144.004
2013Duke89011.3140
2014Duke181548.6132
2015Duke352126.1224
Career624607.4440

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2013Duke61160
2014Duke1150
Career71310

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
201210426
2013N144711
2015E7 of 13101

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Duke28RB
2013Duke28RB
2014Duke28RB
2015Duke28RB5′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
2013Duke680.1061st (n=226)0.076.89%0.05
2014Duke1590.1560th (n=253)0.1223.618%0.16
2015Duke1670.0428th (n=268)0.126.816%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

2015 Duke 13 games, 542 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 3atTulaneW 37–⁠772403201
Sep 12vs.North Carolina CentralW 55–⁠0167103211
Sep 19vs.NorthwesternL 10–⁠1997107390
Sep 26vs.Georgia TechW 34–⁠2014883260
Oct 3vs.Boston CollegeW 9–⁠714180–––
Oct 10atArmyW 44–⁠383004220
Oct 24atVirginia TechW 45–⁠437150–––
Oct 31vs.MiamiL 27–⁠30103404210
Nov 7atNorth CarolinaL 31–⁠66139803310
Nov 14vs.PittsburghL 13–⁠3162505340
Nov 21atVirginiaL 34–⁠423140–––
Nov 28atWake ForestW 27–⁠2115460110
Dec 26 ✦vs.IndianaW 44–⁠413803170
2014 Duke 12 games, 618 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 30vs.ElonW 52–⁠1311541190
Sep 6atTroyW 34–⁠17114602210
Sep 13vs.KansasW 41–⁠36220160
Sep 20vs.TulaneW 47–⁠135200120
Sep 27atMiamiL 10–⁠2285813120
Oct 18vs.VirginiaW 20–⁠1311680–––
Nov 1atPittsburghW 51–⁠4854004240
Nov 8atSyracuseW 27–⁠1017680–––
Nov 15vs.Virginia TechL 16–⁠17113402140
Nov 20vs.North CarolinaL 20–⁠454280–––
Nov 29vs.Wake ForestW 41–⁠21166301140
Dec 27 ✦vs.Arizona StateL 31–⁠362911703521
2013 Duke 12 games, 344 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 31vs.North Carolina CentralW 45–⁠09470–––
Sep 14vs.Georgia TechL 14–⁠38290–––
Sep 21vs.PittsburghL 55–⁠58––––––
Oct 12vs.NavyW 35–⁠73271–––
Oct 19atVirginiaW 35–⁠226380140
Oct 26atVirginia TechW 13–⁠101001400
Nov 9vs.NC StateW 38–⁠209350140
Nov 16vs.MiamiW 48–⁠3075912231
Nov 23atWake ForestW 28–⁠2162102140
Nov 30atNorth CarolinaW 27–⁠259570–––
Dec 7vs.Florida StateL 7–⁠458440150
Dec 31 ✦vs.Texas A&ML 48–⁠52270–––
2012 Duke 7 games, 93 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 1vs.Florida InternationalW 46–⁠26140–––
Sep 8atStanfordL 13–⁠50220–––
Sep 15vs.North Carolina CentralW 54–⁠176180–––
Sep 22vs.MemphisW 38–⁠14260–––
Oct 13atVirginia TechL 20–⁠412130–––
Oct 27atFlorida StateL 7–⁠485120–––
Nov 3vs.ClemsonL 20–⁠5610380140

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2016
Height5′9⅛″
Weight210 lb
Arm length29¾″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.63 s
Vertical jump31½″
Broad jump9′8″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill7.07 s
20-yard shuttle4.23 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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