Running back, Troy, 2009–⁠12

Shawn Southward

Number: No. 20
Height: 5′9″
Hometown: Florence, AL

Shawn Southward played running back at Troy (2009–⁠12).

Best season: 1,012; Rushing yards, 2012 (Troy, 5–⁠7)
Best game: 204 yards; At UAB, week 1, 2012: No. 3 rushing game in FBS that week

204rushing yards, career highat UAB, 2012 4rushing touchdowns, career highat Western Kentucky, 2009 8catches, career highvs. Louisiana, 2012

Honors

2009Sun Belt Freshman of the Year

Team titles: Sun Belt champions, 2009 and 2010

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

602

623

484

1,012

9–⁠48–⁠53–⁠95–⁠7

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2009	Troy	110	602	5.5	12	42
2010	Troy	115	623	5.4	7	34
2011	Troy	109	484	4.4	4	33
2012	Troy	194	1,012	5.2	10	55
Career		528	2,721	5.2	33	55

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2009	Troy	13	123	9.5	0	20
2010	Troy	19	190	10.0	2	49
2011	Troy	25	241	9.6	0	31
2012	Troy	43	362	8.4	0	31
Career		100	916	9.2	2	49

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds
2009	Troy	2	35
2010	Troy	5	62
2011	Troy	3	35
Career		10	132

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2009	Troy	20	RB
2010	Troy	20	RB
2011	Troy	20	RB
2012	Troy	20	RB	5′9″

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.

Game by game

2012 Troy 12 games, 1,012 rushing yards, 10 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 1	atUAB	W 39–⁠29	28	204	3	3	10	0
Sep 8	vs.Louisiana	L 24–⁠37	16	33	0	8	55	0
Sep 15	vs.Mississippi State	L 24–⁠30	20	137	2	5	30	0
Sep 22	atNorth Texas	W 14–⁠7	14	56	0	4	40	0
Sep 29	atSouth Alabama	W 31–⁠10	17	86	0	3	13	0
Oct 11	vs.Western Kentucky	L 26–⁠31	19	57	0	–	–	–
Oct 20	vs.Florida International	W 38–⁠37	12	51	0	2	40	0
Oct 27	atFlorida Atlantic	L 27–⁠34	11	68	2	2	44	0
Nov 3	atTennessee	L 48–⁠55	16	101	2	2	1	0
Nov 10	vs.Navy	W 41–⁠31	12	52	1	3	29	0
Nov 17	vs.Arkansas State	L 34–⁠41	13	51	0	6	46	0
Nov 24	atMiddle Tennessee	L 21–⁠24	16	116	0	5	54	0

2011 Troy 11 games, 484 rushing yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 3	atClemson	L 19–⁠43	13	43	1	4	35	0
Sep 17	atArkansas	L 28–⁠38	7	23	0	2	27	0
Sep 24	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 38–⁠35	13	94	0	–	–	–
Oct 1	vs.UAB	W 24–⁠23	12	41	0	1	24	0
Oct 8	atLouisiana	L 17–⁠31	8	27	0	3	22	0
Oct 15	vs.UL Monroe	L 10–⁠38	5	11	1	2	12	0
Oct 25	atFlorida International	L 20–⁠23	8	52	1	–	–	–
Nov 5	atNavy	L 14–⁠42	13	68	0	3	30	0
Nov 12	vs.North Texas	L 33–⁠38	16	84	0	5	44	0
Nov 19	vs.Florida Atlantic	W 34–⁠7	7	20	1	4	47	0
Nov 26	atWestern Kentucky	L 18–⁠41	7	21	0	1	0	0

No box score in the source for Dec 3 at Arkansas State, so that game is not listed.

2010 Troy 13 games, 623 rushing yards, 7 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 4	vs.Bowling Green	W 30–⁠27	13	70	1	1	4	0
Sep 11	atOklahoma State	L 38–⁠41	10	36	0	1	2	0
Sep 18	atUAB	L 33–⁠34	7	30	0	2	26	0
Sep 25	vs.Arkansas State	W 35–⁠28	10	33	0	1	17	1
Oct 5	atMiddle Tennessee	W 42–⁠13	11	49	0	3	27	0
Oct 16	vs.Louisiana	W 31–⁠24	9	39	1	1	0	0
Oct 30	atUL Monroe	L 14–⁠28	11	63	0	–	–	–
Nov 6	atNorth Texas	W 41–⁠35	4	19	0	1	12	0
Nov 13	vs.Florida International	L 35–⁠52	3	32	2	2	57	1
Nov 20	atSouth Carolina	L 24–⁠69	5	40	0	2	5	0
Nov 27	vs.Western Kentucky	W 28–⁠14	12	81	1	1	18	0
Dec 4	atFlorida Atlantic	W 44–⁠7	11	56	2	4	22	0
Dec 18 ✦	vs.Ohio	W 48–⁠21	9	75	0	–	–	–

2009 Troy 13 games, 602 rushing yards, 12 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 3	atBowling Green	L 14–⁠31	2	11	0	–	–	–
Sep 12	atFlorida	L 6–⁠56	3	27	0	–	–	–
Sep 19	vs.UAB	W 27–⁠14	5	14	0	–	–	–
Sep 26	atArkansas State	W 30–⁠27	9	38	0	1	16	0
Oct 6	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 31–⁠7	12	36	1	1	7	0
Oct 17	atFlorida International	W 42–⁠33	6	23	1	–	–	–
Oct 24	vs.North Texas	W 50–⁠26	9	39	1	2	27	0
Oct 31	vs.UL Monroe	W 42–⁠21	3	9	0	1	1	0
Nov 7	atWestern Kentucky	W 40–⁠20	19	139	4	1	16	0
Nov 14	atArkansas	L 20–⁠56	9	42	0	1	−3	0
Nov 21	vs.Florida Atlantic	W 47–⁠21	8	44	1	1	20	0
Nov 28	atLouisiana	W 48–⁠31	15	152	2	2	10	0
Jan 6 ✦	vs.Central Michigan	L 41–⁠44	10	28	2	3	29	0

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

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