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Rasheen Ali

RB · Marshall · Jr · #22

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

NOW IN NFLBaltimore — drafted 2024, Rd 5, Pick 30, #165 overall

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 3rd NFL season

#165Rd 5 · Pick 30
BaltimoreEntering 3rd NFL season

RB · MARSHALL · SUN BELT

Rasheen Ali

  • 3
  • #22
  • 6-0 | 209 lb
  • Cleveland, OH

CFB Zeitgeist RB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#560

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP RB AWARD

Doak Walker

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

4 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2021

2020

Marshall · RB

2021

Marshall · RB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2022

Marshall · RB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2023

Marshall · RB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

NFL Draft 2024 · Rd 5, Pick 30 · #165 overall · Baltimore

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2020–2023
22.02020
1,4012021
2732022
1,1402023

+5082%

Up 5082% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★
#3984 national
CFB
College
Marshall
2020–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
R5 &middot; #165
Baltimore &middot; 2024

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class3
Jersey22
Measurements6-0 | 209 lb
HometownCleveland, OH
Primary teamMarshall

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 2-star No. 3984 recruit
Composite rating 0.7400 HighSchool
Signed with Marshall 2019
Origin Shaker Heights Cleveland, OH, USA
Class Profile Context
2019 2-star | 0.7400 No. 3984 recruit | HighSchool | Marshall

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2023 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 19
Current nowcast#560Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#814Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★☆☆☆

to Marshall

Composite

0.7400

#3984 national

NFL Draft

2024 · Rd 5, Pick 30

#165 overall · Baltimore

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Rasheen Ali

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Rasheen Ali

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why this is more than a rushing profile

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Rasheen Ali is not a one-lane back. The profile is interesting because the workload spills beyond pure rushing volume: 1,140 rushing yards, 28 catches, and 0 return yards for Marshall. That kind of all-purpose footprint gives the card a much richer story than a basic carry total.

Current place #560 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 29.7% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Honors spine 3 honors loaded

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 1,353 1,140 rush | 213 rec | #19/735 (98th pct)
Rush TD 15 212 carries | #8/739 (99th pct)
Yards/carry 5.4 Per-rush efficiency | #206/735 (72nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Workhorse | Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.

WorkhorsePassing-game back

2023 Season · Final

2023 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
212 97th
YDS
1,140 98th
YPC
5.4 72nd
TD
15 99th

Receiving

REC
28 93rd
YDS
213 92nd
YPR
7.6 58th
TD
1 89th

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2020Marshall7-2HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning
2021Marshall7-5HC: Charles Huff · Balanced, fast tempo
2022Marshall9-4HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy
2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2023Marshall2121,1405.415--
2022Marshall472735.81--
2021Marshall2501,4015.623--
2020Marshall5224.40--
Career4 loaded seasons5142,8365.539--
SeasonTeam
2023Marshall282137.61--
2022Marshall2105.01--
2021Marshall463427.41--
2020Marshall----------
Career4 loaded seasons765657.43--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Receiving work 28 213 rec yds | #39/552 (93rd pct)
Usage 29.7% 52.3% rush share | #13/738 (98th pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.52 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #1/362 (100th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 1,140 #19/735 98th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 15 #8/739 99th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 5.4 #206/735 72nd pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 28 #39/552 93rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 213 #46/548 92nd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.52 #1/362 100th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 160 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 29.7% #13/738 98th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 212 #20/739 97th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 64 #88/733 88th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 65 #22/540 96th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 7.6 #230/548 58th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 1 #60/552 89th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 52.3% #10/738 99th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 35.7% #1/738 100th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 34.4% #16/738 98th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 32.2% #25/738 97th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 22.1% #73/738 90th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 17.2% #40/738 95th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 8.9% #46/738 94th pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 2 #205/256 20th pct Turnoversvs FBS RB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · RB · 2023

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

Pass share

40.4%

335 pass / 495 run

Plays / game

69.2

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.0%

244 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches
2020
Doc Holliday
Marshall
2021
Charles Huff
Marshall
era →
2022
Charles Huff
Marshall
2023
Charles Huff
Marshall

Coaching transition mid-career: Doc Holliday → Charles Huff. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownCleveland, OH
Height6'0"
Weight209 lb
Class3
PositionRB
Jersey22

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2023)

All-Sun Belt

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

3 all-conference honors

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2023 All-Sun Belt all_conference Marshall | Sun Belt RB
2022 All-Sun Belt all_conference Marshall | Sun Belt RB
2021 All-Conference USA all_conference Marshall | Conference USA RB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2023 Marshall RB3 #560 #814 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Sun Belt
2022 Marshall RB3 #911 #810 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt
2021 Marshall RB3 #75 #91 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Conference USA
2020 Marshall RB3 #115 #78 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Conference USA

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2023 Marshall Sun Belt RB 3 No. 22 | 6-0 | 209 lb | Cleveland, OH
2022 Marshall Sun Belt RB 3 No. 22 | 6-0 | 209 lb | Cleveland, OH
2021 Marshall Conference USA RB 3 No. 22 | 6-0 | 209 lb | Cleveland, OH
2020 Marshall Conference USA RB 3 No. 22 | 6-0 | 209 lb | Cleveland, OH