Abram Smith: RB · Baylor · #28.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Abram Smith
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Baylor. First career honor, 2021: All-Big 12. On tape: 188 rushing yards and 14 receiving yards against BYU, Week 7, 2021.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 15.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 9.3% of his carries. 10 carries for 59 yds vs Iowa State; 27 for 188 vs BYU.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
42.3% of carries overall (236/558) → 32.4% of Q4-with-lead carries (46/142) — 95.7% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
21 of 28 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (75.0%). 12 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (48.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 29-20@ Texas State | 19 | 118 | 6.2 | 2 | 34 | |
| Wk 2 | W 66-7vs Texas Southern | 12 | 126 | 10.5 | 2 | 35 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-7@ Kansas | 16 | 122 | 7.6 | 1 | 28 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-29vs No. 14 Iowa State | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-24@ No. 19 Oklahoma State | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 1 | 55 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20vs West Virginia | 11 | 87 | 7.9 | 1 | 31 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-24vs No. 19 BYU | 27 | 188 | 7.0 | 3 | 38 | Season-high 188 yds |
| Wk 9 | W 31-24vs Texas | 21 | 145 | 6.9 | 1 | 32 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-30@ TCU | 18 | 125 | 6.9 | 0 | 48 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-14vs No. 4 Oklahoma | 20 | 148 | 7.4 | 0 | 75 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-10@ Kansas State | 21 | 46 | 2.2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-24vs Texas Tech | 30 | 117 | 3.9 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 14 | W 21-16vs No. 5 Oklahoma State | 17 | 63 | 3.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 232 | 1429 | 6.2 | 12 | 75 |
Week 7 · 2021
W 38-24
vs BYU
188 rush yds (27 car) · 3 TD · 2 rec · 14 yds
With G. Bohannon — 231 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 64.3 · 10 rush yds (3 car) · T. Ebner — 95 rush yds (11 car)
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
50%210 carriesFumble rate
0.8%2 of 257 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.2 yds/carry on 257 carries · 17% explosive (10+ yds) · 50% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 123 | 6.9 | 1.1 |
| Road5g | 102 | 6.5 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 112 | 7.7 | 1.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 107 | 5.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Aranda
Pass share
39.7%
365 pass / 555 run
Plays / game
70.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
395 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
The All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #10 of 315 FBS backs by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2021 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #10 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Baylor, 1,647 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Dave Aranda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
