Brashard Smith
Brashard Smith
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Brashard Smith has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. 2024 brought the first one: All-ACC. The receipt: 161 rush yds, 21 rec yds against Pittsburgh — Week 10, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at SMU, 1,507 rushing yards — drafted at #228 overall by Kansas City.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-ACC
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim Leavitt → Rhett Lashlee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Kansas CityEntering 2nd NFL season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-ACC
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024
W 34–27
at Louisville
52 rush yds (13 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Speed Merchant
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jamal Haynes’s 2023 season.
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Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to OJ Arnold’s path through Georgia Southern.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Eli Sanders's senior season at New Mexico (2024).
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Player DNA
Players who play like Brashard Smith
Heisman trajectory
Final Heisman Position · 2024
#16
Heisman top-25 (#16) · finalist probability 0%.
Development
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2021–2024+5683%
Up 5683% from first season to most-recent.