Brashard Smith

#1 · RB · Sr. · SMU5′10″ · 196 lb · Richmond Heights, FL · Miami Palmetto

Brashard Smith: RB · SMU · #1.

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Brashard Smith

RB · SMU · Sr · #1

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The first one came in 2024: All-ACC. A game that shows it: 161 rushing yards and 21 receiving yards against Pittsburgh — Week 10, 2024.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

233Carries
1330Yards
17.5%Top-5 share
15.5%Stuffed rate

Just 17.5% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — remarkably even — and the back is stuffed on 15.5% of carries. 13 carries for 52 yds vs Louisville; 23 for 161 vs Pittsburgh.

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

46.4%Carry share
23.3%Q4-lead share
14.3%In competitive games

46.4% of carries overall (232/500) → 23.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (21/90) — 14.3% 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

13/183rd/4th & short
18/36Inside-5 share

13 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (72.2%). 18 of the team's 36 inside-the-5 carries (50.0%).

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