Senior running back for South Carolina. 2022: 156 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 5 catches.
5′9″ · 205 lb · Winston-salem, NC
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 running back for South Carolina. 2022: 156 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 5 catches.
Christian Beal-Smith
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Dave Clawson and Shane Beamer. The receipt: 55 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Vanderbilt — Week 10, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at South Carolina, 2,027 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Will Muschamp → Shane Beamer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: carries (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 16.5 | 2.5 | 0.7 |
| Road2g | 28.5 | 9.7 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 21.0 | 3.1 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 18.0 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | South Carolina | 39 | 156 | 4.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 131 | 604 | 4.6 | 7 | -- |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 142 | 732 | 5.2 | 5 | -- |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 71 | 304 | 4.3 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 47 | 231 | 4.9 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 430 | 2,027 | 4.7 | 19 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | South Carolina | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 9 | 55 | 6.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 26 | 154 | 5.9 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 7-48vs Georgia | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-20vs Charlotte | 9 | 55 | 6.1 | 2 | 27 | Season-high 55 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 50-10vs South Carolina State | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-24vs Texas A&M | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-23vs Missouri | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-27@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 1 | 52 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-30@ Clemson | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bowl | L 38-45vs Notre Dame | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 39 | 156 | 4.3 | 5 | 52 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Tre Siggers’s 2021 season.
Matches Tre on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Gerrid Doaks’s path through Cincinnati.
Kierre Crossley
Matches Gerrid on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Tre Siggers's senior season at SMU (2021).
Matches Tre on
Player DNA