Nic Smith
This is his third year in the same backfield at North Texas. The receipt: 96 rush yds, 1 tackles against Louisiana Tech — Week 14, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at North Texas, 1,200 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Seth Littrell.
2020 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: carries (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 26.8 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 28.5 | 5.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 21.7 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 33.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Awards
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | North Texas | 35 | 164 | 4.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | North Texas | 67 | 358 | 5.3 | 2 | -- |
| 2017 | North Texas | 137 | 678 | 4.9 | 6 | -- |
| Career | 239 | 1,200 | 5.0 | 8 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | North Texas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | North Texas | 10 | 77 | 7.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | North Texas | 18 | 140 | 7.8 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 28 | 217 | 7.8 | 3 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log
Game Log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | L 31-41vs Southern Miss | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-49vs Charlotte | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 52-35@ Middle Tennessee | 11 | 57 | 5.2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-17vs Rice | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-49@ UTSA | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-42vs Louisiana Tech | 16 | 96 | 6.0 | 0 | 34 | Season-high 96 yds |
| Total | 35 | 164 | 3.5 | 0 | 34 |
How he plays
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: carries (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Heisman trajectory
Final Heisman Position · 2020
Heisman watch (#204) · finalist probability 0%.
Development
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2017–2020Sharp dropoff (-76%) — career inflection point.