Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 63-7vs Delaware | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | W 63-0vs Massachusetts | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 39 | Season-high 41 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 51-15@ Maryland | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 9 | 71 | 8.8 | 0 | 39 |
#38
Tank Smith
Senior running back for Penn State. 2023: 71 rushing yards.
5′7″ · 222 lb · Pittsburgh, PA
Penn State 2023 alumnus
Recruiting
5★
ILB recruit
No. 18 nationally · Signed with Penn State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Penn State. 2023: 71 rushing yards.
- Signed as a 5-star recruit to Penn State in 2019.
Tank Smith
This is his third year in the same backfield at Penn State. His first career honor landed in 2021: All-Big Ten. The receipt: 41 rush yds against Massachusetts — Week 7, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Penn State, 137 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
2019
- Signed with Penn State5-star out of Louisa County
2021
- All-Big Tenthird
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★★
CFB
College
Penn State
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
1 coach2021–2023
Penn State
Played his entire career under James Franklin.
2023 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under James Franklin — 28-11 over that span.
2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced
2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning
2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (100th percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 35.0 | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 35.0 | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Penn State | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Penn State | 23 | 61 | 2.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Penn State | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 36 | 137 | 3.8 | 0 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Penn State | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2023
W 51–15
at Maryland
1 rush yds (1 car)
Dominant 36-point win on the road against Maryland.
With D. Allar — 240 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.9 · 39 rush yds (4 car) · N. Singleton — 20 rush yds (8 car)
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 7 · Massachusetts · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.85Tank Smith run for 39 yds to the MASS 31 for a 1ST down
- Week 2 · Delaware · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.26Tank Smith run for 9 yds to the DEL 47
- Week 7 · Massachusetts · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +0.86Tank Smith run for 2 yds to the PSU 30 for a 1ST down
- Week 2 · Delaware · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA -0.67Tank Smith run for 1 yd to the DEL 34
- Week 2 · Delaware · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA -0.36Tank Smith run for 3 yds to the PSU 39
- Week 2 · Delaware · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.27Tank Smith run for 6 yds to the DEL 35
- Week 10 · Maryland · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.25Tank Smith run for 1 yd to the MD 14
- Week 2 · Delaware · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.15Tank Smith run for 4 yds to the PSU 36
- Week 2 · Delaware · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA -0.13Tank Smith run for 6 yds to the DEL 41 for a 1ST down
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology