Senior running back for UTSA. 2022: 190 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 2 catches.
5′9″ · 185 lb · Houston, TX
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.
Recruiting
APB recruit
No. 596 nationally · Signed with Arizona State
Statement game26 car · 172 yds · 3 TDat Missouri (FBS) · L 48-50
Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.
It’s like Trelon Smith MonStarred Boyd this yearr/CFB game thread · ▲ 2His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for UTSA. 2022: 190 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 2 catches.
Trelon Smith
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Trelon Smith has played for four head coaches across five seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 65 rush yds against Western Kentucky — Week 6, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at UTSA, 1,558 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 · 2017–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Frank Wilson → Jeff Traylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (88th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (7th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 34.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 29.3 | 3.9 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 44.5 | 4.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 6.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Traylor
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 | UTSA | 54 | 190 | 3.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Arkansas | 119 | 598 | 5.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2020 | Arkansas | 134 | 710 | 5.3 | 5 | -- |
| 2018 | Arizona State | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Arizona State | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 319 | 1,558 | 4.9 | 12 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UTSA | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Arkansas | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Arkansas | 22 | 159 | 7.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Arizona State | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Arizona State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 32 | 228 | 7.1 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 35-37vs Houston | 13 | 34 | 2.6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-38@ Army | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-30@ Middle Tennessee | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-28vs Western Kentucky | 12 | 65 | 5.4 | 0 | 14 | Season-high 65 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 31-27vs North Texas | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-38@ UAB | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 54 | 190 | 3.4 | 2 | 20 |
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 2022 production profile sits closest to Joshua Fields’s 2020 season.
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Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Garrett Groshek’s path through Wisconsin.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Xavier Williams's senior season at Kent State (2023).
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Player DNA