#31

Tyler Lavine

RB · SMU · Sr. · #31

SMU 2023 alumnus
This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Tyler Lavine

RB · SMU · Sr · #31

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★
#2961 national
CFB
College
SMU
2020–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Not drafted

Coaching Lineage · 2020–2023

3 coaches
2020
2021era →
2022era →
2023

Played under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020SMU7-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced
2021SMU8-4HC: Jim Leavitt · Balanced
2022SMU7-6HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced, fast tempo
2023SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2023SMU391684.37--
2022SMU1426424.510--
2021SMU542574.82--
2020SMU613105.15--
Career2961,3774.724--
SeasonTeam
2023SMU7527.40--
2022SMU161227.60--
2021SMU1011311.31--
2020SMU89311.60--
Career413809.31--

How he plays

Play style

Wears you down at the goal line.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Power Back

Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.

RB

His 2022 production profile sits closest to Dylan McDuffie’s 2021 season.

Dylan McDuffie

70%match

Buffalo · 2021

All-MAC
#2

Brad Roberts

Air Force · 2021

All-Mountain West
67%
#3

Ronald Awatt

UTEP · 2020

66%
#4

Tyler Lavine

SMU · 2020

62%
#5

Montrell Johnson

Louisiana · 2021

62%

Matches Dylan on

Receiving share
Height
Yards / carry

Differs from Dylan on

Recruiting rating (lower)
Rush TD rate (higher)
Based on 10 features · 2 seasons in pool · Opponent-adjusted weighted z-score distance

Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Gerrid Doaks’s path through Cincinnati.

Gerrid Doaks

93%match

Cincinnati · 2020

All-AACNFL Rd 7
#2

Brenden Knox

Marshall · 2020

All-Conference USA
91%
#3

Tucker Gregg

Georgia State · 2022

All-Sun Belt
91%
#4

Lew Nichols

Central Michigan · 2022

90%
#5

Omar Fattah

Air Force · 2022

88%

Matches Gerrid on

Yards per carry
2020202120222023
Career-aggregate opponent-adjusted stats · physical traits

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kye Robichaux's junior season at Boston College (2023).

Kye Robichaux

77%match

Boston College · 2023

All-ACC
#2

Todd Centeio

James Madison · 2022

All-Sun Belt
75%
#3

Jordan Waters

Duke · 2022

67%
#4

Alonza Barnett

James Madison · 2024

All-Sun Belt
66%
#5

Jalen Buckley

Western Michigan · 2024

All-MAC
66%

Matches Kye on

Receiving share
Yards / carry
Weight

Differs from Kye on

Rush TD rate (higher)
Opponent-adjusted stats · junior cohort across all seasons

Player DNA

Players who play like Tyler Lavine

#1

Tucker Gregg

Georgia State · 2021

91%

Development

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2020–2023
3102020
2572021
6422022
1682023

-46%

Sharp dropoff (-46%) — career inflection point.