Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2007-2011Rice
Tyler Smith
RB • 5'8" • Cedar Park, TX, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Tyler Smith leans workhorse runner traits and 58.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
51
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
82
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Player Story
Tyler Smith built his college career from 2007 through 2011 as a running back from Cedar Park, TX wearing No. 37, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Tyler Smith's career was his backfield work: 1,573...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Tyler Smith, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Rice. Tyler Smith leans workhorse runner traits and 58.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,993
- Rushing yards
- 1,573
- Receiving yards
- 420
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Tyler Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,993
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- Houston
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · LaSalle
- High school pipeline
- LaSalle · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 37 · Class 2011
- 2011 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,169 scrimmage yards · RB 41st (top 9%) · Conference USA 7th (top 4%) · National 76th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Rice | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18.6 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2009 Regular Season | Rice | 8 | 466 | 428 | 38 | 1 | 50.5 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Rice | 11 | 352 | 279 | 73 | 1 | 37.4 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Rice | 12 | 1,169 | 860 | 309 | 6 | 75.2 |
Related Context
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Tyler Smith played RB for Rice. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tyler Smith recorded 1,573 rushing yards, 420 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season
Rice paired 1,169 primary output with 58.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 58.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2011 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Loss with 243 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Regular Season · Rice
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
97.4
Efficiency
58.6
Usage
29.2
Consistency
58.9
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas: 72. Purdue: 25. Baylor: 37. Southern Miss: 26. Memphis: 103. Marshall: 80. Tulsa: 87. Houston: 243. UTEP: 163. Northwestern: 105. Tulane: 186. SMU: 42
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 12 by 66.9. Purdue: 11 by 23.7. Baylor: 5 by 78.8. Southern Miss: 6 by 46.8. Memphis: 15 by 71.9. Marshall: 9 by 85.8. Tulsa: 18 by 47.6. Houston: 16 by 100. UTEP: 27 by 54.4. Northwestern: 25 by 42.5. Tulane: 32 by 60.5. SMU: 18 by 24
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins119.3 · Games = 4 · +32.8 vs Losses
Losses86.5 · Games = 8 · -32.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Houston
Best efficiency game
100 vs Houston
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ SMU | L 24-27 | 14 | 32 | 2.30 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2.3 |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Tulane100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 19-7 | 25 | 145 | 5.80 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 5.8 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Northwestern | L 6-28 | 21 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 4.2 |
| Sat 11/5 | vs UTEP150 scrimmage yards | W 41-37 | 19 | 89 | 4.70 | 0 | 8 | 74 | 6.0 |
| Fri 10/28 | @ Houston100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 34-73 | 13 | 170 | 13.10 | 2 | 3 | 73 | 15.2 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Tulsa | L 20-38 | 15 | 66 | 4.40 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Marshall | L 20-24 | 5 | 39 | 7.80 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 8.9 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Memphis | W 28-6 | 14 | 97 | 6.90 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.9 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Southern Miss | L 24-48 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Baylor | L 31-56 | 3 | 23 | 7.70 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.4 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Purdue | W 24-22 | 11 | 25 | 2.30 | 0 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sun 9/4 | @ Texas | L 9-34 | 10 | 67 | 6.70 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Player Story
Tyler Smith story
Tyler Smith built his college career from 2007 through 2011 as a running back from Cedar Park, TX wearing No. 37, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Tyler Smith's career was his backfield work: 1,573 rushing yards, 330 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 420 receiving yards across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Rice. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 420 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Rice.
The arc is straightforward: Tyler Smith moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Rice
2007-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20072008200920102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Rice | 6 | 12.2 | 4.1 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | -6 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Rice | 466 | 44.8 | 24.1 | 466 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Rice | 352 | 41.6 | 12.6 | -114 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Rice | 1,169 | 58.6 | 29.2 | 817 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Houston
Week 9 · L 34-73 · Conference game
Loss with 243 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
243
Scrimmage Yards
89.4 takeover
243 scrimmage yards and 23.9 usage.
#2
vs UTEP
Week 12 · W 30-29 · Conference game
131
Scrimmage Yards
85.8 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
131 scrimmage yards and 42.9 usage.
#3
@ North Texas
Week 2 · W 32-31
101
Scrimmage Yards
84.5 takeover
Win with 101 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
101 scrimmage yards and 26.4 usage.
#4
@ Houston
Week 13 · L 14-73 · Conference game
115
Scrimmage Yards
81.1 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
115 scrimmage yards and 35.5 usage.
#5
vs Tulane
Week 12 · W 19-7 · Conference game
186
Scrimmage Yards
79 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
186 scrimmage yards and 61.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Regular Season · Rice
1,169 primary output · 58.6 efficiency · 29.2 usage
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#2
2009 Regular Season · Rice
50.5
466 primary · 44.8 efficiency · 24.1 usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Rice
37.4
352 primary · 41.6 efficiency · 12.6 usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
3
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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