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Player Dossier
2014-2017Southern Miss
Ito Smith
RB • 5'9" • 195 lbs • Mobile, AL, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Ito Smith leans workhorse runner traits and 60.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe
Player Story
Ito Smith built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a running back from Mobile, AL wearing No. 25, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Ito Smith's career was his backfield work: 4,536...
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- Committed To
- Southern Miss
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 26
- Overall
- No. 126
- NFL Team
- Atlanta Falcons
Ito Smith, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Southern Miss. Ito Smith leans workhorse runner traits and 60.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 5,982
- Rushing yards
- 4,536
- Receiving yards
- 1,446
- Touchdowns
- 49
Quick Answers
Ito Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 5,982
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 51 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Southern Miss
- Top game
- UL Monroe
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · McGill Toolen · Southern Miss
- High school pipeline
- McGill Toolen · 25 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 4 · Pick 26 · Atlanta Falcons
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Class 2017
- 2017 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,809 scrimmage yards · RB 6th (top 1%) · Conference USA 2nd (top 1%) · National 6th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 11 | 612 | 536 | 76 | 2 | 47.1 |
| 2015 Postseason | Southern Miss | 14 | 62 | 40 | 22 | 2 | 76.8 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 14 | 1,581 | 1,088 | 493 | 11 | 76.8 |
| 2016 Postseason | Southern Miss | 13 | 144 | 138 | 6 | 3 | 85.4 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 13 | 1,774 | 1,321 | 453 | 16 | 85.4 |
| 2017 Postseason | Southern Miss | 13 | 118 | 92 | 26 | 0 | 84.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 13 | 1,691 | 1,321 | 370 | 15 | 84.2 |
Related Context
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Ito Smith played RB for Southern Miss. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ito Smith recorded 4,536 rushing yards, 1,446 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Southern Miss paired 1,918 primary output with 60.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 60.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Loss with 180 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 76.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · Southern Miss
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
147.5
Efficiency
60.8
Usage
37.3
Consistency
80.9
Best Game by takeover score
North Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 144. Kentucky: 213. Savannah St: 128. Troy: 148. UTEP: 141. Rice: 141. UTSA: 116. LSU: 110. Marshall: 183. Charlotte: 116. Old Dominion: 108. North Texas: 180. Louisiana Tech: 190
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana: 27 by 55.4. Kentucky: 41 by 51.7. Savannah St: 8 by 100. Troy: 23 by 67.7. UTEP: 20 by 71.6. Rice: 23 by 50.9. UTSA: 23 by 50.4. LSU: 22 by 45.8. Marshall: 30 by 59.1. Charlotte: 20 by 52.9. Old Dominion: 21 by 51.7. North Texas: 22 by 71.3. Louisiana Tech: 28 by 61.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins162.9 · Games = 7 · +33.2 vs Losses
Losses129.7 · Games = 6 · -33.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
North Texas
Best efficiency game
100 vs Savannah St
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/18 | @ Louisiana100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 28-21 | 26 | 138 | 5.30 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5.3 |
| Fri 11/25 | vs Louisiana Tech100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 39-24 | 24 | 127 | 5.30 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 6.8 |
| Sat 11/19 | @ North Texas100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 23-29 | 19 | 113 | 5.90 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 8.2 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Old Dominion2+ TD | L 35-51 | 20 | 97 | 4.80 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5.1 |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Charlotte | L 27-38 | 15 | 69 | 4.60 | 1 | 5 | 47 | 5.8 |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Marshall100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 24-14 | 26 | 140 | 5.40 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 6.1 |
| Sat 10/15 | @ LSU | L 10-45 | 16 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 5 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ UTSA | L 32-55 | 20 | 94 | 4.70 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 5.0 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Rice | W 44-28 | 19 | 77 | 4.10 | 1 | 4 | 64 | 6.1 |
| Sun 9/25 | @ UTEP100 rush yards | W 34-7 | 16 | 108 | 6.80 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 7.0 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Troy100 rush yards · 2+ TD | L 31-37 | 20 | 131 | 6.60 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 6.4 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Savannah St100 rush yards | W 56-0 | 8 | 128 | 16 | 1 | — | — | 16 |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Kentucky100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 44-35 | 36 | 173 | 4.80 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 5.2 |
Player Story
Ito Smith story
Ito Smith built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a running back from Mobile, AL wearing No. 25, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Ito Smith's career was his backfield work: 4,536 rushing yards, 820 carries, 42 rushing touchdowns, and 1,446 receiving yards across 51 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Southern Miss. 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 1,446 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 565 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 51 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Southern Miss.
The arc is straightforward: Ito 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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Southern Miss
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520152016201620172017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 612 | 35.6 | 23.9 | — |
| 2015 Postseason | Southern Miss | 1,643 | 68.4 | 26.8 | 1,031 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 1,643 | 68.4 | 26.8 | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Southern Miss | 1,918 | 60.8 | 37.3 | 275 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 1,918 | 60.8 | 37.3 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Southern Miss | 1,809 | 60.6 | 39.1 | -109 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 1,809 | 60.6 | 39.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UL Monroe
Week 3 · W 28-17
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
232
Scrimmage Yards
94.1 takeover
232 scrimmage yards and 46.2 usage.
#2
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 13 · W 58-24 · Conference game
209
Scrimmage Yards
93.8 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
209 scrimmage yards and 44.1 usage.
#3
@ UTSA
Week 6 · W 31-29 · Conference game
190
Scrimmage Yards
91.2 takeover
Win with 190 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
190 scrimmage yards and 42.2 usage.
#4
@ North Texas
Week 12 · L 23-29 · Conference game
180
Scrimmage Yards
85.3 takeover
Loss with 180 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
180 scrimmage yards and 40 usage.
#5
vs Marshall
Week 11 · L 17-63 · Conference game
141
Scrimmage Yards
84.8 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
141 scrimmage yards and 41.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Southern Miss
1,918 primary output · 60.8 efficiency · 37.3 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · Southern Miss
85.4
1,918 primary · 60.8 efficiency · 37.3 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · Southern Miss
84.2
1,809 primary · 60.6 efficiency · 39.1 usage
Milestones
23
100+ rush yards
12
150+ scrimmage yards
14
2+ TD games
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