Player Dossier

2009-2009

Wisconsin

Erik Smith

RB • 6'0" • Chicago, IL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Erik Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 32 efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

24

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Wisconsin

09

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Wisconsin
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wofford
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.8522

Bolingbrook · Bolingbrook, IL

Committed To
Wisconsin
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Erik Smith, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Wisconsin. Erik Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 32 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
69
Rushing yards
69
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Erik Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Wisconsin · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
69
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 4 games
Best season
2009 Regular Season · Wisconsin
Top game
Wofford
Recruit profile
3-star · Bolingbrook · Wisconsin
High school pipeline
Bolingbrook · 29 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 22 · Class 2009
2009 Scrimmage yards rank
69 scrimmage yards · RB 335th (top 75%) · Big Ten 127th (top 67%) · National 1,306th (top 63%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonWisconsin369690152

Related Context

Erik Smith played RB for Wisconsin. Across 1 tracked season, Erik Smith recorded 69 rushing yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Wisconsin.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season

Wisconsin paired 69 primary output with 32 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 32 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Game with 31 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2009 Regular Season · Wisconsin

Games

3

Scrimmage Yards / G

23

Efficiency

32

Usage

9.2

Consistency

49.8

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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All Games31 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern

Best efficiency game

34 vs Northwestern

Result
Sat 9/11@ Northwestern7223.100293.4

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Wisconsin

    2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonWisconsin69329.2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wofford

Week 3 · W 44-14

Win with 54 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

54

Scrimmage Yards

68.8 takeover

54 scrimmage yards and 17.5 usage.

#2

@ Northwestern

Week 2

31

Scrimmage Yards

67 takeover

Game with 31 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

31 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#3

vs Purdue

Week 9 · W 37-0 · Conference game

19

Scrimmage Yards

32.7 takeover

Win with 19 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

19 scrimmage yards and 8.2 usage.

#4

vs Fresno State

Week 2 · W 34-31

-4

Scrimmage Yards

1.7 takeover

Win with -4 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

-4 scrimmage yards and 1.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2009 Regular Season · Wisconsin

69 primary output · 32 efficiency · 9.2 usage

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Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games