Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2015-2018SMU
Braeden West
RB • 5'10" • 170 lbs • Katy, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Braeden West leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
72
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
52
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Player Story
Braeden West built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a running back from Katy, TX wearing No. 6, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Braeden West's career was his backfield work: 2,519 rushing...
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- Committed To
- SMU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Braeden West, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · SMU. Braeden West leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 3,294
- Rushing yards
- 2,519
- Receiving yards
- 775
- Touchdowns
- 18
Quick Answers
Braeden West quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 3,294
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 48 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- Liberty
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Seven Lakes · SMU
- High school pipeline
- Bishop McDevitt · 27 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2018 Scrimmage yards rank
- 945 scrimmage yards · RB 93rd (top 14%) · American Athletic 19th (top 8%) · National 149th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | SMU | 12 | 468 | 326 | 142 | 3 | 47.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | SMU | 12 | 1,128 | 1,036 | 92 | 6 | 74.1 |
| 2017 Postseason | SMU | 12 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 63.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | SMU | 12 | 697 | 512 | 185 | 2 | 63.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 12 | 945 | 589 | 356 | 7 | 69 |
Related Context
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Braeden West played RB for SMU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Braeden West recorded 2,519 rushing yards, 775 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
SMU paired 1,128 primary output with 47.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 47.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · SMU
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
94
Efficiency
47.9
Usage
29.3
Consistency
64.8
Best Game by takeover score
Liberty
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 23. Baylor: 102. Liberty: 220. TCU: 43. Temple: 28. Tulsa: 133. Houston: 133. Tulane: 137. Memphis: 9. East Carolina: 104. South Florida: 137. Navy: 59
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 13 by 18.4. Baylor: 16 by 63.6. Liberty: 24 by 88.2. TCU: 14 by 32. Temple: 10 by 26.9. Tulsa: 27 by 55.8. Houston: 19 by 69.1. Tulane: 25 by 56.6. Memphis: 4 by 23.4. East Carolina: 20 by 54.2. South Florida: 31 by 44.3. Navy: 14 by 42.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins123.4 · Games = 5 · +50.4 vs Losses
Losses73 · Games = 7 · -50.4 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
Liberty
Best efficiency game
88.2 vs Liberty
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Navy | L 31-75 | 12 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4.2 |
| Sun 11/20 | vs South Florida100 rush yards | L 27-35 | 29 | 120 | 4.10 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4.4 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ East Carolina100 rush yards | W 55-31 | 20 | 104 | 5.20 | 0 | — | — | 5.2 |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Memphis | L 7-51 | 4 | 9 | 2.30 | 0 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Tulane100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 35-31 | 22 | 119 | 5.40 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 5.5 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Houston100 rush yards | W 38-16 | 18 | 115 | 6.40 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Tulsa100 rush yards | L 40-43 | 22 | 124 | 5.60 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4.9 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Temple | L 20-45 | 9 | 22 | 2.40 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2.8 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs TCU | L 3-33 | 14 | 43 | 3.10 | 0 | — | — | 3.1 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Liberty100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 29-14 | 24 | 220 | 9.20 | 2 | — | — | 9.2 |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Baylor | L 13-40 | 15 | 89 | 5.90 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6.4 |
| Sat 9/3 | @ North Texas | W 34-21 | 13 | 23 | 1.80 | 0 | — | — | 1.8 |
Player Story
Braeden West story
Braeden West built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a running back from Katy, TX wearing No. 6, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Braeden West's career was his backfield work: 2,519 rushing yards, 475 carries, 16 rushing touchdowns, and 775 receiving yards across 48 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with SMU. 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 775 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 1,129 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 48 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across SMU.
The arc is straightforward: Braeden West 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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SMU
2015-2018
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Season Value Progression
20152016201720172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | SMU | 468 | 62.1 | 10.3 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | SMU | 1,128 | 47.9 | 29.3 | 660 |
| 2017 Postseason | SMU | 753 | 75.2 | 12.5 | -375 |
| 2017 Regular Season | SMU | 753 | 75.2 | 12.5 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 945 | 46.4 | 26.9 | 192 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Liberty
Week 3 · W 29-14
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
220
Scrimmage Yards
96.1 takeover
220 scrimmage yards and 36.4 usage.
#2
vs Navy
Week 4 · W 31-30 · Conference game
185
Scrimmage Yards
86.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
185 scrimmage yards and 52.5 usage.
#3
vs James Madison
Week 4 · L 45-48
90
Scrimmage Yards
77.4 takeover
Loss with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
90 scrimmage yards and 17.7 usage.
#4
@ TCU
Week 3 · L 36-56
102
Scrimmage Yards
76.3 takeover
Loss with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
102 scrimmage yards and 22.9 usage.
#5
vs Houston
Week 8 · W 38-16 · Conference game
133
Scrimmage Yards
75.5 takeover
Win with 133 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
133 scrimmage yards and 33.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · SMU
1,128 primary output · 47.9 efficiency · 29.3 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · SMU
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945 primary · 46.4 efficiency · 26.9 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · SMU
63.2
753 primary · 75.2 efficiency · 12.5 usage
Milestones
7
100+ rush yards
2
150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
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