Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020North Texas
Nic Smith
RB • 5'10" • 204 lbs • Fort Worth, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Nic Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 36.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
15
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
9
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
31
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · North Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- North Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Player Story
Nic Smith built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Nic Smith's career was his backfield work: 1,307...
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- Committed To
- North Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Nic Smith, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · North Texas. Nic Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 36.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,631
- Rushing yards
- 1,307
- Receiving yards
- 324
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Nic Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Texas · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,631
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · North Texas
- Top game
- Rice
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Martin · North Texas
- High school pipeline
- Martin · 45 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2020 Scrimmage yards rank
- 164 scrimmage yards · RB 307th (top 52%) · Conference USA 91st (top 41%) · National 863rd (top 39%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | North Texas | 14 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 61.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Texas | 14 | 794 | 659 | 135 | 8 | 61.2 |
| 2018 Postseason | North Texas | 11 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | North Texas | 11 | 387 | 310 | 77 | 3 | 53.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | North Texas | 9 | 214 | 107 | 107 | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | North Texas | 6 | 164 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 25.4 |
Related Context
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Nic Smith played RB for North Texas. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nic Smith recorded 1,307 rushing yards, 324 receiving yards, and 8 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with North Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
North Texas paired 818 primary output with 53.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 36.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech
Loss with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · North Texas
Games
6
Scrimmage Yards / G
27.3
Efficiency
36.5
Usage
9.5
Consistency
17.8
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 8. Charlotte: 0. Middle Tennessee: 57. Rice: 3. UTSA: 0. Louisiana Tech: 96
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 6 by 13.9. Middle Tennessee: 11 by 54. Rice: 2 by 15.6. Louisiana Tech: 16 by 62.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins30 · Games = 2 · +4 vs Losses
Losses26 · Games = 4 · -4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Louisiana Tech
Player Story
Nic Smith story
Nic Smith built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Nic Smith's career was his backfield work: 1,307 rushing yards, 272 carries, 8 rushing touchdowns, and 324 receiving yards across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with North Texas. 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 324 receiving yards, 8 tackles, and 62 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Texas.
The arc is straightforward: Nic 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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North Texas
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720172018201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | North Texas | 818 | 53.7 | 17.5 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Texas | 818 | 53.7 | 17.5 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | North Texas | 435 | 57.2 | 10.6 | -383 |
| 2018 Regular Season | North Texas | 435 | 57.2 | 10.6 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | North Texas | 214 | 38.9 | 9.3 | -221 |
| 2020 Regular Season | North Texas | 164 | 36.5 | 9.5 | -50 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Rice
Week 13 · W 30-14 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
182
Scrimmage Yards
90.3 takeover
182 scrimmage yards and 43.5 usage.
#2
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 14 · L 31-42 · Conference game
96
Scrimmage Yards
80.5 takeover
Loss with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
96 scrimmage yards and 27.6 usage.
#3
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 5 · L 27-29 · Conference game
64
Scrimmage Yards
73 takeover
Loss with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
64 scrimmage yards and 11.9 usage.
#4
vs Lamar
Week 1 · W 59-14
136
Scrimmage Yards
72.4 takeover
Win with 136 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
136 scrimmage yards and 28.6 usage.
#5
@ Liberty
Week 4 · W 47-7
66
Scrimmage Yards
68.2 takeover
Win with 66 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
66 scrimmage yards and 1.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · North Texas
818 primary output · 53.7 efficiency · 17.5 usage
61.2
#2
2017 Regular Season · North Texas
61.2
818 primary · 53.7 efficiency · 17.5 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · North Texas
53.3
435 primary · 57.2 efficiency · 10.6 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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