Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Houston
Chandler Smith
RB • 5'6" • 184 lbs • Spring, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Chandler Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a back
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Reliability
21
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Prairie View A&M
Player Story
Chandler Smith built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Spring, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Chandler Smith's career was his backfield work: 539...
Read the storyChandler Smith, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Houston. Chandler Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 582
- Rushing yards
- 539
- Receiving yards
- 43
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Chandler Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 582
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Houston
- Top game
- Prairie View A&M
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2021 Scrimmage yards rank
- 129 scrimmage yards · RB 411th (top 61%) · American Athletic 113th (top 53%) · National 1,260th (top 50%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 4 | 138 | 132 | 6 | 2 | 49.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Houston | 7 | 167 | 159 | 8 | 0 | 52.7 |
| 2020 Postseason | Houston | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Houston | 7 | 143 | 114 | 29 | 0 | 44.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Houston | 6 | 129 | 129 | 0 | 2 | 56.7 |
Related Context
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Chandler Smith played RB for Houston. Across 5 tracked seasons, Chandler Smith recorded 539 rushing yards, 43 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Houston paired 129 primary output with 50.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 50.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Win with 38 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Houston
Games
6
Scrimmage Yards / G
21.5
Efficiency
50.8
Usage
8.8
Consistency
73.6
Best Game by takeover score
UConn
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rice: 20. Grambling: 27. Tulsa: 22. Temple: 10. UConn: 38. Cincinnati: 12
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. Rice: 3 by 69.4. Grambling: 11 by 25.6. Tulsa: 5 by 45.8. Temple: 2 by 52.1. UConn: 8 by 49.5. Cincinnati: 2 by 62.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins23.4 · Games = 5 · +11.4 vs Losses
Losses12 · Games = 1 · -11.4 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
UConn
Best efficiency game
69.4 vs Rice
Player Story
Chandler Smith story
Chandler Smith built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Spring, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Chandler Smith's career was his backfield work: 539 rushing yards, 116 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 43 receiving yards across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 43 receiving yards and 7 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Chandler Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Houston
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 138 | 38.1 | 11 | 138 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Houston | 167 | 41.9 | 9.9 | 29 |
| 2020 Postseason | Houston | 148 | 38.3 | 7.1 | -19 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Houston | 148 | 38.3 | 7.1 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Houston | 129 | 50.8 | 8.8 | -19 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Prairie View A&M
Week 2 · W 37-17
Win with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
79.5 takeover
90 scrimmage yards and 19 usage.
#2
vs South Florida
Week 11 · W 56-21 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
77.7 takeover
Win with 75 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
75 scrimmage yards and 15.4 usage.
#3
vs Texas Southern
Week 4 · W 70-14
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Scrimmage Yards
73.5 takeover
Win with 86 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
86 scrimmage yards and 15.8 usage.
#4
@ UConn
Week 13 · W 45-17
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Scrimmage Yards
63.6 takeover
Win with 38 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
38 scrimmage yards and 14.5 usage.
#5
vs Grambling
Week 3 · W 45-0
27
Scrimmage Yards
48.9 takeover
Win with 27 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
27 scrimmage yards and 17.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Houston
129 primary output · 50.8 efficiency · 8.8 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Houston
52.7
167 primary · 41.9 efficiency · 9.9 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Houston
49.1
138 primary · 38.1 efficiency · 11 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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