Player Dossier

2018-2022

South Carolina

Christian Beal-Smith

RB • 5'9" • 205 lbs • Winston-salem, NC, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Christian Beal-Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 34 efficiency.

Usage / Role

0%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Wake Forest • South Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Player Story

Christian Beal-Smith built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a running back from Winston-salem, NC wearing No. 8, spending time with South Carolina and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Christian...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8917

St James School · Montgomery, AL

Committed To
Arkansas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Christian Beal-Smith, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Wake Forest. Christian Beal-Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 34 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,181
Rushing yards
2,027
Receiving yards
154
Touchdowns
19

Quick Answers

Christian Beal-Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
South Carolina · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,181
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 9 entries · 48 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Wake Forest
Top game
Virginia Tech
Recruit profile
4-star · St James School · Arkansas
High school pipeline
St James School · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2022 Scrimmage yards rank
182 scrimmage yards · RB 374th (top 54%) · SEC 124th (top 43%) · National 1,079th (top 42%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2018 PostseasonWake Forest11000029.5
2018 Regular SeasonWake Forest112372316029.5
2019 Regular SeasonWake Forest832930425242.6
2020 PostseasonWake Forest91028220174.8
2020 Regular SeasonWake Forest967265022474.8
2021 PostseasonWake Forest1223230065
2021 Regular SeasonWake Forest1263658155765
2022 PostseasonSouth Carolina81587030.3
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina816714819530.3

Related Context

Christian Beal-Smith played RB for Wake Forest and South Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, Christian Beal-Smith recorded 2,027 rushing yards, 154 receiving yards, and 23 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Wake Forest.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Wake Forest paired 774 primary output with 52.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 42.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wake Forest, South Carolina.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Towson

Win with 68 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Postseason · Wake Forest

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

21.5

Efficiency

42.3

Usage

6.7

Consistency

26

Best Game by takeover score

Towson

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 0. Towson: 68. Notre Dame: 34. Rice: 60. Clemson: 44. Florida State: 5. Louisville: 0. Syracuse: 18. NC State: -2. Pittsburgh: 3. Duke: 7

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. Towson: 6 by 97.2. Notre Dame: 10 by 35.4. Rice: 9 by 69.4. Clemson: 8 by 57.3. Florida State: 4 by 13. Syracuse: 3 by 62.5. NC State: 2 by 0. Pittsburgh: 1 by 31.3. Duke: 5 by 14.6

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins22.2 · Games = 6 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses20.8 · Games = 5 · -1.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Towson

Best efficiency game

97.2 vs Towson

Result
Sat 12/22vs MemphisW 37-34
Sat 11/24@ DukeW 59-7571.4001.4
Sat 11/17vs PittsburghL 13-3413303
Fri 11/9@ NC StateW 27-232-2-10-1
Sat 11/3vs SyracuseL 24-4121260166
Sat 10/27@ LouisvilleW 56-35
Sat 10/20@ Florida StateL 17-38451.3001.3
Sat 10/6vs ClemsonL 3-638445.5005.5
Sat 9/29vs RiceW 56-249606.7006.7
Sat 9/22vs Notre DameL 27-5610343.4003.4
Sat 9/8vs TowsonW 51-2066811.30011.3

Player Story

Christian Beal-Smith story

Christian Beal-Smith built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a running back from Winston-salem, NC wearing No. 8, spending time with South Carolina and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Christian Beal-Smith's career was his backfield work: 2,027 rushing yards, 430 carries, 19 rushing touchdowns, and 154 receiving yards across 48 career games in the available record. His career also includes 154 receiving yards, 23 tackles, and 222 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Christian Beal-Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Wake Forest

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    South Carolina

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820182019202020202021202120222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonWake Forest23742.36.7
2018 Regular SeasonWake Forest23742.36.70
2019 Regular SeasonWake Forest32938.614.692
2020 PostseasonWake Forest77452.226.9445
2020 Regular SeasonWake Forest77452.226.90
2021 PostseasonWake Forest65949.519.1-115
2021 Regular SeasonWake Forest65949.519.10
2022 PostseasonSouth Carolina1823410.5-477
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina1823410.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Virginia Tech

Week 8 · W 23-16 · Conference game

Win with 143 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

86.1 takeover

143 scrimmage yards and 23 usage.

#2

vs Campbell

Week 5 · W 66-14

130

Scrimmage Yards

84.1 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

130 scrimmage yards and 32.8 usage.

#3

@ Army

Week 8 · W 70-56

95

Scrimmage Yards

82.5 takeover

Win with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

95 scrimmage yards and 23.9 usage.

#4

vs Louisville

Week 7 · L 59-62 · Conference game

123

Scrimmage Yards

79.1 takeover

Loss with 123 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

123 scrimmage yards and 17.7 usage.

#5

vs Florida State

Week 3 · W 35-14 · Conference game

102

Scrimmage Yards

74.6 takeover

Win with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

102 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Wake Forest

774 primary output · 52.2 efficiency · 26.9 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · Wake Forest

74.8

774 primary · 52.2 efficiency · 26.9 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Wake Forest

65

659 primary · 49.5 efficiency · 19.1 usage

Milestones

4

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games