Player Dossier

2018-2025

Temple

Hunter Smith

RB • 5'11" • 190 lbs • Little Rock, AR, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Hunter Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

38%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

37

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

32

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

53

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · UL Monroe

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
UL Monroe • Temple
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Lamar

Player Story

Hunter Smith built his college career from 2018 through 2025 as a running back from Little Rock, AR wearing No. 29, spending time with Temple and UL Monroe. The clearest part of Hunter Smith's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8296

Joe T. Robinson · Little Rock, AR

Committed To
UL Monroe
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Hunter Smith, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · UL Monroe. Hunter Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.3 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,044
Rushing yards
919
Receiving yards
125
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

Hunter Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Temple · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,044
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 7 entries · 48 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · UL Monroe
Top game
Lamar
Recruit profile
3-star · Joe T. Robinson · UL Monroe
High school pipeline
Joe T. Robinson · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 29 · Senior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
457 scrimmage yards · RB 223rd (top 31%) · American Athletic 62nd (top 22%) · National 544th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonUL Monroe6000050
2019 Regular SeasonUL Monroe8000050
2020 Regular SeasonUL Monroe8000050
2022 Regular SeasonUL Monroe2990025.8
2023 Regular SeasonUL Monroe1257850771363
2024 Regular SeasonUL Monroe00000-
2025 Regular SeasonTemple1245740354251.2

Related Context

Hunter Smith played RB for UL Monroe and Temple. Across 7 tracked seasons, Hunter Smith recorded 919 rushing yards, 125 receiving yards, and 66 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with UL Monroe.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

UL Monroe paired 578 primary output with 53.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 53.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UL Monroe, Temple.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Lamar

Win with 104 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · UL Monroe

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

48.2

Efficiency

53.5

Usage

17.1

Consistency

49.6

Best Game by takeover score

Lamar

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Army: 103. Lamar: 104. Texas A&M: 16. App State: 38. South Alabama: 38. Texas State: 31. Georgia Southern: 23. Arkansas State: 69. Southern Miss: 38. Troy: 34. Ole Miss: 74. Louisiana: 10

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Army: 7 by 100. Lamar: 14 by 79.5. Texas A&M: 2 by 83.3. App State: 10 by 39.6. South Alabama: 7 by 42.4. Texas State: 8 by 35.8. Georgia Southern: 4 by 59.9. Arkansas State: 14 by 49.4. Southern Miss: 9 by 44.9. Troy: 6 by 36.1. Ole Miss: 17 by 45.3. Louisiana: 4 by 26

Split Comparison

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

Wins103.5 · Games = 2 · +66.4 vs Losses
Losses37.1 · Games = 10 · -66.4 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

Lamar

Best efficiency game

100 vs Army

Result
Sat 11/25@ LouisianaL 21-524102.5002.5
Sat 11/18@ Ole MissL 3-3517744.4004.4
Sat 11/11vs TroyL 14-4536203285.7
Sat 11/4@ Southern MissL 7-248354.400134.2
Sat 10/28vs Arkansas StateL 24-3413604.600194.9
Sat 10/21@ Georgia SouthernL 28-384235.8015.8
Sat 10/14@ Texas StateL 20-217223.100193.9
Sat 10/7vs South AlabamaL 7-556193.2001195.4
Sun 10/1vs App StateL 40-4110383.8003.8
Sat 9/16@ Texas A&ML 3-47216808
Sun 9/10vs Lamar100 rush yardsW 24-14131017.801137.4
Sat 9/2vs Army100 rush yardsW 17-13710314.70114.7

Player Story

Hunter Smith story

Hunter Smith built his college career from 2018 through 2025 as a running back from Little Rock, AR wearing No. 29, spending time with Temple and UL Monroe. The clearest part of Hunter Smith's career was his backfield work: 919 rushing yards, 158 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 125 receiving yards across 48 career games in the available record. His career also includes 125 receiving yards, 66 tackles, and 138 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Hunter 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

    UL Monroe

    2018-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Temple

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920202022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonUL Monroe00
2019 Regular SeasonUL Monroe000
2020 Regular SeasonUL Monroe000
2022 Regular SeasonUL Monroe946.91.79
2023 Regular SeasonUL Monroe57853.517.1569
2024 Regular SeasonUL Monroe0-578
2025 Regular SeasonTemple45753.310.7457

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Lamar

Week 2 · W 24-14

Win with 104 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

104

Scrimmage Yards

85.5 takeover

104 scrimmage yards and 26.9 usage.

#2

vs Army

Week 1 · W 17-13

103

Scrimmage Yards

80.5 takeover

Win with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

103 scrimmage yards and 14.9 usage.

#3

@ No. 104 Tulsa

Week 9 · W 38-37 · Conference game

92

Scrimmage Yards

79.1 takeover

Win with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

92 scrimmage yards and 17.2 usage.

#4

vs No. 62 UTSA

Week 6 · W 27-21 · Conference game

84

Scrimmage Yards

78 takeover

Win with 84 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

84 scrimmage yards and 18.8 usage.

#5

vs Howard

Week 2 · W 55-7

80

Scrimmage Yards

71.9 takeover

Win with 80 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

80 scrimmage yards and 12.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · UL Monroe

578 primary output · 53.5 efficiency · 17.1 usage

63

#2

2025 Regular Season · Temple

51.2

457 primary · 53.3 efficiency · 10.7 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · UL Monroe

50

0 primary · efficiency · 0 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games