Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023BYU
Deion Smith
RB • 6'0" • 200 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Deion Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
18
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
13
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Colorado
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Colorado • BYU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State
Player Story
Deion Smith built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 20, spending time with BYU and Colorado. The clearest part of Deion Smith's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Colorado
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Deion Smith, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Colorado. Deion Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 915
- Rushing yards
- 717
- Receiving yards
- 198
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Deion Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- BYU · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 915
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Colorado
- Top game
- Arizona State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Second Baptist · Colorado
- High school pipeline
- Second Baptist · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Senior
- 2023 Scrimmage yards rank
- 129 scrimmage yards · RB 420th (top 60%) · Big 12 143rd (top 50%) · National 1,308th (top 50%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Colorado | 8 | 96 | 68 | 28 | 0 | 22.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Colorado | 10 | 213 | 192 | 21 | 2 | 45.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Colorado | 10 | 477 | 393 | 84 | 2 | 66.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | BYU | 9 | 129 | 64 | 65 | 2 | 35.6 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Deion Smith played RB for Colorado and BYU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Deion Smith recorded 717 rushing yards, 198 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Colorado.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Colorado paired 477 primary output with 50.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 37.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Colorado, BYU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas
Win with 42 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 · BYU
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
14.3
Efficiency
37.9
Usage
7.6
Consistency
55.6
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Sam Houston: -1. Southern Utah: 16. Arkansas: 42. Kansas: 27. Cincinnati: 1. Texas Tech: 16. Texas: 22. West Virginia: -7. Oklahoma: 13
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. Sam Houston: 4 by 0. Southern Utah: 7 by 23.8. Arkansas: 3 by 65.6. Kansas: 6 by 34.4. Cincinnati: 2 by 5.2. Texas Tech: 2 by 83.3. Texas: 3 by 80.6. West Virginia: 2 by 25. Oklahoma: 4 by 22.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins14.8 · Games = 5 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses13.8 · Games = 4 · -1.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs Texas Tech
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/18 | vs Oklahoma | L 24-31 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3.3 |
| Sat 11/4 | @ West Virginia | L 7-37 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | -11 | -3.5 |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Texas | L 6-35 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7.3 |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Texas Tech | W 27-14 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Cincinnati | W 35-27 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | — | — | 0.5 |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Kansas | L 27-38 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4.5 |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Arkansas | W 38-31 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 14 |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Southern Utah | W 41-16 | 7 | 16 | 2.30 | 1 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sun 9/3 | vs Sam Houston | W 14-0 | 3 | -2 | -0.70 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
Player Story
Deion Smith story
Deion Smith built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 20, spending time with BYU and Colorado. The clearest part of Deion Smith's career was his backfield work: 717 rushing yards, 182 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 198 receiving yards across 37 career games in the available record. His career also includes 198 receiving yards and 63 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Deion 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
Colorado
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
BYU
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Colorado | 96 | 27.2 | 6.2 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | — | — | -96 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Colorado | 213 | 35.4 | 11.3 | 213 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Colorado | 477 | 50.1 | 19.9 | 264 |
| 2023 Regular Season | BYU | 129 | 37.9 | 7.6 | -348 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Arizona State
Week 9 · L 34-42 · Conference game
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
126
Scrimmage Yards
83.3 takeover
126 scrimmage yards and 52.1 usage.
#2
@ Oregon
Week 7 · L 3-45 · Conference game
41
Scrimmage Yards
65 takeover
Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
41 scrimmage yards and 11.9 usage.
#3
@ Minnesota
Week 3 · L 7-49
70
Scrimmage Yards
64.5 takeover
Loss with 70 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
70 scrimmage yards and 22.7 usage.
#4
@ UCLA
Week 11 · L 20-44 · Conference game
44
Scrimmage Yards
63.9 takeover
Loss with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
44 scrimmage yards and 16.9 usage.
#5
@ Air Force
Week 2 · L 10-41
59
Scrimmage Yards
62.5 takeover
Loss with 59 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
59 scrimmage yards and 29.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Colorado
477 primary output · 50.1 efficiency · 19.9 usage
66.5
#2
2021 Regular Season · Colorado
45.3
213 primary · 35.4 efficiency · 11.3 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · BYU
35.6
129 primary · 37.9 efficiency · 7.6 usage
Milestones
1
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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