Player Dossier

2019-2021

Boise State

Danny Smith

RB • 6'0" • 217 lbs • Oxnard, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Danny Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 29.5 efficiency.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

5

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

12

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

16

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Boise State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Boise State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8355

Oxnard Union · Oxnard, CA

Committed To
Boise State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Danny Smith, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Boise State. Danny Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 29.5 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
86
Rushing yards
86

Quick Answers

Danny Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Boise State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
86
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Boise State
Top game
Colorado State
Recruit profile
3-star · Oxnard Union · Boise State
High school pipeline
Lowndes · 35 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 37 · Junior
2021 Scrimmage yards rank
17 scrimmage yards · RB 592nd (top 87%) · Mountain West 201st (top 87%) · National 2,119th (top 83%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonBoise State331310041.7
2020 Regular SeasonBoise State238380055.2
2021 Regular SeasonBoise State217170046

Related Context

Danny Smith played RB for Boise State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Danny Smith recorded 86 rushing yards and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Boise State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Boise State paired 38 primary output with 30.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 29.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Win with 10 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Boise State

Games

2

Scrimmage Yards / G

8.5

Efficiency

29.5

Usage

5.5

Consistency

94.1

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UTEP: 7. New Mexico: 10

Volume vs Efficiency

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Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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First Half7 · Games = 1 · -3 vs Second Half
Second Half10 · Games = 1 · +3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico

Best efficiency game

34.7 vs New Mexico

Result
Sun 11/21vs New MexicoW 37-03103.3003.3
Sat 9/11vs UTEPW 54-13372.3002.3

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Boise State

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonBoise State3139.24.9
2020 Regular SeasonBoise State3830.211.17
2021 Regular SeasonBoise State1729.55.5-21

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Colorado State

Week 11 · W 52-21 · Conference game

Win with 33 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

33

Scrimmage Yards

62.8 takeover

33 scrimmage yards and 18.9 usage.

#2

vs New Mexico

Week 12 · W 42-9 · Conference game

24

Scrimmage Yards

59 takeover

Win with 24 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

24 scrimmage yards and 9.4 usage.

#3

vs New Mexico

Week 12 · W 37-0 · Conference game

10

Scrimmage Yards

50 takeover

Win with 10 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

10 scrimmage yards and 5.4 usage.

#4

vs UTEP

Week 2 · W 54-13

7

Scrimmage Yards

36.8 takeover

Win with 7 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

7 scrimmage yards and 5.6 usage.

#5

@ Utah State

Week 13 · W 56-21 · Conference game

6

Scrimmage Yards

30.7 takeover

Win with 6 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

6 scrimmage yards and 1.6 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Boise State

38 primary output · 30.2 efficiency · 11.1 usage

55.2

#2

2021 Regular Season · Boise State

46

17 primary · 29.5 efficiency · 5.5 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Boise State

41.7

31 primary · 39.2 efficiency · 4.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games