Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022SMU
TJ McDaniel
RB • 6'0" • 197 lbs • Southlake, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
TJ McDaniel leans balanced backfield option traits and 41 efficiency.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
22
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
55
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Lamar
Player Story
TJ McDaniel built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a running back from Southlake, TX wearing No. 25, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of TJ McDaniel's career was his backfield work: 741 rushing...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
TJ McDaniel, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · SMU. TJ McDaniel leans balanced backfield option traits and 41 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 806
- Rushing yards
- 741
- Receiving yards
- 65
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
TJ McDaniel quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 806
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- Lamar
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Thomas More (Prep)
- High school pipeline
- St. Thomas More (Prep) · 0 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Sophomore
- 2022 Scrimmage yards rank
- 231 scrimmage yards · RB 345th (top 50%) · American Athletic 90th (top 43%) · National 955th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | SMU | 7 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 43.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 7 | 269 | 238 | 31 | 3 | 43.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 4 | 308 | 297 | 11 | 1 | 72.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 9 | 231 | 208 | 23 | 4 | 43.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | SMU to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 18 | Dec 6, 2022 |
TJ McDaniel played RB for SMU. Across 4 tracked seasons, TJ McDaniel recorded 741 rushing yards, 65 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
SMU paired 308 primary output with 48.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 41 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Game with 66 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · SMU
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
25.7
Efficiency
41
Usage
10.2
Consistency
30.6
Best Game by takeover score
Arizona
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All Games66 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Arizona
Best efficiency game
43.3 vs Arizona
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 9/3 | @ Arizona | — | 14 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4.4 |
Player Story
TJ McDaniel story
TJ McDaniel built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a running back from Southlake, TX wearing No. 25, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of TJ McDaniel's career was his backfield work: 741 rushing yards, 144 carries, 8 rushing touchdowns, and 65 receiving yards across 21 career games in the available record. His career also includes 65 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives TJ McDaniel's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
SMU
2019-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20192019202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | SMU | 267 | 35.4 | 8.7 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 267 | 35.4 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 308 | 48.9 | 24.5 | 41 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | -308 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 231 | 41 | 10.2 | 231 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Lamar
Week 2 · W 45-16
Win with 94 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
94
Scrimmage Yards
83.7 takeover
94 scrimmage yards and 26.9 usage.
#2
@ Texas State
Week 1 · W 31-24
136
Scrimmage Yards
83 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
136 scrimmage yards and 42.9 usage.
#3
vs Texas State
Week 3 · W 47-17
159
Scrimmage Yards
77.4 takeover
Win with 159 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
159 scrimmage yards and 11.3 usage.
#4
vs Stephen F. Austin
Week 4 · W 50-7
104
Scrimmage Yards
77.3 takeover
Win with 104 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
104 scrimmage yards and 32.1 usage.
#5
@ Arizona
Week 1
66
Scrimmage Yards
71.7 takeover
Game with 66 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
66 scrimmage yards and — usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · SMU
308 primary output · 48.9 efficiency · 24.5 usage
72.3
#2
2022 Regular Season · SMU
43.9
231 primary · 41 efficiency · 10.2 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · SMU
43.6
267 primary · 35.4 efficiency · 8.7 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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