Player Dossier

2021-2024

SMU

Brashard Smith

RB • 5'10" • 196 lbs • Richmond Heights, FL, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Brashard Smith leans workhorse runner traits and 62.7 efficiency.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

45

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Miami • SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Player Story

Brashard Smith built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a running back from Richmond Heights, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Miami and SMU. The clearest part of Brashard Smith's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9198

Miami Palmetto · Miami, FL

Committed To
Miami
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2025
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 12
Overall
No. 228
NFL Team
Kansas City Chiefs

Brashard Smith, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · SMU. Brashard Smith leans workhorse runner traits and 62.7 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,604
Rushing yards
1,507
Receiving yards
1,097
Touchdowns
25

Quick Answers

Brashard Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
SMU · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,604
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 46 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · SMU
Top game
Florida State
Recruit profile
4-star · Miami Palmetto · Miami
High school pipeline
Franklin Road Academy · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2025 · Round 7 · Pick 12 · Kansas City Chiefs
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2024 Scrimmage yards rank
1,657 scrimmage yards · RB 9th (top 2%) · ACC 2nd (top 1%) · National 9th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonMiami922223199220.6
2022 Regular SeasonMiami1133022308036.2
2023 Regular SeasonMiami12395132263535
2024 PostseasonSMU14866224084
2024 Regular SeasonSMU141,5711,2683031884

Related Context

Brashard Smith played RB for Miami and SMU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brashard Smith recorded 1,507 rushing yards, 1,097 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

SMU paired 1,657 primary output with 62.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 68.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 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 Miami, SMU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Win with 76 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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2022 Regular Season · Miami

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

30

Efficiency

68.2

Usage

5.5

Consistency

41.1

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Bethune-Cookman: 18. Southern Miss: 60. Texas A&M: 14. Middle Tennessee: 27. North Carolina: 59. Virginia Tech: 76. Virginia: 16. Florida State: 5. Georgia Tech: 46. Clemson: 0. Pittsburgh: 9

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Bethune-Cookman: 3 by 62.5. Southern Miss: 5 by 93.8. Texas A&M: 3 by 38.9. Middle Tennessee: 3 by 75. North Carolina: 5 by 98.3. Virginia Tech: 6 by 100. Virginia: 2 by 66.7. Florida State: 2 by 20.8. Georgia Tech: 5 by 88.3. Pittsburgh: 2 by 37.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins43.2 · Games = 5 · +24.2 vs Losses
Losses19 · Games = 6 · -24.2 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

Virginia Tech

Best efficiency game

100 vs Virginia Tech

Result
Sun 11/27vs PittsburghL 16-42294.5
Sat 11/19@ ClemsonL 10-40
Sat 11/12@ Georgia TechW 35-1419904379.2
Sat 11/5vs Florida StateL 3-45252.5
Sat 10/29@ VirginiaW 14-122168
Sat 10/15@ Virginia TechW 20-1467612.7
Sat 10/8vs North CarolinaL 24-2755911.8
Sat 9/24vs Middle TennesseeL 31-453279
Sun 9/18@ Texas A&ML 9-173144.7
Sat 9/10vs Southern MissW 30-7177045312
Sat 9/3vs Bethune-CookmanW 70-1316602126

Player Story

Brashard Smith story

Brashard Smith built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a running back from Richmond Heights, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Miami and SMU. The clearest part of Brashard Smith's career was his backfield work: 1,507 rushing yards, 252 carries, 15 rushing touchdowns, and 1,097 receiving yards across 46 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1,097 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 1,317 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brashard 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

    Miami

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    SMU

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonMiami22241.43.8
2022 Regular SeasonMiami33068.25.5108
2023 Regular SeasonMiami39570.34.765
2024 PostseasonSMU1,65762.733.71,262
2024 Regular SeasonSMU1,65762.733.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida State

Week 5 · W 42-16 · Conference game

Win with 179 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

91.2 takeover

179 scrimmage yards and 31.7 usage.

#2

vs Pittsburgh

Week 10 · W 48-25 · Conference game

182

Scrimmage Yards

90.6 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

182 scrimmage yards and 50 usage.

#3

vs TCU

Week 4 · W 66-42

151

Scrimmage Yards

86.2 takeover

Win with 151 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

151 scrimmage yards and 35.7 usage.

#4

vs Clemson

Week 8 · W 28-20 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

80.5 takeover

Win with 123 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

123 scrimmage yards and 14.5 usage.

#5

vs Boston College

Week 12 · W 38-28 · Conference game

133

Scrimmage Yards

80 takeover

Win with 133 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

133 scrimmage yards and 40.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · SMU

1,657 primary output · 62.7 efficiency · 33.7 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · SMU

84

1,657 primary · 62.7 efficiency · 33.7 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Miami

36.2

330 primary · 68.2 efficiency · 5.5 usage

Milestones

7

100+ rush yards

3

150+ scrimmage yards

5

2+ TD games