Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2023Penn State
Tank Smith
RB • 5'7" • 222 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Tank Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
4
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
26
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts
5★
- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Tank Smith, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Penn State. Tank Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 139
- Rushing yards
- 137
- Receiving yards
- 2
Quick Answers
Tank Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 139
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Massachusetts
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Louisa County · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Stoney Creek · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 38 · Senior
- 2023 Scrimmage yards rank
- 71 scrimmage yards · RB 484th (top 69%) · Big Ten 161st (top 58%) · National 1,590th (top 61%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25.8 |
| 2022 Postseason | Penn State | 6 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 51.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 6 | 48 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 51.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Penn State | 3 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 57.7 |
Related Context
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Tank Smith played RB for Penn State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tank Smith recorded 137 rushing yards and 2 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Penn State paired 71 primary output with 53.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 53.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts
Win with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
3
Scrimmage Yards / G
23.7
Efficiency
53.6
Usage
4.2
Consistency
65.3
Best Game by takeover score
Massachusetts
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Delaware: 29. Massachusetts: 41. Maryland: 1
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. Delaware: 6 by 50.3. Massachusetts: 2 by 100. Maryland: 1 by 10.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half35 · Games = 2 · +34 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · -34 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Massachusetts
Best efficiency game
100 vs Massachusetts
Career Arc
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Penn State
2020-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 5 | 36.5 | 3.5 | 5 |
| 2022 Postseason | Penn State | 63 | 28.7 | 6.7 | 58 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 63 | 28.7 | 6.7 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Penn State | 71 | 53.6 | 4.2 | 8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Massachusetts
Week 7 · W 63-0
Win with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
41
Scrimmage Yards
70.3 takeover
41 scrimmage yards and 3.8 usage.
#2
vs Ohio
Week 2 · W 46-10
16
Scrimmage Yards
59.7 takeover
Win with 16 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
16 scrimmage yards and 4.6 usage.
#3
vs Villanova
Week 4 · W 38-17
7
Scrimmage Yards
59.3 takeover
Win with 7 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
7 scrimmage yards and 1.8 usage.
#4
@ Utah
Week 1 · W 35-21 · Postseason
15
Scrimmage Yards
52.4 takeover
Win with 15 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
15 scrimmage yards and 8.5 usage.
#5
vs Delaware
Week 2 · W 63-7
29
Scrimmage Yards
47.1 takeover
Win with 29 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
29 scrimmage yards and 7.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Penn State
71 primary output · 53.6 efficiency · 4.2 usage
57.7
#2
2022 Postseason · Penn State
51.8
63 primary · 28.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Penn State
51.8
63 primary · 28.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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