Usage / Role
7%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2022Eastern Michigan
DJ Smith
RB • 5'9" • 187 lbs • Dallas, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
DJ Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
15
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: 2021 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Eastern Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
3★
- Committed To
- Eastern Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
DJ Smith, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Eastern Michigan. DJ Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 93
- Rushing yards
- 56
- Receiving yards
- 37
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
DJ Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Eastern Michigan · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 93
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
- Top game
- Northern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lone Star · Eastern Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Lone Star · 16 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Junior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 44 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 34 |
| 2021 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 64.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 64.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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DJ Smith played RB for Eastern Michigan. Across 3 tracked seasons, DJ Smith recorded 56 rushing yards, 37 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Eastern Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Eastern Michigan paired 49 primary output with 75.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 75.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Loss with 37 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2021 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
Games
2
Scrimmage Yards / G
24.5
Efficiency
75.5
Usage
5.4
Consistency
66.3
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Liberty: 12. Northern Illinois: 37
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.
Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half12 · Games = 1 · -25 vs Second Half
Second Half37 · Games = 1 · +25 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
Northern Illinois
Best efficiency game
88.5 vs Northern Illinois
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Eastern Michigan
2020-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 44 | 9.1 | 9.6 | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 49 | 75.5 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 49 | 75.5 | 5.4 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | — | — | -49 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northern Illinois
Week 5 · L 20-27 · Conference game
Loss with 37 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
37
Scrimmage Yards
70.3 takeover
37 scrimmage yards and 7.8 usage.
#2
vs Toledo
Week 12 · L 28-45 · Conference game
43
Scrimmage Yards
60.8 takeover
Loss with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
43 scrimmage yards and 17.9 usage.
#3
@ Liberty
Week 1 · L 20-56 · Postseason
12
Scrimmage Yards
34.5 takeover
Loss with 12 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
12 scrimmage yards and 3 usage.
#4
@ Kent State
Week 10 · L 23-27 · Conference game
0
Scrimmage Yards
14.4 takeover
Loss with 0 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
0 scrimmage yards and 15.1 usage.
#5
@ Ball State
Week 11 · L 31-38 · Conference game
1
Scrimmage Yards
5.7 takeover
Loss with 1 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
1 scrimmage yards and 3.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
49 primary output · 75.5 efficiency · 5.4 usage
64.3
#2
2021 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
64.3
49 primary · 75.5 efficiency · 5.4 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
34
44 primary · 9.1 efficiency · 9.6 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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