Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Michigan
Vincent Smith
RB • 5'6" • Pahokee, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Vincent Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 36.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
11
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Delaware State
Player Story
Vincent Smith built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Pahokee, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Vincent Smith's career was his backfield work: 1,258...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Vincent Smith, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Michigan. Vincent Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 36.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,693
- Rushing yards
- 1,258
- Receiving yards
- 435
- Touchdowns
- 18
Quick Answers
Vincent Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,693
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2010 Postseason · Michigan
- Top game
- Delaware State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Curie Metropolitan
- High school pipeline
- Curie Metropolitan · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Class 2012
- 2012 Scrimmage yards rank
- 168 scrimmage yards · RB 299th (top 61%) · Big Ten 94th (top 43%) · National 1,033rd (top 47%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Michigan | 8 | 358 | 276 | 82 | 3 | 38.3 |
| 2010 Postseason | Michigan | 13 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 68.9 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Michigan | 13 | 701 | 588 | 113 | 7 | 68.9 |
| 2011 Postseason | Michigan | 11 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 45 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Michigan | 11 | 427 | 285 | 142 | 5 | 45 |
| 2012 Postseason | Michigan | 10 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 34.2 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Michigan | 10 | 153 | 88 | 65 | 3 | 34.2 |
Related Context
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Vincent Smith played RB for Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Vincent Smith recorded 17 passing yards, 1,258 rushing yards, and 435 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Postseason
Michigan paired 731 primary output with 45.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 36.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2012 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Loss with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Postseason · Michigan
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
16.8
Efficiency
36.8
Usage
10.2
Consistency
47.5
Best Game by takeover score
Alabama
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 15. Alabama: 44. Massachusetts: 39. Notre Dame: 0. Purdue: 8. Michigan State: 14. Nebraska: 5. Northwestern: 4. Iowa: 27. Ohio State: 12
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. South Carolina: 7 by 15.2. Alabama: 15 by 28.1. Massachusetts: 4 by 82.3. Purdue: 3 by 27.8. Michigan State: 3 by 69.4. Nebraska: 6 by 3.5. Northwestern: 1 by 33.3. Iowa: 4 by 46.9. Ohio State: 5 by 25
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins18.4 · Games = 5 · +3.2 vs Losses
Losses15.2 · Games = 5 · -3.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Alabama
Best efficiency game
82.3 vs Massachusetts
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1/1 | vs South Carolina | L 28-33 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2.1 |
| Sat 11/24 | @ Ohio State | L 21-26 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | — | — | 2.4 |
| Sat 11/17 | vs Iowa | W 42-17 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6.8 |
| Sat 11/10 | vs Northwestern | W 38-31 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Sun 10/28 | @ Nebraska | L 9-23 | 4 | -6 | -1.50 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0.8 |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Michigan State | W 12-10 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.7 |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Purdue | W 44-13 | 3 | 8 | 2.70 | 0 | — | — | 2.7 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Notre Dame | L 6-13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Massachusetts2+ TD | W 63-13 | 3 | 20 | 6.70 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9.8 |
| Sun 9/2 | @ Alabama | L 14-41 | 13 | 33 | 2.50 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2.9 |
Player Story
Vincent Smith story
Vincent Smith built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Pahokee, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Vincent Smith's career was his backfield work: 1,258 rushing yards, 270 carries, 10 rushing touchdowns, and 435 receiving yards across 42 career games in the available record. His career also includes 17 passing yards, 435 receiving yards, and 141 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Vincent 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.
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Michigan
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009201020102011201120122012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Michigan | 358 | 43.5 | 12.3 | — |
| 2010 Postseason | Michigan | 731 | 45.8 | 19.1 | 373 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Michigan | 731 | 45.8 | 19.1 | 0 |
| 2011 Postseason | Michigan | 436 | 48.9 | 10 | -295 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Michigan | 436 | 48.9 | 10 | 0 |
| 2012 Postseason | Michigan | 168 | 36.8 | 10.2 | -268 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Michigan | 168 | 36.8 | 10.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Delaware State
Week 7 · W 63-6
Win with 166 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
87 takeover
166 scrimmage yards and 24.6 usage.
#2
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 3 · W 31-3
118
Scrimmage Yards
81.7 takeover
Win with 118 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
118 scrimmage yards and 15.8 usage.
#3
@ Indiana
Week 5 · W 42-35 · Conference game
80
Scrimmage Yards
77.9 takeover
Win with 80 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
80 scrimmage yards and 23.1 usage.
#4
@ Purdue
Week 11 · W 27-16 · Conference game
99
Scrimmage Yards
77.3 takeover
Win with 99 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
99 scrimmage yards and 26.1 usage.
#5
@ Alabama
Week 1 · L 14-41
44
Scrimmage Yards
76 takeover
Loss with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
44 scrimmage yards and 37.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Postseason · Michigan
731 primary output · 45.8 efficiency · 19.1 usage
68.9
#2
2010 Regular Season · Michigan
68.9
731 primary · 45.8 efficiency · 19.1 usage
#3
2011 Postseason · Michigan
45
436 primary · 48.9 efficiency · 10 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
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