Usage / Role
73%
Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025NC State
Daylan Smothers
RB • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Charlotte, NC, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Daylan Smothers leans workhorse runner traits and 55.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
88
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
73
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · NC State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Oklahoma • NC State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
Player Story
Daylan Smothers built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 3, spending time with NC State and Oklahoma. The clearest part of Daylan Smothers' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Oklahoma
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Daylan Smothers, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · NC State. Daylan Smothers leans workhorse runner traits and 55.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,005
- Rushing yards
- 1,552
- Receiving yards
- 453
- Touchdowns
- 15
Quick Answers
Daylan Smothers quick answers
- Latest team and position
- NC State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,005
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · NC State
- Top game
- East Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · West Charlotte · Oklahoma
- High school pipeline
- West Charlotte · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Sophomore
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,128 scrimmage yards · RB 42nd (top 6%) · ACC 6th (top 2%) · National 53rd (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 4 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 28.7 |
| 2024 Postseason | NC State | 11 | 181 | 139 | 42 | 1 | 63.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | NC State | 11 | 653 | 432 | 221 | 7 | 63.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | NC State | 11 | 1,128 | 939 | 189 | 7 | 79.8 |
Related Context
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Daylan Smothers played RB for Oklahoma and NC State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Daylan Smothers recorded -4 passing yards, 1,552 rushing yards, and 453 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with NC State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
NC State paired 1,128 primary output with 55.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 55.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oklahoma, NC State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Win with 153 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 81.8th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · NC State
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
102.5
Efficiency
55.6
Usage
32.2
Consistency
71.5
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. East Carolina: 106. Virginia: 153. Wake Forest: 163. Duke: 164. Virginia Tech: 78. Campbell: 153. Notre Dame: 67. Pittsburgh: 111. Miami: 4. Florida State: 84. North Carolina: 45
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. East Carolina: 26 by 38.6. Virginia: 19 by 83.6. Wake Forest: 28 by 67. Duke: 22 by 76.3. Virginia Tech: 20 by 42.4. Campbell: 6 by 100. Notre Dame: 16 by 41.4. Pittsburgh: 11 by 92. Miami: 9 by 1.9. Florida State: 24 by 39.6. North Carolina: 16 by 28.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins117.3 · Games = 6 · +32.5 vs Losses
Losses84.8 · Games = 5 · -32.5 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
Best efficiency game
100 vs Campbell
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs North Carolina | W 42-19 | 12 | 32 | 2.70 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 2.8 |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Florida State | W 21-11 | 21 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.5 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Miami | L 7-41 | 7 | -2 | -0.30 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.4 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Pittsburgh | L 34-53 | 8 | 86 | 10.80 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 10.1 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Notre Dame | L 7-36 | 12 | 46 | 3.80 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 4.2 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Campbell100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 56-10 | 4 | 123 | 30.80 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 25.5 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Virginia Tech | L 21-23 | 16 | 67 | 4.20 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3.9 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Duke100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 33-45 | 17 | 123 | 7.20 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 7.5 |
| Thu 9/11 | @ Wake Forest100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 34-24 | 24 | 164 | 6.80 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 5.8 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Virginia100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 35-31 | 17 | 140 | 8.20 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8.1 |
| Thu 8/28 | vs East Carolina | W 24-17 | 22 | 76 | 3.50 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 4.1 |
Player Story
Daylan Smothers story
Daylan Smothers built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 3, spending time with NC State and Oklahoma. The clearest part of Daylan Smothers' career was his backfield work: 1,552 rushing yards, 260 carries, 12 rushing touchdowns, and 453 receiving yards across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with NC State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 453 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 51 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across NC State and Oklahoma.
The arc is straightforward: Daylan Smothers moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Oklahoma
2023
Opening stop
- 2
NC State
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 43 | 38.8 | 4.3 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | NC State | 834 | 63.6 | 18.7 | 791 |
| 2024 Regular Season | NC State | 834 | 63.6 | 18.7 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | NC State | 1,128 | 55.6 | 32.2 | 294 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs East Carolina
Week 1 · L 21-26 · Postseason
Loss with 181 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
181
Scrimmage Yards
94.8 takeover
181 scrimmage yards and 31.5 usage.
#2
vs No. 31 Virginia
Week 2 · W 35-31 · Conference game
153
Scrimmage Yards
92.3 takeover
Win with 153 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
153 scrimmage yards and 38.8 usage.
#3
@ No. 44 Duke
Week 4 · L 33-45 · Conference game
164
Scrimmage Yards
91.5 takeover
Loss with 164 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
164 scrimmage yards and 34.4 usage.
#4
@ No. 52 Wake Forest
Week 3 · W 34-24 · Conference game
163
Scrimmage Yards
88.8 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
163 scrimmage yards and 41.8 usage.
#5
@ No. 36 Pittsburgh
Week 9 · L 34-53 · Conference game
111
Scrimmage Yards
77 takeover
Loss with 111 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
111 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · NC State
1,128 primary output · 55.6 efficiency · 32.2 usage
79.8
#2
2024 Postseason · NC State
63.4
834 primary · 63.6 efficiency · 18.7 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · NC State
63.4
834 primary · 63.6 efficiency · 18.7 usage
Milestones
6
100+ rush yards
5
150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
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