Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2014Arizona
Adonis Smith
RB • 5'11" • Oakland, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Adonis Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 24.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
36
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
39
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
47
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern • UNLV • Arizona
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Illinois
Player Story
Adonis Smith built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a running back from Oakland, CA wearing No. 26, spending time with Arizona, Northwestern, and UNLV. The clearest part of Adonis Smith's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2010
Adonis Smith, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Northwestern. Adonis Smith leans balanced backfield option traits and 24.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 629
- Rushing yards
- 539
- Receiving yards
- 90
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Adonis Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 629
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Eastern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Junipero Serra · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Junipero Serra · 73 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 26 · Class 2014
- 2014 Scrimmage yards rank
- 7 scrimmage yards · RB 519th (top 95%) · Pac-12 196th (top 92%) · National 2,160th (top 93%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Postseason | Northwestern | 9 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 44.4 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Northwestern | 9 | 133 | 135 | -2 | 0 | 44.4 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Northwestern | 8 | 297 | 266 | 31 | 3 | 60.2 |
| 2013 Postseason | UNLV | 11 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 30.3 |
| 2013 Regular Season | UNLV | 11 | 122 | 70 | 52 | 2 | 30.3 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Arizona | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 34.6 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Adonis Smith
Adonis Smith played RB for Northwestern, UNLV, and Arizona. Across 4 tracked seasons, Adonis Smith recorded 539 rushing yards, 90 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 297 primary output with 35.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 35.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2014 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northwestern, UNLV, Arizona.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Illinois
Win with 79 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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2011 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
8
Scrimmage Yards / G
37.1
Efficiency
35.9
Usage
12.8
Consistency
68.2
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 50. Eastern Illinois: 79. Illinois: -1. Michigan: 36. Iowa: 62. Nebraska: 3. Rice: 37. Minnesota: 31
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. Boston College: 12 by 47.5. Eastern Illinois: 20 by 36.7. Illinois: 1 by 0. Michigan: 7 by 50.6. Iowa: 14 by 49.7. Nebraska: 2 by 15.6. Rice: 7 by 55.1. Minnesota: 10 by 32.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins40 · Games = 5 · +7.7 vs Losses
Losses32.3 · Games = 3 · -7.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Illinois
Best efficiency game
55.1 vs Rice
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/19 | vs Minnesota | W 28-13 | 10 | 31 | 3.10 | 0 | — | — | 3.1 |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Rice | W 28-6 | 7 | 37 | 5.30 | 0 | — | — | 5.3 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Nebraska | W 28-25 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | — | — | 1.5 |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Iowa | L 31-41 | 12 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.4 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Michigan | L 24-42 | 6 | 28 | 4.70 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5.1 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Illinois | L 35-38 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Eastern Illinois | W 42-21 | 17 | 55 | 3.20 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 4.0 |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Boston College | W 24-17 | 11 | 53 | 4.80 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4.2 |
Player Story
Adonis Smith story
Adonis Smith built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a running back from Oakland, CA wearing No. 26, spending time with Arizona, Northwestern, and UNLV. The clearest part of Adonis Smith's career was his backfield work: 539 rushing yards, 138 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 90 receiving yards across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 90 receiving yards and 132 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Adonis 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
Northwestern
2010-2011
Opening stop
- 2
UNLV
2013
Peak year stop
- 3
Arizona
2014
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Postseason | Northwestern | 194 | 45 | 8.3 | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Northwestern | 194 | 45 | 8.3 | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Northwestern | 297 | 35.9 | 12.8 | 103 |
| 2013 Postseason | UNLV | 131 | 29.2 | 5.7 | -166 |
| 2013 Regular Season | UNLV | 131 | 29.2 | 5.7 | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Arizona | 7 | 24.3 | 4.1 | -124 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Eastern Illinois
Week 2 · W 42-21
Win with 79 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
69.9 takeover
79 scrimmage yards and 25.6 usage.
#2
@ Texas Tech
Week 1 · L 38-45 · Postseason
61
Scrimmage Yards
69.3 takeover
Loss with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
61 scrimmage yards and 17.5 usage.
#3
vs Western Illinois
Week 4 · W 38-7
35
Scrimmage Yards
63 takeover
Win with 35 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
35 scrimmage yards and 12.7 usage.
#4
@ Iowa
Week 7 · L 31-41 · Conference game
62
Scrimmage Yards
59.8 takeover
Loss with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
62 scrimmage yards and 17.9 usage.
#5
vs Michigan State
Week 8 · L 27-35 · Conference game
44
Scrimmage Yards
54 takeover
Loss with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
44 scrimmage yards and 15.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Regular Season · Northwestern
297 primary output · 35.9 efficiency · 12.8 usage
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#2
2010 Postseason · Northwestern
44.4
194 primary · 45 efficiency · 8.3 usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Northwestern
44.4
194 primary · 45 efficiency · 8.3 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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