CFB Zeitgeist RB Score
Awaiting
Brashard Smith
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Kansas CityEntering 2nd NFL season
#228Rd 7 · Pick 12
Kansas CityEntering 2nd NFL season
RB · SMU · ACC
Brashard Smith
- 4
- #1
- 5-10 | 196 lb
- Richmond Heights, FL
Heisman Heat
#21
1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
1%
TOP RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR11 · National watch / fringe AA
National watch / fringe All-America. Knocking on the All-America door.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
4 seasons on the ladder
2021
Miami · RB
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2022
Miami · RB
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2023
Miami · RB
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★
2024
SMU · RB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
NFL Draft 2025 · Rd 7, Pick 12 · #228 overall · Kansas City
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2021–2024+5683%
Up 5683% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R7 · #228
Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#8 in market ▼ from #6 · 4 books
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4-star | 0.9198 | No. 206 recruit | HighSchool | Miami |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to Miami
Composite
0.9198
#206 national
NFL Draft
2025 · Rd 7, Pick 12
#228 overall · Kansas City
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Brashard Smith
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Brashard Smith
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Scenario Explorer
Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.
Why this is more than a rushing profile
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Brashard Smith is not a one-lane back. The profile is interesting because the workload spills beyond pure rushing volume: 1,330 rushing yards, 39 catches, and 318 return yards for SMU. That kind of all-purpose footprint gives the card a much richer story than a basic carry total.
2024 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
RB season snapshot
2024 season snapshot | final
2024 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Workhorse | Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.
2024 Season · Final
2024 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
234 99th
YDS
1,330 99th
YPC
5.7 79th
TD
14 98th
Receiving
REC
39 99th
YDS
327 98th
YPR
8.4 66th
TD
4 100th
Game Log
Week-by-week box
No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2021Miami7-5HC: Jess Simpson · Balanced
2022Miami5-7HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
2024SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 1,330 | #10/735 | 99th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 14 | #13/739 | 98th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.7 | #152/735 | 79th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 39 | #8/552 | 99th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 327 | #13/548 | 98th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.24 | #26/362 | 93rd pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 237 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 29.0% | #16/738 | 98th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 234 | #10/739 | 99th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 71 | #58/733 | 92nd pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 33 | #106/540 | 81st pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 8.4 | #190/548 | 66th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 4 | #2/552 | 100th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 320 | #17/200 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 22.9 | #44/199 | 78th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick returns | 14 | #14/206 | 94th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Returns | Punt returns | 1 | #20/29 | 34th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Returns | Punt return avg | -2.0 | #27/27 | 4th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Punt return yards | -2 | #27/27 | 4th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 45.4% | #30/738 | 96th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 35.1% | #10/738 | 99th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 34.2% | #16/738 | 98th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 29.3% | #23/738 | 97th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 17.0% | #48/738 | 94th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 16.2% | #49/738 | 93rd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 10.2% | #30/738 | 96th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 2 | #205/256 | 20th pct | Turnoversvs FBS RB |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits
Per-game splits
Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.
Advanced Savant · RB · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Pass share
53.7%
460 pass / 396 run
Plays / game
65.8
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
5.4%
333 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
2 coaches2021
Jim Leavitt
SMU
2022era →
Rhett Lashlee
SMU
2023
Rhett Lashlee
SMU
2024
Rhett Lashlee
SMU
Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Leavitt → Rhett Lashlee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownRichmond Heights, FL
Height5'10"
Weight196 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey1
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Current teamSMU
ConferenceACC
Joined2024
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-ACC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | All-ACC | all_conference | SMU | ACC | SPEC |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | SMU | RB4 | #21 | #22 | 1.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Miami | RB4 | #467 | #467 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Miami | RB4 | #1575 | #1954 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
| 2021 | Miami | RB4 | #1542 | #1678 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.