Brashard Smith

Former running back at SMU. 2024: 1,330 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 39 catches.

RB · SMU · Sr. · #1

5′10″ · 196 lb · Richmond Heights, FL

CFB Index 85 · #11 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamKansas City — drafted 2025, Rd 7, Pick 12, #228 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 206 nationally · Signed with Miami

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at SMU. 2024: 1,330 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 39 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Miami in 2021.
Transferred from Miami to SMU in 2024.
Drafted round 7 by the Kansas City in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at SMU, 1,507 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #228 overall by Kansas City.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 161 yds vs Pittsburgh.Pittsburgh · W 48-252024

20219 games

Signed with Miami4-star out of Miami Palmetto

202414 games

Entered the portal
All-ACCfirst

2025

Drafted by Kansas Cityround 7, pick 228

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#206 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #228

Kansas City · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Jim Leavitt

SMU

2022–2024

Rhett Lashlee

SMU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Leavitt → Rhett Lashlee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Kansas CityEntering 2nd NFL season

#228Rd 7 · Pick 12

Kansas CityEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

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

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

85All-Conference level #11 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (96th percentile). Strength: carries (96th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#112 / 442 · 75th pct

9.0%

TD rate#141 / 442 · 68th pct

6.0%

Yards / carry#145 / 442 · 67th pct

5.7

Success rate#166 / 442 · 62nd pct

47.4%

EPA / carry#210 / 442 · 53rd pct

0.17

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#13 / 335 · 96th pct

1330

Carries#14 / 335 · 96th pct

234

Rec yards#14 / 330 · 96th pct

327

Receptions#16 / 330 · 95th pct

Rush TDs#18 / 335 · 94th pct

Long run#52 / 335 · 84th pct

Yards / carry#74 / 335 · 76th pct

5.7

Fumbles lost#157 / 204 · 15th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

233 carries

15%

Stuffed (≤0)

33%

Grind (1–3)

37%

Chunk (4–9)

15%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	113	6.9	1.2
Road6g	71.3	5.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	88.6	6.5	1.0
Weeks 8+7g	101	5.6	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

85 · #11 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #11 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	SMU	234	1,330	5.7	14	--
2023	Miami	9	132	14.7	1	--
2022	Miami	3	22	7.3	0	--
2021	Miami	6	23	3.8	0	--
Career		252	1,507	6.0	15	--

Season	Team
2024	SMU	39	327	8.4	4	--
2023	Miami	22	263	12.0	2	--
2022	Miami	33	308	9.3	0	--
2021	Miami	14	199	14.2	2	--
Career		108	1,097	10.2	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024

W 34–27

at Louisville

52 rush yds (13 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With K. Jennings — 281 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.8 · 113 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · I. Pearson — 54 AVG · 56 LONG · 2 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.78Brashard Smith run for 71 yds for a TD (Collin Rogers KICK)
Week 2 · BYU · 1&13 · Q4 · EPA -4.28Brashard Smith run for 5 yds to the BYU 8 Brashard Smith fumbled, recovered by BYU Jakob Robinson J. Robinson return for 0 yds
Week 1 · Houston Christian · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +3.81Brashard Smith run for 47 yds to the HCU 28 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · TCU · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.70Kevin Jennings pass complete to Brashard Smith for 24 yds for a TD (Kevin Jennings pass to Brashard Smith for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 12 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.41Brashard Smith run for 45 yds to the BC 35 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · California · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +3.21Kevin Jennings pass complete to Brashard Smith for 23 yds for a TD (Collin Rogers KICK)
Week 8 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.20Brashard Smith run for 40 yds to the STAN 40 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · California · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.15Kevin Jennings pass complete to Brashard Smith for 32 yds to the CAL 2 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Duke · 2&9 · Q5 · EPA +3.05Brashard Smith run for 24 yds for a TD (Collin Rogers KICK)
Week 12 · Boston College · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.93Brashard Smith run for 23 yds to the BC 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 29-24@ Nevada	11	67	6.1	1	20
Wk 1	W 59-7vs Houston Christian	9	108	12.0	2	47
Wk 2	L 15-18vs BYU	14	75	5.4	0	30
Wk 4	W 66-42vs TCU	18	127	7.1	3	29	3 rushing TDs
Wk 5	W 42-16vs Florida State	17	129	7.6	1	20
Wk 6	W 34-27@ Louisville	13	52	4.0	0	19
Wk 8	W 40-10@ Stanford	8	67	8.4	0	40
Wk 9	W 28-27@ Duke	26	117	4.5	2	24
Wk 10	W 48-25vs Pittsburgh	23	161	7.0	2	71	Season-high 161 yds
Wk 12	W 38-28vs Boston College	18	120	6.7	1	45
Wk 13	W 33-7@ Virginia	19	63	3.3	1	11
Wk 14	W 38-6vs California	16	68	4.3	1	24
Wk 15	L 31-34vs Clemson	24	114	4.8	0	20
Bowl	L 10-38@ Penn State	18	62	3.4	0	16
Total		234	1330	6.0	14	71

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

233Carries

1330Yards

17.5%Top-5 share

15.5%Stuffed rate

Just 17.5% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 15.5% of his carries. 13 carries for 52 yds vs Louisville; 23 for 161 vs Pittsburgh.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

fact

46.4%Carry share

23.3%Q4-lead share

14.3%In competitive games

46.4% of carries overall (232/500) → 23.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (21/90) — 14.3% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

13/183rd/4th & short

18/36Inside-5 share