De'Veon Smith

Running back for Michigan. 2016: 846 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 16 catches.

RB · Michigan · #4

5′11″ · Warren, OH

Michigan 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 208 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 running back for Michigan. 2016: 846 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 16 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Michigan, 2,118 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 126 yds vs Oregon State.Oregon State · W 35-72015

2013

Signed with Michigan4-star out of Howland

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#208 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014

Brady Hoke

Michigan

2015–2016

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brady Hoke → Jim Harbaugh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Michigan5-7HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning

2015Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2016Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (82nd percentile). Strength: carries (81st percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#51 / 304 · 82nd pct

Carries#59 / 304 · 81st pct

181

Rush yards#83 / 304 · 73rd pct

846

Receptions#87 / 294 · 70th pct

Fumbles lost#62 / 222 · 53rd pct

Rec yards#167 / 294 · 43rd pct

Long run#176 / 304 · 41st pct

Yards / carry#195 / 304 · 35th pct

4.7

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	84.1	5.8	1.0
Road5g	34.6	2.6	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	53.1	4.8	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	79.0	4.3	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Michigan	181	846	4.7	10	--
2015	Michigan	180	753	4.2	6	--
2014	Michigan	108	519	4.8	6	--
Career		469	2,118	4.5	22	--

Season	Team
2016	Michigan	16	66	4.1	0	--
2015	Michigan	19	159	8.4	1	--
2014	Michigan	3	26	8.7	0	--
Career		38	251	6.6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2016

W 49–10

vs Penn State

107 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 39-point win at home against Penn State.

With W. Speight — 189 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.7 · 9 rush yds (2 car) · C. Evans — 56 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 63-3vs Hawai'i	6	27	4.5	0	14
Wk 2	W 51-14vs UCF	10	38	3.8	0	17
Wk 3	W 45-28vs Colorado	11	87	7.9	1	42
Wk 4	W 49-10vs Penn State	12	107	8.9	1	39
Wk 5	W 14-7vs Wisconsin	17	66	3.9	0	16
Wk 6	W 78-0@ Rutgers	5	11	2.2	0	5
Wk 8	W 41-8vs Illinois	18	76	4.2	1	17
Wk 9	W 32-23@ Michigan State	11	38	3.5	2	20
Wk 10	W 59-3vs Maryland	19	114	6.0	3	14	3 rushing TDs
Wk 11	L 13-14@ Iowa	12	28	2.3	0	7
Wk 12	W 20-10vs Indiana	23	158	6.9	2	39	Season-high 158 yds
Wk 13	L 27-30@ Ohio State	21	60	2.9	0	16
Bowl	L 32-33@ Florida State	16	36	2.3	0	13
Total		181	846	4.6	10	42

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

De'Veon Smith

2013

2016 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

Heisman trajectory

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