Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/15Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 15 inside-the-5 carries (6.7%).
Deion Smith
Deion Smith: RB · BYU · #20.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Deion Smith
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Played for four head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 18 rushing yards and 4 receiving yards against Texas — Week 9, 2023.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
BYU in the news
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Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 14-0vs Sam Houston | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-16vs Southern Utah | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-31@ Arkansas | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-38@ Kansas | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-27vs Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-14vs Texas Tech | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-35@ No. 7 Texas | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | Season-high 18 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 7-37@ West Virginia | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-31vs No. 14 Oklahoma | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 23 | 64 | 2.8 | 1 | 18 |
Signature game
Week 3 · 2023
W 38-31
at Arkansas
1 rec · 37 yds · 1 TD · 5 rush yds (2 car)
Edged out Arkansas on the road in a shootout.
With R. Rehkow — 45.4 yards per punt · 7 punts · 1 inside the 20 · P. Kingston — 3 rec · 46 yds · 1 TD · 37 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 3 · Arkansas · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.05Parker Kingston pass complete to Deion Smith for 37 yds for a TD (Will Ferrin KICK)
- Week 10 · West Virginia · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA −2.89Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Deion Smith for a loss of 11 yards to the WVU 33
- Week 12 · Oklahoma · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA −1.41Deion Smith run for a loss of 2 yards to the OU 40
- Week 2 · Southern Utah · 1st and 2 · Q2 · EPA +1.21Deion Smith run for 2 yds for a TD (Will Ferrin KICK)
- Week 4 · Kansas · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA −1.05Deion Smith run for no gain to the KU 48
- Week 12 · Oklahoma · 2nd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +1.03Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Deion Smith for 5 yds to the OU 2 for a
4 more plays
- Week 10 · West Virginia · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +0.99Deion Smith run for 4 yds to the WVU 41 for a
- Week 4 · Kansas · 2nd and 4 · Q1 · EPA −0.72Deion Smith run for 2 yds to the BYU 44
- Week 4 · Kansas · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA −0.71Deion Smith run for 2 yds to the BYU 49
- Week 2 · Southern Utah · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +0.71Deion Smith run for 7 yds to the BYU 46
Teams and coaches
2019Colorado5-7HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced
2021Colorado4-8HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2022Colorado1-11HC: Karl Dorrell and Mike Sanford Jr. · Balanced, slow tempo
2023BYU5-7HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.4 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 9.2 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 6.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 8.5 | 8.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
52.7%
395 pass / 355 run
Plays / game
62.5
12 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
413 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
23 carries and 10 catches in 9 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Five seasons, two schools
- 2023 BYU SitakeYear 5 · 9 games
- 2022 Colorado DorrellYear 4 · 10 games
- 2021 Colorado DorrellYear 3 · 10 games
- 2020 Colorado DorrellYear 2 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2019 Colorado TuckerYear 1 · 8 games
- High school Second BaptistHouston, TX · Class of 2018Three-star, No. 966 in the 2018 class. Signed with Colorado.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Colorado and BYU, 717 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 37 games over four seasons.
2018
- Signed with ColoradoThree-star, out of Second Baptist
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
4 coaches2019
Colorado
Played for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Mel Tucker, Karl Dorrell, Mike Sanford Jr. and Kalani Sitake.