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Kavosiey Smoke

RB · Colorado · Sr · #8

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

ALUMNUSColorado 2023 alumnusAs of Jun 22, 2026

RB · COLORADO · PAC-12

Kavosiey Smoke

4
#8
5-9 | 215 lb
Wetumpka, AL

CFB Zeitgeist RB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#3283

<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 0 · Not on team

R00 · Walk-on

Walk-on. Earning a roster spot is the starting line.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2021–2023

4162021

2782022

-2.02023

-100%

Sharp dropoff (-100%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

Recruit

★★★

#711 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB

Class4

Jersey8

Measurements5-9 | 215 lb

HometownWetumpka, AL

Primary teamColorado

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 711 recruit

Composite rating 0.8659 HighSchool

Signed with Kentucky 2018

Origin Wetumpka Wetumpka, AL, USA

Class	Profile	Context
2018	3-star \| 0.8659	No. 711 recruit \| HighSchool \| Kentucky

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file

Latest destination -- --

Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context

Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD

Season	Move	Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2023 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 19

Current nowcast#3283Latest modeled ballot order

Season forecast#3490Where the full season sim points

Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy

Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier

Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot

Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman 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 Kentucky

Composite

0.8659

#711 national

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.

The 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 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.

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.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

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.

What we can say about this player

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Kavosiey Smoke's page is mostly roster and pedigree right now — there isn't measurable current-season production on file for Colorado yet. As box scores and snaps land, the on-field story fills in here.

Current place #3283 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist

Role load 11.2% Overall usage share

Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level

Scrimmage yards -2 -2 rush | -- rec | #733/735 (0th pct)

Rush TD 0 2 carries | #447/739 (40th pct)

Yards/carry -1.0 Per-rush efficiency | #732/735 (1st pct)

Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

Rushing

CAR

2 10th

YDS

-2 0th

YPC

-1.0 1st

0 40th

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 rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Kentucky9-3HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning

2022Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Colorado4-8HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

Season	Team
2023	Colorado	2	-2	-1.0	0	--
2022	Kentucky	59	278	4.7	1	--
2021	Kentucky	81	416	5.1	4	--
Career	3 loaded seasons	142	692	4.9	5	--

Season	Team
2023	Colorado	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Kentucky	3	30	10.0	0	--
2021	Kentucky	1	17	17.0	0	--
Career	3 loaded seasons	4	47	11.8	0	--

Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context

Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

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.

Traditional first

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.

Receiving work -- -- rec yds

Usage 11.2% 18.9% rush share | #279/738 (62nd pct)

Rushing WEPA +0.23 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #35/362 (91st pct)

Open full stat explorer

Group	Metric	Value	Rank	Pct	Why it matters
Rushing	Rushing yards	-2	#733/735	0th pct	Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing	Rush TD	0	#447/739	40th pct	Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing	Yards / carry	-1.0	#732/735	1st pct	Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Value	Rushing WEPA	+0.23	#35/362	91st pct	Opponent-adjusted rushing value \| 79 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage	Role share	11.2%	#279/738	62nd pct	Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing	Carries	2	#667/739	10th pct	Volumevs FBS RB
Usage	Rush share	18.9%	#274/738	63rd pct	Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage	2nd-down usage	14.7%	#189/738	75th pct	Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage	1st-down usage	12.9%	#274/738	63rd pct	Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage	Standard-down usage	11.9%	#297/738	60th pct	Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage	Passing-down usage	9.4%	#229/738	69th pct	Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage	Pass share	2.0%	#401/738	46th pct	Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage	3rd-down usage	1.5%	#612/738	17th pct	Money-down loadvs FBS RB

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.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

EPA / dropback—

awaiting

CPOE—

awaiting

Success rate—

awaiting

Explosive rate (20+)—

awaiting

aDOT—

awaiting

Deep-ball accuracy—

awaiting

Pressure-to-sack—

awaiting

3rd-down EPA—

awaiting

Red-zone TD rate—

awaiting

Play-action EPA—

awaiting

Scramble EPA—

awaiting

Turnover-worthy play rate—

awaiting

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

Pass share

45.6%

356 pass / 424 run

Plays / game

65.0

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

12.5%

320 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

3 coaches

2021

Karl Dorrell

Colorado

2022

Mike Sanford Jr.

Colorado

era →

2023

Deion Sanders

Colorado

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Karl Dorrell, Mike Sanford Jr., and Deion Sanders. Multi-era developmental context.

HometownWetumpka, AL

Height5'9"

Weight215 lb

Class4

PositionRB

Jersey8

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season	Honor	Scope	Team / Selector	Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season	Team	Role	Latest Model	Forecast	Win	Finalist	Official Finish	Points	Context
2023	Colorado	RB4	#3283	#3490	0.0%	0.0%	--	--	W19 snapshot \| Pac-12
2022	Kentucky	RB4	#996	#944	0.0%	0.0%	--	--	W20 snapshot \| SEC
2021	Kentucky	RB4	#335	#333	0.0%	0.0%	--	--	W20 snapshot \| SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season	Team	Conference	Pos	Class	Bio
2023	Colorado	Pac-12	RB	4	No. 8 \| 5-9 \| 215 lb \| Wetumpka, AL
2022	Kentucky	SEC	RB	4	No. 8 \| 5-9 \| 215 lb \| Wetumpka, AL
2021	Kentucky	SEC	RB	4	No. 8 \| 5-9 \| 215 lb \| Wetumpka, AL

Kavosiey Smoke

R00 · Walk-on

-100%

Identity & Role

Recruiting Pedigree

Transfer Arc

Heisman Lens · 2023 Season · Final

The Room on Kavosiey Smoke

How rival fanbases talk about Kavosiey Smoke

Awaiting candidate metric

What we can say about this player

2023 Season · Final

RB season snapshot

What kind of player is this?

2023 Season · Final

Traditional Stats

Advanced Metrics

Player Standing

Percentile Card

Advanced Savant

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Trophy Case · Detail

No formal honors on the ledger yet

Honors Timeline

Heisman By Year

Roster Timeline