Senior running back for North Texas. 2020: 164 rushing yards.
5′10″ · 204 lb · Fort Worth, TX
The story
4 running back for North Texas. 2020: 164 rushing yards.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearNic Smith
This is his fourth year in the same backfield at North Texas. The receipt: 96 rush yds, 1 tackles against Louisiana Tech — Week 14, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at North Texas, 1,307 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Seth Littrell.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Seth Littrell — 26-23 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: carries (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 26.8 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 28.5 | 5.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 21.7 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 33.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | North Texas | 35 | 164 | 4.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | North Texas | 33 | 107 | 3.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | North Texas | 67 | 358 | 5.3 | 2 | -- |
| 2017 | North Texas | 137 | 678 | 4.9 | 6 | -- |
| Career | 272 | 1,307 | 4.8 | 8 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | North Texas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | North Texas | 15 | 107 | 7.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | North Texas | 10 | 77 | 7.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | North Texas | 18 | 140 | 7.8 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 43 | 324 | 7.5 | 3 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | L 31-41vs Southern Miss | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-49vs Charlotte | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 52-35@ Middle Tennessee | 11 | 57 | 5.2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-17vs Rice | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-49@ UTSA | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-42vs Louisiana Tech | 16 | 96 | 6.0 | 0 | 34 | Season-high 96 yds |
| Total | 35 | 164 | 3.5 | 0 | 34 |
Final Heisman position · 2020
Nic Smith finished 204th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.