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Daylan Smothers

NC State · Running Back · 2024-25

RUSH YDS
1,510
RUSH TD
12
REC YDS
452

Career totals · 2 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2024 to 2025, Smothers ran for 1,510 yards and 12 touchdowns, adding 452 receiving yards.

In 17-0 that career earns a 70 overall, the 5th-highest running back rating at NC State since 1990 and No. 20 among all running backs of the 2025-Present era.

Season by Season

Daylan Smothers season-by-season statistics at NC State
SeasonCarRush YdsRush TDRecRec YdsRec TD
2024895716192632
20251609396371891
Total2491,51012564523

Seasons with tracked stats at NC State. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

NC State Teammates

  1. 75Caden Fordham2021-25LB
  2. 75Devon Marshall2024-25CB
  3. 71Justin Joly2024-25TE
  4. 70CJ Bailey2024-26QB
  5. 68Terrell Anderson2024-25WR
  6. 66Jaylon Scott2019-25LB
  7. 66Cian Slone2025LB
  8. 65Jackson Vick2024-25CB
  9. 65Noah Rogers2024-25WR
  10. 65Wesley Grimes2024-25WR

Full NC State all-time roster

Top Running Backs of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 90Jeremiyah LoveNotre Dame · 2023-25RB
  2. 86Ahmad HardyMissouri · 2025RB
  3. 83LJ MartinBYU · 2023-26RB
  4. 80Emmett JohnsonNebraska · 2022-25RB
  5. 80Jadarian PriceNotre Dame · 2022-25RB
  6. 80Kewan LacyOle Miss · 2025-26RB
  7. 75Kaytron AllenPenn State · 2022-25RB
  8. 75Nicholas SingletonPenn State · 2022-25RB

Best college running backs since 1990Best ACC players

Sources: Wikipedia and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.