Wendell Smallwood in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, West Virginia, 2013–⁠15

Wendell Smallwood

Number
No. 4
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Wilmington, DE
Born
Jan 20, 1994, in Wilmington, Delaware

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Wendell Smallwood played running back at West Virginia (2013–⁠15). The Philadelphia Eagles took Smallwood in round 5, No. 153 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,519
Rushing yards, 2015 (West Virginia, 8–⁠5)
Drafted
No. 153
Round 5, 2016 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Career highs

165rushing yards, career highvs. Texas, 20152rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Kansas, 20156catches, career highvs. Alabama, 2014

Honors

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013West Virginia392215.7138
2014West Virginia1487224.9235
2015West Virginia2381,5196.4952
Career4252,4625.81252

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013West Virginia1113212.0030
2014West Virginia3132610.5050
2015West Virginia261606.2015
Career686189.1050

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2013West Virginia305410
2014West Virginia190
Career315500

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013West Virginia4RB
2014West Virginia4RB
2015West Virginia4RB5′11″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013West Virginia500.28––14.16%–
2014West Virginia1900.1147th (n=253)0.1221.417%0.19
2015West Virginia2670.2787th (n=268)0.1271.525%0.24

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 West Virginia 13 games, 1,519 rushing yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 5vs.Georgia SouthernW 44–⁠0119614230
Sep 12vs.LibertyW 41–⁠17158824240
Sep 26vs.MarylandW 45–⁠62214712230
Oct 3atOklahomaL 24–⁠44221110380
Oct 10vs.Oklahoma StateL 26–⁠331914713160
Oct 17atBaylorL 38–⁠62128902120
Oct 29atTCUL 10–⁠40201130110
Nov 7vs.Texas TechW 31–⁠262216311110
Nov 14vs.TexasW 38–⁠20241650180
Nov 21atKansasW 49–⁠01811521140
Nov 28vs.Iowa StateW 30–⁠6157201150
Dec 5atKansas StateL 23–⁠24251411–––
Jan 2 ✦vs.Arizona StateW 43–⁠4213720350
2014 West Virginia 13 games, 722 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 30vs.AlabamaL 23–⁠335906730
Sep 6vs.TowsonW 54–⁠083313550
Sep 13atMarylandW 40–⁠37102804720
Sep 20vs.OklahomaL 33–⁠4593802440
Oct 4vs.KansasW 33–⁠14104701−40
Oct 11atTexas TechW 37–⁠34151230210
Oct 18vs.BaylorW 41–⁠27206601230
Oct 25atOklahoma StateW 34–⁠102313201140
Nov 1vs.TCUL 30–⁠3115640180
Nov 8atTexasL 16–⁠33134514100
Nov 20vs.Kansas StateL 20–⁠2652703210
Nov 29atIowa StateW 37–⁠247330240
Dec 29 ✦vs.Texas A&ML 37–⁠458770150
2013 West Virginia 12 games, 221 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 31vs.William & MaryW 24–⁠174221–––
Sep 7atOklahomaL 7–⁠1652502240
Sep 14vs.Georgia StateW 41–⁠78620–––
Sep 21atMarylandL 0–⁠371300160
Sep 28vs.Oklahoma StateW 30–⁠21110–––
Oct 5atBaylorL 42–⁠73––––––
Oct 19vs.Texas TechL 27–⁠37–––1130
Oct 26atKansas StateL 12–⁠35340–––
Nov 2atTCUW 30–⁠2721203100
Nov 9vs.TexasL 40–⁠4741802370
Nov 16atKansasL 19–⁠3173302420
Nov 30vs.Iowa StateL 44–⁠524140–––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height5′10½″
Weight208 lb
Arm length30½″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan74⅝″W
40-yard dash4.47 s
10-yard split1.50 s
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press14 reps
3-cone drill6.83 s
20-yard shuttle4.28 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 49 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Football Team.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2016Philadelphia Eagles12773121655
2017Philadelphia Eagles847174113103
2018Philadelphia Eagles1587364328230
2019Washington Redskins1222810964
2021Washington Football Team25250422
NFL career49238956560474

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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