Player Dossier

2014-2018

Clemson

Cannon Smith

TE • 6'4" • 270 lbs • Columbia, SC, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Cannon Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

19

Developing production for a tight end

lowelite

Reliability

20

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Clemson

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Clemson
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern
4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8987

Hammond School · Columbia, SC

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Cannon Smith, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Clemson. Cannon Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
83
Receptions
8
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Cannon Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Clemson · TE
Career Receiving Yards
83
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Clemson
Top game
Georgia Southern
Recruit profile
4-star · Hammond School · Clemson
High school pipeline
Hammond School · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 84 · Senior
2018 Receiving yards rank
34 receiving yards · TE 233rd (top 64%) · ACC 153rd (top 70%) · National 1,420th (top 67%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonClemson0-00-
2015 Regular SeasonClemson0-00-
2016 Regular SeasonClemson2225050.8
2017 Regular SeasonClemson3324151.3
2018 Regular SeasonClemson4334061.2

Related Context

Cannon Smith played TE for Clemson. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cannon Smith recorded 83 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Clemson.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Clemson paired 34 primary output with 71.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 53.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2017 Regular Season · Clemson

Games

3

Receiving Yards / G

8

Efficiency

53.4

Usage

3.7

Consistency

69.1

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 13. Georgia Tech: 7. The Citadel: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 1 by 86.7. Georgia Tech: 1 by 46.7. The Citadel: 1 by 26.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half10 · Games = 2 · +6 vs Second Half
Second Half4 · Games = 1 · -6 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

86.7 vs Wake Forest

Result
Sat 11/18vs The CitadelW 61-3144404
Sun 10/29vs Georgia TechW 24-10177707
Sat 10/7vs Wake ForestW 28-141131313113

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Clemson

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonClemson0
2015 Regular SeasonClemson00
2016 Regular SeasonClemson25603.625
2017 Regular SeasonClemson2453.43.7-1
2018 Regular SeasonClemson3471.14.410

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Georgia Southern

Week 3 · W 38-7

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

17

Receiving Yards

72 takeover

17 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs South Carolina State

Week 3 · W 59-0

22

Receiving Yards

70.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

22 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Wake Forest

Week 6 · W 28-14 · Conference game

13

Receiving Yards

66 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

13 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#4

@ Florida State

Week 9 · W 59-10 · Conference game

11

Receiving Yards

50.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

11 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs Georgia Tech

Week 9 · W 24-10 · Conference game

7

Receiving Yards

38.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

7 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Clemson

34 primary output · 71.1 efficiency · 4.4 usage

61.2

#2

2017 Regular Season · Clemson

51.3

24 primary · 53.4 efficiency · 3.7 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Clemson

50.8

25 primary · 60 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games