Player Dossier

2016-2019

North Texas

Kelvin Smith

TE • 6'2" • 254 lbs • Spring, TX, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Kelvin Smith reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

7

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · North Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
North Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UAB

Player Story

Kelvin Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a tight end from Spring, TX wearing No. 9, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Kelvin Smith's career was his receiving role: 76...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8319

Martin · Arlington, TX

Committed To
North Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Kelvin Smith, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · North Texas. Kelvin Smith reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
702
Receptions
76
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Kelvin Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
North Texas · TE
Career Receiving Yards
702
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · North Texas
Top game
UAB
Recruit profile
3-star · Martin · North Texas
High school pipeline
Martin · 45 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2019 Receiving yards rank
89 receiving yards · TE 157th (top 43%) · Conference USA 103rd (top 48%) · National 993rd (top 50%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonNorth Texas4779247.7
2017 PostseasonNorth Texas13322056.1
2017 Regular SeasonNorth Texas1324242056.1
2018 PostseasonNorth Texas12212061.4
2018 Regular SeasonNorth Texas1227258161.4
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Texas71389039.8

Related Context

Kelvin Smith played TE for North Texas. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kelvin Smith recorded 702 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with North Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

North Texas paired 270 primary output with 60.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 45.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

Loss 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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2019 Regular Season · North Texas

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

12.7

Efficiency

45.5

Usage

8.1

Consistency

53.8

Best Game by takeover score

Charlotte

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SMU: 13. California: 9. UTSA: 10. Middle Tennessee: 17. Charlotte: 29. Rice: 5. UAB: 6

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. SMU: 2 by 43.3. California: 2 by 30. UTSA: 1 by 66.7. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 56.7. Charlotte: 4 by 48.3. Rice: 1 by 33.3. UAB: 1 by 40

Split Comparison

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

Wins13.5 · Games = 2 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses12.4 · Games = 5 · -1.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Charlotte

Best efficiency game

66.7 vs UTSA

Result
Sat 11/30vs UABL 21-26166606
Sat 11/23@ RiceL 14-20155505
Sat 10/26@ CharlotteL 38-394297.37.30010
Sat 10/19vs Middle TennesseeW 33-302178.58.5009
Sat 9/21vs UTSAW 45-31101010010
Sat 9/14@ CaliforniaL 17-23294.54.5009
Sat 9/7@ SMUL 27-492136.56.5007

Player Story

Kelvin Smith story

Kelvin Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a tight end from Spring, TX wearing No. 9, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Kelvin Smith's career was his receiving role: 76 catches, 702 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kelvin Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    North Texas

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201620172017201820182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonNorth Texas79657.5
2017 PostseasonNorth Texas26456.29.4185
2017 Regular SeasonNorth Texas26456.29.40
2018 PostseasonNorth Texas27060.69.56
2018 Regular SeasonNorth Texas27060.69.50
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Texas8945.58.1-181

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UAB

Week 4 · W 46-43 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

82

Receiving Yards

96.3 takeover

82 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Arkansas

Week 3 · W 44-17

60

Receiving Yards

83.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

60 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.

#3

vs SMU

Week 1 · L 21-34

36

Receiving Yards

73.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

36 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Charlotte

Week 9 · L 38-39 · Conference game

29

Receiving Yards

66.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

29 receiving yards with a 48.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs Incarnate Word

Week 2 · W 58-16

41

Receiving Yards

60.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

41 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · North Texas

270 primary output · 60.6 efficiency · 9.5 usage

61.4

#2

2018 Regular Season · North Texas

61.4

270 primary · 60.6 efficiency · 9.5 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · North Texas

56.1

264 primary · 56.2 efficiency · 9.4 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games