Player Dossier

2015-2018

Louisville

Jaylen Smith

WR • 6'4" • 223 lbs • Pascagoula, MS, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

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

Usage / Role

40%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

84

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Louisville

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Louisville
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College

Player Story

Jaylen Smith built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Pascagoula, MS wearing No. 9, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Jaylen Smith's career was his receiving role: 152...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9183

DeMatha Catholic · Hyattsville, MD

Committed To
South Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Jaylen Smith, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Louisville. Jaylen Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
2,505
Receptions
152
Touchdowns
15

Quick Answers

Jaylen Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisville · WR
Career Receiving Yards
2,505
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 44 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Louisville
Top game
Boston College
Recruit profile
4-star · DeMatha Catholic · South Carolina
High school pipeline
DeMatha Catholic · 82 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2018 Receiving yards rank
550 receiving yards · WR 184th (top 19%) · ACC 23rd (top 11%) · National 197th (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2015 PostseasonLouisville1024057.7
2015 Regular SeasonLouisville1027372157.7
2016 Regular SeasonLouisville1227599662.1
2017 PostseasonLouisville107107192
2017 Regular SeasonLouisville1053873692
2018 Regular SeasonLouisville1236550168

Related Context

Jaylen Smith played WR for Louisville. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jaylen Smith recorded 2,505 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 15 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Louisville.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Louisville paired 980 primary output with 92.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 92.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina

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 Postseason · Louisville

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

98

Efficiency

92.7

Usage

32.3

Consistency

75.2

Best Game by takeover score

North Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 107. Purdue: 117. North Carolina: 183. Clemson: 79. Boston College: 118. Florida State: 49. Wake Forest: 73. Virginia: 84. Syracuse: 95. Kentucky: 75

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. Mississippi State: 7 by 100. Purdue: 8 by 97.5. North Carolina: 9 by 100. Clemson: 5 by 100. Boston College: 6 by 100. Florida State: 5 by 65.3. Wake Forest: 6 by 81.1. Virginia: 5 by 100. Syracuse: 3 by 100. Kentucky: 6 by 83.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins100.5 · Games = 6 · +6.3 vs Losses
Losses94.3 · Games = 4 · -6.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

North Carolina

Best efficiency game

100 vs Mississippi State

Result
Sat 12/30@ Mississippi State100 receiving yardsL 27-31710715.315.30135
Sat 11/25@ KentuckyW 44-1767512.512.50116
Sat 11/18vs SyracuseW 56-1039531.731.70172
Sat 11/11vs Virginia2+ TDW 38-2158416.816.80229
Sat 10/28@ Wake ForestL 32-4267312.212.20024
Sat 10/21@ Florida StateW 31-285499.89.80021
Sat 10/14vs Boston College100 receiving yardsL 42-45611819.719.70034
Sun 9/17vs ClemsonL 21-4757915.815.80136
Sat 9/9@ North Carolina100 receiving yards · High volumeW 47-35918320.320.30175
Sat 9/2@ Purdue100 receiving yards · High volumeW 35-28811714.614.60029

Player Story

Jaylen Smith story

Jaylen Smith built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Pascagoula, MS wearing No. 9, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Jaylen Smith's career was his receiving role: 152 catches, 2,505 receiving yards, and 15 touchdowns across 44 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 tackles and 3 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jaylen 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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    Louisville

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520152016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 PostseasonLouisville37673.614.6
2015 Regular SeasonLouisville37673.614.60
2016 Regular SeasonLouisville59985.812223
2017 PostseasonLouisville98092.732.3381
2017 Regular SeasonLouisville98092.732.30
2018 Regular SeasonLouisville55093.419.2-430

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Boston College

Week 10 · W 52-7 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

123

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

123 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ North Carolina

Week 2 · W 47-35 · Conference game

183

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

183 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Wake Forest

Week 9 · L 35-56 · Conference game

107

Receiving Yards

92.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

107 receiving yards with a 89.2 efficiency score.

#4

vs Boston College

Week 7 · L 42-45 · Conference game

118

Receiving Yards

88.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

118 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Florida State

Week 5 · L 24-28 · Conference game

100

Receiving Yards

87.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

100 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Louisville

980 primary output · 92.7 efficiency · 32.3 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · Louisville

92

980 primary · 92.7 efficiency · 32.3 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Louisville

68

550 primary · 93.4 efficiency · 19.2 usage

Milestones

7

100+ receiving yards

3

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games