Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Louisville
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.
Impact Production
40
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
41
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
55
Useful peak 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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Postseason | Louisville | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 57.7 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Louisville | 10 | 27 | 372 | 1 | 57.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Louisville | 12 | 27 | 599 | 6 | 62.1 |
| 2017 Postseason | Louisville | 10 | 7 | 107 | 1 | 92 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisville | 10 | 53 | 873 | 6 | 92 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisville | 12 | 36 | 550 | 1 | 68 |
Related Context
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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
2018 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 93.4 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: Wake Forest
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Louisville
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
45.8
Efficiency
93.4
Usage
19.2
Consistency
58.5
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. Alabama: 22. Indiana State: 38. Western Kentucky: 38. Virginia: 26. Florida State: 100. Georgia Tech: 42. Boston College: 0. Wake Forest: 107. Clemson: 63. Syracuse: 27. NC State: 56. Kentucky: 31
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. Alabama: 1 by 100. Indiana State: 2 by 100. Western Kentucky: 3 by 84.4. Virginia: 2 by 86.7. Florida State: 5 by 100. Georgia Tech: 3 by 93.3. Wake Forest: 8 by 89.2. Clemson: 5 by 84. Syracuse: 2 by 90. NC State: 3 by 100. Kentucky: 2 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins38 · Games = 2 · -9.4 vs Losses
Losses47.4 · Games = 10 · +9.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Wake Forest
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/25 | vs Kentucky | L 10-56 | — | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 11/17 | vs NC State | L 10-52 | — | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 18.70 | 0 | 29 |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Syracuse | L 23-54 | — | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Clemson | L 16-77 | — | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 12.60 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Wake Forest100 receiving yards · High volume | L 35-56 | — | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 13.40 | 0 | 25 |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Boston College | L 20-38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fri 10/5 | vs Georgia Tech | L 31-66 | — | 3 | 42 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Florida State100 receiving yards | L 24-28 | — | 5 | 100 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 42 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Virginia | L 3-27 | — | 2 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Western Kentucky | W 20-17 | — | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 12.70 | 0 | 31 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Indiana State | W 31-7 | — | 2 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 34 |
| Sun 9/2 | @ Alabama | L 14-51 | — | 1 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
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
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Louisville
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520152016201720172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Postseason | Louisville | 376 | 73.6 | 14.6 | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Louisville | 376 | 73.6 | 14.6 | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Louisville | 599 | 85.8 | 12 | 223 |
| 2017 Postseason | Louisville | 980 | 92.7 | 32.3 | 381 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisville | 980 | 92.7 | 32.3 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisville | 550 | 93.4 | 19.2 | -430 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Boston College
Week 10 · W 52-7 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
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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
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