Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Northwestern
Aidan Smith
QB • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Aidan Smith is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a quarterback
lowelite
Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
Aidan Smith built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a quarterback from Fort Wayne, IN wearing No. 11, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Aidan Smith's career was his passing role: 770...
Read the storyAidan Smith, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northwestern. Aidan Smith is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 981
- Passing yards
- 770
- Rushing yards
- 211
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Aidan Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 981
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 9 | 981 | 770 | 211 | 4 | 65.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Aidan Smith played QB for Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Aidan Smith recorded 770 passing yards, 211 rushing yards, and 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 981 primary output with 47.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 47.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
9
Primary Metric / G
109
Efficiency
47.1
Usage
22.2
Consistency
64.4
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 0. Michigan State: 35. Wisconsin: 110. Nebraska: 200. Ohio State: 75. Iowa: 133. Indiana: 81. Purdue: 224. Massachusetts: 123
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. Michigan State: 17 by 23.1. Wisconsin: 27 by 44.2. Nebraska: 48 by 55.6. Ohio State: 31 by 39.4. Iowa: 43 by 44.9. Indiana: 18 by 57.7. Purdue: 38 by 59.5. Massachusetts: 20 by 52
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins123 · Games = 1 · +15.8 vs Losses
Losses107.3 · Games = 8 · -15.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
59.5 vs Purdue
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/16 | vs Massachusetts | W 45-6 | 7 | 13 | 76 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 7 | 47 | 6.70 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Purdue | L 22-24 | 18 | 30 | 194 | 60.0 | 2 | 1 | 59.5 | 8 | 30 | 3.80 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Indiana | L 3-34 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 41.7 | 0 | 0 | 57.7 | 6 | 34 | 5.70 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Iowa | L 0-20 | 18 | 32 | 138 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | 44.9 | 11 | -5 | -0.50 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Ohio State | L 3-52 | 6 | 20 | 42 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | 39.4 | 11 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 10/5 | @ NebraskaDual-threat | L 10-13 | 19 | 32 | 136 | 59.4 | 0 | 1 | 55.6 | 16 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Wisconsin | L 15-24 | 8 | 20 | 99 | 40.0 | 1 | 1 | 44.2 | 7 | 11 | 1.60 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Michigan State | L 10-31 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | 23.1 | 6 | -3 | -0.50 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Stanford | L 7-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Aidan Smith story
Aidan Smith built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a quarterback from Fort Wayne, IN wearing No. 11, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Aidan Smith's career was his passing role: 770 passing yards, 3 touchdown passes, 170 attempts, and 211 rushing yards across 9 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Northwestern. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 211 rushing yards and 6 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 9 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern.
The arc is straightforward: Aidan Smith moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Northwestern
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 981 | 47.1 | 22.2 | 981 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | -981 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Nebraska
Week 6 · L 10-13 · Conference game
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
200
Total Offense
77.2 takeover
200 total offense with 55.6 efficiency.
#2
vs Purdue
Week 11 · L 22-24 · Conference game
224
Total Offense
66.4 takeover
Loss with 224 yards of offense and 59.5 efficiency.
224 total offense with 59.5 efficiency.
#3
vs Iowa
Week 9 · L 0-20 · Conference game
133
Total Offense
58 takeover
Loss with 133 yards of offense and 44.9 efficiency.
133 total offense with 44.9 efficiency.
#4
@ Indiana
Week 10 · L 3-34 · Conference game
81
Total Offense
47.2 takeover
Loss with 81 yards of offense and 57.7 efficiency.
81 total offense with 57.7 efficiency.
#5
vs Massachusetts
Week 12 · W 45-6
123
Total Offense
45.6 takeover
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
123 total offense with 52 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Northwestern
981 primary output · 47.1 efficiency · 22.2 usage
65.2
#2
2017 Regular Season · Northwestern
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Northwestern
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
250+ passing yards
0
300+ total offense
0
3+ TD games
0
Above avg efficiency
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