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Player Dossier
2016-2020Kentucky
Sawyer Smith
QB • 6'3" • 221 lbs • Cantonment, FL, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Sawyer Smith is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a quarterback
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
70
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Troy
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Troy • Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Player Story
Sawyer Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a quarterback from Cantonment, FL wearing No. 12, spending time with Kentucky and Troy. The clearest part of Sawyer Smith's career was his passing role:...
Read the storySawyer Smith, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Troy. Sawyer Smith is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 2,802
- Passing yards
- 2,540
- Rushing yards
- 262
- Touchdowns
- 22
Quick Answers
Sawyer Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 2,802
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Troy
- Top game
- Louisiana
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Troy | 6 | 254 | 181 | 73 | 2 | 37 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Troy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Postseason | Troy | 13 | 319 | 320 | -1 | 4 | 63.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Troy | 13 | 1,550 | 1,349 | 201 | 11 | 63.4 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kentucky | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kentucky | 9 | 679 | 690 | -11 | 5 | 31.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Sawyer Smith played QB for Troy and Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, Sawyer Smith recorded 2,540 passing yards, 262 rushing yards, and 11 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Troy.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Troy paired 1,869 primary output with 60 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 60 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Troy, Kentucky.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Win with 316 yards of offense and 70.5 efficiency. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · Troy
Games
13
Primary Metric / G
143.8
Efficiency
60
Usage
15.3
Consistency
59.6
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Buffalo: 319. Boise State: 44. Florida A&M: 37. Nebraska: 60. UL Monroe: 61. Coastal Carolina: 27. Georgia State: 137. Liberty: 150. South Alabama: 168. Louisiana: 316. Georgia Southern: 289. Texas State: 100. App State: 161
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Buffalo: 49 by 57.8. Boise State: 6 by 63.3. Florida A&M: 11 by 50.7. Nebraska: 4 by 100. UL Monroe: 6 by 81.3. Coastal Carolina: 8 by 23.2. Georgia State: 20 by 71.3. Liberty: 36 by 48.7. South Alabama: 23 by 57. Louisiana: 29 by 70.5. Georgia Southern: 34 by 65.9. Texas State: 36 by 49. App State: 41 by 41.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins151.4 · Games = 10 · +33.1 vs Losses
Losses118.3 · Games = 3 · -33.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Louisiana
Best efficiency game
100 vs Nebraska
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/23 | vs Buffalo300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 42-32 | 31 | 44 | 320 | 70.5 | 4 | 0 | 57.8 | 5 | -1 | -0.20 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 11/24 | @ App State | L 10-21 | 17 | 34 | 160 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 41.8 | 7 | 1 | 0.10 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 11/17 | vs Texas State | W 12-7 | 13 | 27 | 79 | 48.1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 9 | 21 | 2.30 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Georgia Southern | W 35-21 | 21 | 28 | 287 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 65.9 | 6 | 2 | 0.30 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Louisiana300-yard game | W 26-16 | 18 | 22 | 317 | 81.8 | 1 | 0 | 70.5 | 7 | -1 | -0.10 | 0 | 7 |
| Wed 10/24 | @ South Alabama3+ TD | W 38-17 | 9 | 16 | 158 | 56.3 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 7 | 10 | 1.40 | 1 | 5 |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Liberty | L 16-22 | 13 | 25 | 135 | 52.0 | 1 | 1 | 48.7 | 11 | 15 | 1.40 | 0 | 11 |
| Thu 10/4 | vs Georgia StateDual-threat | W 37-20 | 10 | 15 | 81 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 71.3 | 5 | 56 | 11.20 | 0 | 63 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Coastal Carolina | W 45-21 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 23.2 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ UL Monroe | W 35-27 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 81.3 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 9/15 | @ NebraskaDual-threat | W 24-19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100 | 4 | 60 | 15 | 0 | 57 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Florida A&M | W 59-7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 42.9 | 1 | 0 | 50.7 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Boise State | L 20-56 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 63.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player Story
Sawyer Smith story
Sawyer Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a quarterback from Cantonment, FL wearing No. 12, spending time with Kentucky and Troy. The clearest part of Sawyer Smith's career was his passing role: 2,540 passing yards, 19 touchdown passes, 381 attempts, and 262 rushing yards across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Troy. 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 262 rushing yards, 11 receiving yards, and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kentucky and Troy.
The arc is straightforward: Sawyer 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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- 1
Troy
2016-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Kentucky
2019-2020
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Troy | 254 | 59.1 | 9 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Troy | 0 | — | — | -254 |
| 2018 Postseason | Troy | 1,869 | 60 | 15.3 | 1,869 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Troy | 1,869 | 60 | 15.3 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kentucky | 679 | 49.1 | 9.5 | -1,190 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kentucky | 679 | 49.1 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | -679 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Louisiana
Week 10 · W 26-16 · Conference game
Win with 316 yards of offense and 70.5 efficiency.
316
Total Offense
69.5 takeover
316 total offense with 70.5 efficiency.
#2
vs Florida
Week 3 · L 21-29 · Conference game
279
Total Offense
67 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
279 total offense with 52.1 efficiency.
#3
vs Austin Peay
Week 1 · W 57-17
88
Total Offense
65.7 takeover
Win with 88 yards of offense and 76.3 efficiency.
88 total offense with 76.3 efficiency.
#4
vs Massachusetts
Week 10 · W 52-31
69
Total Offense
65.3 takeover
Win with 69 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.
69 total offense with 100 efficiency.
#5
vs Buffalo
Week 1 · W 42-32 · Postseason
319
Total Offense
64.5 takeover
Win with 319 yards of offense and 57.8 efficiency.
319 total offense with 57.8 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Troy
1,869 primary output · 60 efficiency · 15.3 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Troy
63.4
1,869 primary · 60 efficiency · 15.3 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Troy
37
254 primary · 59.1 efficiency · 9 usage
Milestones
4
250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
3
3+ TD games
11
Above avg efficiency
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