Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2018Stanford
Kaden Smith
TE • 6'5" • 253 lbs • Flower Mound, TX, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Kaden Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
67
Solid production for a tight end
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Reliability
59
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Stanford
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Stanford
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: USC
Player Story
Kaden Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a tight end from Flower Mound, TX wearing No. 82, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Kaden Smith's career was his receiving role: 70...
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- Committed To
- Stanford
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2019
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 3
- Overall
- No. 176
- NFL Team
- San Francisco 49ers
Kaden Smith, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Stanford. Kaden Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,049
- Receptions
- 70
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Kaden Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Stanford · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,049
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Stanford
- Top game
- USC
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Marcus · Stanford
- High school pipeline
- Lassiter · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2019 · Round 6 · Pick 3 · San Francisco 49ers
- Latest roster
- No. 82 · Junior
- 2018 Receiving yards rank
- 635 receiving yards · TE 9th (top 3%) · Pac-12 21st (top 11%) · National 148th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Postseason | Stanford | 11 | - | 0 | 0 | 68.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Stanford | 11 | 23 | 414 | 5 | 68.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Stanford | 9 | 47 | 635 | 2 | 81.1 |
Related Context
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Kaden Smith played TE for Stanford. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kaden Smith recorded 1,049 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Stanford.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Stanford paired 635 primary output with 78.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 78.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Stanford
Games
9
Receiving Yards / G
70.6
Efficiency
78.9
Usage
22.7
Consistency
69.8
Best Game by takeover score
Utah
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. San Diego State: 18. USC: 77. UC Davis: 68. Oregon: 95. Notre Dame: 4. Utah: 120. Washington State: 112. Washington: 107. Oregon State: 34
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. San Diego State: 2 by 60. USC: 4 by 100. UC Davis: 6 by 75.6. Oregon: 6 by 100. Notre Dame: 1 by 26.7. Utah: 8 by 100. Washington State: 9 by 83. Washington: 8 by 89.2. Oregon State: 3 by 75.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins58.4 · Games = 5 · -27.4 vs Losses
Losses85.8 · Games = 4 · +27.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Utah
Best efficiency game
100 vs Utah
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/11 | vs Oregon State | W 48-17 | — | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 11.30 | 0 | 18 |
| Sun 11/4 | @ Washington100 receiving yards · High volume | L 23-27 | — | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 13.40 | 1 | 35 |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Washington State100 receiving yards · High volume | L 38-41 | — | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 12.40 | 1 | 36 |
| Sun 10/7 | vs Utah100 receiving yards · High volume | L 21-40 | — | 8 | 120 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 26 |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Notre Dame | L 17-38 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sun 9/23 | @ Oregon | W 38-31 | — | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 15.80 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 9/15 | vs UC Davis | W 30-10 | — | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 11.30 | 0 | 18 |
| Sun 9/9 | vs USC | W 17-3 | — | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 19.30 | 0 | 26 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs San Diego State | W 31-10 | — | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
Player Story
Kaden Smith story
Kaden Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a tight end from Flower Mound, TX wearing No. 82, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Kaden Smith's career was his receiving role: 70 catches, 1,049 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Stanford. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Stanford.
The arc is straightforward: Kaden 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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Stanford
2016-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Stanford | 414 | 93.7 | 15.7 | 414 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Stanford | 414 | 93.7 | 15.7 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Stanford | 635 | 78.9 | 22.7 | 221 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ USC
Week 14 · L 28-31 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
100 takeover
80 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Utah
Week 6 · L 21-40 · Conference game
120
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
120 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Oregon
Week 4 · W 38-31 · Conference game
95
Receiving Yards
93.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
95 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Washington
Week 10 · L 23-27 · Conference game
107
Receiving Yards
90.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
107 receiving yards with a 89.2 efficiency score.
#5
vs Washington State
Week 9 · L 38-41 · Conference game
112
Receiving Yards
89.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
112 receiving yards with a 83 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Stanford
635 primary output · 78.9 efficiency · 22.7 usage
81.1
#2
2017 Postseason · Stanford
68.7
414 primary · 93.7 efficiency · 15.7 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Stanford
68.7
414 primary · 93.7 efficiency · 15.7 usage
Milestones
3
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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