Player Career

Kaden Smith Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Stanford

    2016-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonStanford0
2017 PostseasonStanford41493.715.7414
2017 Regular SeasonStanford41493.715.70
2018 Regular SeasonStanford63578.922.7221

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ USC

Week 14 · L 28-31 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

80

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

3

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games