Player Dossier

2017-2020

Cincinnati

James Smith

P • 6'5" • 235 lbs • Wangaratta, VIC, Australia

Impact contributor

James Smith shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Cincinnati

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Cincinnati
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Player Story

James Smith built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a punter from Wangaratta, VIC wearing No. 37, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of James Smith's career was his field-position work: 235...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7933

Middletown · Middletown, OH

Committed To
Cincinnati
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

James Smith, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Cincinnati. James Smith shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Rushing yards
14

Quick Answers

James Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Cincinnati · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 49 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Cincinnati
Top game
UConn
Recruit profile
2-star · Middletown · Cincinnati
High school pipeline
Middletown · 23 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 37 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2017 Regular SeasonCincinnati1200100
2018 PostseasonCincinnati1300100
2018 Regular SeasonCincinnati1300100
2019 PostseasonCincinnati1400100
2019 Regular SeasonCincinnati1400100
2020 PostseasonCincinnati1000100
2020 Regular SeasonCincinnati1000100

Related Context

James Smith played P for Cincinnati. Across 4 tracked seasons, James Smith recorded 14 rushing yards and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Cincinnati.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Cincinnati paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Postseason · Cincinnati

Games

10

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 0. Austin Peay: 0. Army: 0. South Florida: 0. SMU: 0. Memphis: 0. Houston: 0. East Carolina: 0. UCF: 0. Tulsa: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 9 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Georgia

Best efficiency game

— vs Georgia

Result
Fri 1/1@ GeorgiaL 21-2419909
Sun 12/20vs TulsaW 27-24
Sat 11/21@ UCFW 36-33
Sat 11/14vs East CarolinaW 55-17
Sat 11/7vs HoustonW 38-10
Sat 10/31vs MemphisW 49-10
Sun 10/25@ SMUW 42-13
Sat 10/3vs South FloridaW 28-7
Sat 9/26vs ArmyW 24-10
Sat 9/19vs Austin PeayW 55-20

Player Story

James Smith story

James Smith built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a punter from Wangaratta, VIC wearing No. 37, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of James Smith's career was his field-position work: 235 punts, 10,245 punting yards, and 56 punts inside the 20 across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Cincinnati. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 14 rushing yards and 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Cincinnati.

The arc is straightforward: James 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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    Cincinnati

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820182019201920202020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonCincinnati0
2018 PostseasonCincinnati00
2018 Regular SeasonCincinnati00
2019 PostseasonCincinnati00
2019 Regular SeasonCincinnati00
2020 PostseasonCincinnati00
2020 Regular SeasonCincinnati00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UConn

Week 13 · W 22-21 · Conference game

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ East Carolina

Week 12 · L 20-48 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Temple

Week 11 · L 24-35 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Tulane

Week 10 · W 17-16 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs SMU

Week 8 · L 28-31 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Cincinnati

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2018 Postseason · Cincinnati

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Cincinnati

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games