Player Dossier

2017-2020

Iowa

Brandon Smith

WR • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Lake Cormorant, MS, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Brandon Smith reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

41

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

37

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

45

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Iowa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Iowa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Brandon Smith built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Lake Cormorant, MS wearing No. 12, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Brandon Smith's career was his receiving role: 87...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8517

Lake Cormorant · Lake Cormorant, MS

Committed To
Iowa
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Brandon Smith, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Iowa. Brandon Smith reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,021
Receptions
87
Touchdowns
9

Quick Answers

Brandon Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,021
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Iowa
Top game
Purdue
Recruit profile
3-star · Lake Cormorant · Iowa
High school pipeline
Lake Cormorant · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior
2020 Receiving yards rank
231 receiving yards · WR 311th (top 35%) · Big Ten 34th (top 19%) · National 381st (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonIowa0-00-
2018 PostseasonIowa11333069.1
2018 Regular SeasonIowa1124318269.1
2019 PostseasonIowa8432178.4
2019 Regular SeasonIowa833407478.4
2020 Regular SeasonIowa723231264.9

Related Context

Brandon Smith played WR for Iowa. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon Smith recorded 1,021 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Iowa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Iowa paired 439 primary output with 76.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 66 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: Illinois

Win with an explosive receiving profile. 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 Regular Season · Iowa

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

33

Efficiency

66

Usage

18.1

Consistency

80.8

Best Game by takeover score

Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 34. Northwestern: 19. Michigan State: 35. Penn State: 27. Nebraska: 28. Illinois: 58. Wisconsin: 30

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. Purdue: 3 by 75.6. Northwestern: 3 by 42.2. Michigan State: 3 by 77.8. Penn State: 3 by 60. Nebraska: 3 by 62.2. Illinois: 5 by 77.3. Wisconsin: 3 by 66.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins35.6 · Games = 5 · +9.1 vs Losses
Losses26.5 · Games = 2 · -9.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Illinois

Best efficiency game

77.8 vs Michigan State

Result
Sat 12/12vs WisconsinW 28-73301010014
Sat 12/5@ IllinoisW 35-2155811.611.60019
Fri 11/27vs NebraskaW 26-203289.39.30013
Sat 11/21@ Penn StateW 41-2132799011
Sat 11/7vs Michigan StateW 49-733511.711.70114
Sat 10/31vs NorthwesternL 20-213196.36.3017
Sat 10/24@ PurdueL 20-2433411.311.30016

Player Story

Brandon Smith story

Brandon Smith built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Lake Cormorant, MS wearing No. 12, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Brandon Smith's career was his receiving role: 87 catches, 1,021 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns across 26 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brandon Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Iowa

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonIowa0
2018 PostseasonIowa35181.513.2351
2018 Regular SeasonIowa35181.513.20
2019 PostseasonIowa43976.121.488
2019 Regular SeasonIowa43976.121.40
2020 Regular SeasonIowa2316618.1-208

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Purdue

Week 8 · W 26-20 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

106

Receiving Yards

92.8 takeover

106 receiving yards with a 78.5 efficiency score.

#2

@ Illinois

Week 14 · W 35-21 · Conference game

58

Receiving Yards

90 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

58 receiving yards with a 77.3 efficiency score.

#3

@ Minnesota

Week 6 · W 48-31 · Conference game

68

Receiving Yards

87.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

68 receiving yards with a 90.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs Penn State

Week 7 · L 12-17 · Conference game

86

Receiving Yards

85.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

86 receiving yards with a 81.9 efficiency score.

#5

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 5 · W 48-3

71

Receiving Yards

82 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

71 receiving yards with a 78.9 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Iowa

439 primary output · 76.1 efficiency · 21.4 usage

78.4

#2

2019 Regular Season · Iowa

78.4

439 primary · 76.1 efficiency · 21.4 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Iowa

69.1

351 primary · 81.5 efficiency · 13.2 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games