Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023Western Kentucky
Blue Smith
WR • 6'4" • 210 lbs • Huber Heights, OH, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Blue Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
9
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Ohio State • Cincinnati • Western Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisville
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- Committed To
- Ohio State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Blue Smith, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Western Kentucky. Blue Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 199
- Receptions
- 17
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Blue Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Kentucky · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 199
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- Louisville
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Wayne · Ohio State
- High school pipeline
- Wayne · 36 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2023 Receiving yards rank
- 118 receiving yards · WR 608th (top 59%) · Conference USA 64th (top 43%) · National 896th (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 Postseason | Cincinnati | 4 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 53.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 53.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 3 | 10 | 118 | 1 | 76.1 |
Related Context
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Blue Smith played WR for Ohio State, Cincinnati, and Western Kentucky. Across 6 tracked seasons, Blue Smith recorded 199 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Western Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Western Kentucky paired 118 primary output with 83.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 63.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ohio State, Cincinnati, Western Kentucky.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall
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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2019 Regular Season · Cincinnati
Games
2
Receiving Yards / G
9.5
Efficiency
63.3
Usage
5.6
Consistency
94.7
Best Game by takeover score
Marshall
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Marshall: 11. UConn: 8
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.
Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.
Split Comparison
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First Half11 · Games = 1 · +3 vs Second Half
Second Half8 · Games = 1 · -3 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Marshall
Best efficiency game
73.3 vs Marshall
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Ohio State
2018
Opening stop
- 2
Cincinnati
2019-2022
Peak year stop
- 3
Western Kentucky
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2018201920202021202220222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 19 | 63.3 | 5.6 | 19 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | — | — | -19 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Cincinnati | 62 | 70 | 11.1 | 62 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 62 | 70 | 11.1 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 118 | 83.7 | 11.9 | 56 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Louisville
Week 1 · L 7-24 · Postseason
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
98.4 takeover
32 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs South Florida
Week 1 · W 41-24
50
Receiving Yards
74.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
50 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.
#3
vs Houston Christian
Week 2 · W 52-22
38
Receiving Yards
63.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
38 receiving yards with a 84.4 efficiency score.
#4
@ Ohio State
Week 3 · L 10-63
30
Receiving Yards
63.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
30 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Marshall
Week 5 · W 52-14
11
Receiving Yards
63.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
11 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
118 primary output · 83.7 efficiency · 11.9 usage
76.1
#2
2022 Postseason · Cincinnati
53.8
62 primary · 70 efficiency · 11.1 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Cincinnati
53.8
62 primary · 70 efficiency · 11.1 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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