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
46
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
47
Limited ceiling signals so far
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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
2023 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 83.7 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: South Florida
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
Games
3
Receiving Yards / G
39.3
Efficiency
83.7
Usage
11.9
Consistency
80.8
Best Game by takeover score
South Florida
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 50. Houston Christian: 38. Ohio State: 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. South Florida: 5 by 66.7. Houston Christian: 3 by 84.4. Ohio State: 2 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins44 · Games = 2 · +14 vs Losses
Losses30 · Games = 1 · -14 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
South Florida
Best efficiency game
100 vs Ohio State
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
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.
32
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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