Player Dossier

2019-2023

Texas A&M

Ainias Smith

WR • 5'10" • 200 lbs • Sugar Land, TX, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Ainias Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

24%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

57

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

44

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Texas A&M

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Texas A&M
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina

Player Story

Ainias Smith built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Sugar Land, TX, spending time with Texas A&M. The clearest part of Ainias Smith's career was his receiving role: 179 catches, 2,333...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8728

South Sumter · Bushnell, FL

Committed To
UCF
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 17
Overall
No. 152
NFL Team
Philadelphia Eagles

Ainias Smith, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Texas A&M. Ainias Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
2,333
Receptions
179
Touchdowns
27
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Ainias Smith Texas A&M Highlights

2023 · Texas A&M · Player Highlight

Ainias Smith college highlights at Texas A&M.

Season
2023
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Ainias Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas A&M · WR
Career Receiving Yards
2,333
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 49 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Texas A&M
Top game
North Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · South Sumter · UCF
High school pipeline
South Sumter · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 5 · Pick 17 · Philadelphia Eagles
Latest roster
Senior
2023 Receiving yards rank
795 receiving yards · WR 76th (top 8%) · SEC 10th (top 5%) · National 76th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2019 PostseasonTexas A&M11213047.2
2019 Regular SeasonTexas A&M1120235347.2
2020 PostseasonTexas A&M106125061.4
2020 Regular SeasonTexas A&M10363651061.4
2021 Regular SeasonTexas A&M1247509866.4
2022 Regular SeasonTexas A&M415291264.3
2023 Regular SeasonTexas A&M1253795483.4

Related Context

Ainias Smith played WR for Texas A&M. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ainias Smith recorded 405 rushing yards, 2,333 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Texas A&M.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Texas A&M paired 795 primary output with 88.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 68.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

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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2021 Regular Season · Texas A&M

Games

12

Receiving Yards / G

42.4

Efficiency

68.6

Usage

22.5

Consistency

57.7

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kent State: 100. Colorado: 19. New Mexico: 16. Arkansas: 35. Mississippi State: 30. Alabama: 85. Missouri: 34. South Carolina: 28. Auburn: 44. Ole Miss: 77. Prairie View A&M: 4. LSU: 37

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. Kent State: 8 by 83.3. Colorado: 3 by 42.2. New Mexico: 2 by 53.3. Arkansas: 2 by 100. Mississippi State: 5 by 40. Alabama: 6 by 94.4. Missouri: 3 by 75.6. South Carolina: 2 by 93.3. Auburn: 4 by 73.3. Ole Miss: 5 by 100. Prairie View A&M: 1 by 26.7. LSU: 6 by 41.1

Split Comparison

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

Wins41.3 · Games = 8 · -3.5 vs Losses
Losses44.8 · Games = 4 · +3.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Ole Miss

Result
Sun 11/28@ LSUL 24-276375.46.20010
Sat 11/20vs Prairie View A&MW 52-3144404
Sun 11/14@ Ole MissL 19-2957715.415.40025
Sat 11/6vs AuburnW 20-3444911018
Sat 10/23vs South CarolinaW 44-142281414017
Sat 10/16@ Missouri2+ TDW 35-1433411.311.30221
Sun 10/10vs Alabama2+ TDW 41-3868512.414.20225
Sat 10/2vs Mississippi StateL 22-265305.5609
Sat 9/25@ ArkansasL 10-2023517.517.50023
Sat 9/18vs New MexicoW 34-021688011
Sat 9/11@ ColoradoW 10-73195.56.3008
Sun 9/5vs Kent State100 receiving yards · High volumeW 41-10810010.512.50227

Player Story

Ainias Smith story

Ainias Smith built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Sugar Land, TX, spending time with Texas A&M. The clearest part of Ainias Smith's career was his receiving role: 179 catches, 2,333 receiving yards, 19 touchdowns, and 405 rushing yards across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Texas A&M. 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 405 rushing yards, 2 tackles, and 1,196 return yards, 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 Texas A&M.

The arc is straightforward: Ainias 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.

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    Texas A&M

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019201920202020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonTexas A&M24872.114.5
2019 Regular SeasonTexas A&M24872.114.50
2020 PostseasonTexas A&M49066.823.5242
2020 Regular SeasonTexas A&M49066.823.50
2021 Regular SeasonTexas A&M50968.622.519
2022 Regular SeasonTexas A&M29183.826.5-218
2023 Regular SeasonTexas A&M79588.122.1504

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ North Carolina

Week 1 · W 41-27 · Postseason

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

125

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

125 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs South Carolina

Week 9 · W 30-17 · Conference game

118

Receiving Yards

97.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

118 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Sam Houston

Week 1 · W 31-0

164

Receiving Yards

95.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

164 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Kent State

Week 1 · W 41-10

100

Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

100 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.

#5

@ Alabama

Week 5 · L 24-52 · Conference game

123

Receiving Yards

91.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

123 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Texas A&M

795 primary output · 88.1 efficiency · 22.1 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · Texas A&M

66.4

509 primary · 68.6 efficiency · 22.5 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Texas A&M

64.3

291 primary · 83.8 efficiency · 26.5 usage

Milestones

6

100+ receiving yards

2

8+ catch outings

5

2+ TD games