Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025East Carolina
Anthony Smith
WR • 6'3" • 189 lbs • Huntingtown, MD, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Anthony Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
89
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- NC State • East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Player Story
Anthony Smith built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Huntingtown, MD wearing No. 9, spending time with East Carolina and NC State. The clearest part of Anthony Smith's career was his...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 2
- Overall
- No. 218
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Anthony Smith, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · East Carolina. Anthony Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 2,095
- Receptions
- 118
- Touchdowns
- 17
Quick Answers
Anthony Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 2,095
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · East Carolina
- Top game
- Pittsburgh
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 7 · Pick 2 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 1,053 receiving yards · WR 14th (top 2%) · American Athletic 2nd (top 1%) · National 14th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | NC State | 3 | 5 | 69 | 1 | 33.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | NC State | 2 | 4 | 97 | 1 | 57.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | NC State | 1 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 58.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | NC State | 4 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 32.8 |
| 2024 Postseason | East Carolina | 12 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 72.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | East Carolina | 12 | 38 | 767 | 6 | 72.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | East Carolina | 13 | 4 | 156 | 2 | 79.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | East Carolina | 13 | 60 | 897 | 6 | 79.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NC State to East Carolina | P4 to G5/FCS | 79.1 | Dec 4, 2023 |
Anthony Smith played WR for NC State and East Carolina. Across 6 tracked seasons, Anthony Smith recorded 45 rushing yards, 2,095 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
East Carolina paired 1,053 primary output with 81.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 81.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across NC State, East Carolina.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · East Carolina
Games
13
Receiving Yards / G
81
Efficiency
81.2
Usage
23.4
Consistency
58.8
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 156. NC State: 66. Campbell: 39. Coastal Carolina: 136. BYU: 24. Army: 87. Tulane: 54. Tulsa: 150. Temple: 58. Charlotte: 69. Memphis: 62. UTSA: 143. Florida Atlantic: 9
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Pittsburgh: 4 by 100. NC State: 6 by 73.3. Campbell: 6 by 43.3. Coastal Carolina: 11 by 82.4. BYU: 2 by 80. Army: 3 by 100. Tulane: 2 by 100. Tulsa: 4 by 100. Temple: 2 by 100. Charlotte: 8 by 57.5. Memphis: 7 by 59. UTSA: 8 by 100. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 60
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins85.1 · Games = 9 · +13.4 vs Losses
Losses71.8 · Games = 4 · -13.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
Best efficiency game
100 vs Pittsburgh
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | vs Pittsburgh100 receiving yards · 2+ TD | W 23-17 | — | 4 | 156 | 39 | 39 | 2 | 72 |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Florida Atlantic | W 42-3 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ UTSA100 receiving yards · High volume | L 24-58 | — | 8 | 143 | 17.9 | 17.90 | 1 | 50 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Memphis | W 31-27 | — | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 8.90 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs CharlotteHigh volume | W 48-22 | — | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 8.60 | 1 | 14 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Temple | W 45-14 | — | 2 | 58 | 34.3 | 29 | 0 | 35 |
| Thu 10/16 | vs Tulsa100 receiving yards · 2+ TD | W 41-27 | — | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 37.50 | 2 | 66 |
| Thu 10/9 | @ Tulane | L 19-26 | — | 2 | 54 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 49 |
| Thu 9/25 | vs Army | W 28-6 | — | 3 | 87 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 41 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs BYU | L 13-34 | — | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Coastal Carolina100 receiving yards · High volume | W 38-0 | — | 11 | 136 | 12.4 | 12.40 | 0 | 31 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Campbell | W 56-3 | — | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 0 | 9 |
| Thu 8/28 | @ NC State | L 17-24 | — | 6 | 66 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
Player Story
Anthony Smith story
Anthony Smith built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Huntingtown, MD wearing No. 9, spending time with East Carolina and NC State. The clearest part of Anthony Smith's career was his receiving role: 118 catches, 2,095 receiving yards, 16 touchdowns, and 45 rushing yards across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with East Carolina. 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 45 rushing yards and 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across East Carolina and NC State.
The arc is straightforward: Anthony 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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NC State
2020-2023
Opening stop
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East Carolina
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | NC State | 69 | 70 | 11 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | NC State | 97 | 100 | 7.5 | 28 |
| 2022 Regular Season | NC State | 58 | 100 | 8.7 | -39 |
| 2023 Regular Season | NC State | 19 | 63.3 | 6.4 | -39 |
| 2024 Postseason | East Carolina | 799 | 84.4 | 17.4 | 780 |
| 2024 Regular Season | East Carolina | 799 | 84.4 | 17.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | East Carolina | 1,053 | 81.2 | 23.4 | 254 |
| 2025 Regular Season | East Carolina | 1,053 | 81.2 | 23.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 36 Pittsburgh
Week 1 · W 23-17 · Postseason
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
156
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
156 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ No. 62 UTSA
Week 13 · L 24-58 · Conference game
143
Receiving Yards
97.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
143 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ North Texas
Week 13 · W 40-28 · Conference game
121
Receiving Yards
94.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
121 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ No. 121 Coastal Carolina
Week 3 · W 38-0
136
Receiving Yards
89.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
136 receiving yards with a 82.4 efficiency score.
#5
vs Temple
Week 9 · W 56-34 · Conference game
101
Receiving Yards
88.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
101 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · East Carolina
1,053 primary output · 81.2 efficiency · 23.4 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · East Carolina
79.5
1,053 primary · 81.2 efficiency · 23.4 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · East Carolina
72.3
799 primary · 84.4 efficiency · 17.4 usage
Milestones
7
100+ receiving yards
3
8+ catch outings
2
2+ TD games
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