Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2023Cincinnati
Braden Smith
WR • 5'10" • 185 lbs • Flowood, MS, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Braden Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
24
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
42
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Cincinnati
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Louisville • Cincinnati
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCF
Player Story
Braden Smith built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Flowood, MS, spending time with Cincinnati and Louisville. The clearest part of Braden Smith's career was his receiving role: 102...
Read the storyBraden Smith, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Cincinnati. Braden Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,210
- Receptions
- 102
- Touchdowns
- 10
Quick Answers
Braden Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Cincinnati · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,210
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Cincinnati
- Top game
- UCF
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2023 Receiving yards rank
- 557 receiving yards · WR 176th (top 18%) · Big 12 23rd (top 10%) · National 187th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 11 | 27 | 370 | 0 | 57.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisville | 4 | 11 | 68 | 4 | 43.8 |
| 2022 Postseason | Louisville | 13 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 48.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Louisville | 13 | 18 | 170 | 2 | 48.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 12 | 43 | 557 | 4 | 72.8 |
Related Context
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Braden Smith played WR for Louisville and Cincinnati. Across 4 tracked seasons, Braden Smith recorded 190 passing yards, 9 rushing yards, and 1,210 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Cincinnati.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Cincinnati paired 557 primary output with 72.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 69.1 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Louisville, Cincinnati.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
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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2020 Regular Season · Louisville
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
33.6
Efficiency
69.1
Usage
14
Consistency
47.8
Best Game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 110. Miami: 36. Pittsburgh: 27. Georgia Tech: 4. Notre Dame: 8. Florida State: 29. Virginia Tech: 11. Virginia: 25. Syracuse: 65. Boston College: 2. Wake Forest: 53
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. Western Kentucky: 4 by 100. Miami: 1 by 100. Pittsburgh: 1 by 100. Georgia Tech: 1 by 26.7. Notre Dame: 1 by 53.3. Florida State: 2 by 96.7. Virginia Tech: 1 by 73.3. Virginia: 4 by 41.7. Syracuse: 7 by 61.9. Boston College: 2 by 6.7. Wake Forest: 3 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins64.3 · Games = 4 · +48.1 vs Losses
Losses16.1 · Games = 7 · -48.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
Best efficiency game
100 vs Wake Forest
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/12 | vs Wake Forest | W 45-21 | — | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 17.70 | 0 | 29 |
| Sat 11/28 | @ Boston College | L 27-34 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 11/21 | vs Syracuse | W 30-0 | — | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Virginia | L 17-31 | — | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Virginia Tech | L 35-42 | — | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Florida State | W 48-16 | — | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 14.50 | 0 | 23 |
| Sat 10/17 | @ Notre Dame | L 7-12 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Fri 10/9 | @ Georgia Tech | L 27-46 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Pittsburgh | L 20-23 | — | 1 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Miami | L 34-47 | — | 1 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 36 |
| Sun 9/13 | vs Western Kentucky100 receiving yards | W 35-21 | — | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 27.50 | 0 | 63 |
Player Story
Braden Smith story
Braden Smith built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Flowood, MS, spending time with Cincinnati and Louisville. The clearest part of Braden Smith's career was his receiving role: 102 catches, 1,210 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns, and 9 rushing yards across 40 career games in the available record. His career also includes 190 passing yards, 9 rushing yards, and 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Braden Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Louisville
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Cincinnati
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 370 | 69.1 | 14 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisville | 68 | 50 | 13 | -302 |
| 2022 Postseason | Louisville | 215 | 64.2 | 15.6 | 147 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Louisville | 215 | 64.2 | 15.6 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 557 | 72.2 | 20 | 342 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UCF
Week 10 · L 26-28 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
114
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
114 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Western Kentucky
Week 2 · W 35-21
110
Receiving Yards
90.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
110 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Cincinnati
Week 1 · W 24-7 · Postseason
45
Receiving Yards
89 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
45 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Houston
Week 11 · W 24-14 · Conference game
69
Receiving Yards
83.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
69 receiving yards with a 92 efficiency score.
#5
vs Florida State
Week 3 · L 31-35 · Conference game
50
Receiving Yards
82 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
50 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Cincinnati
557 primary output · 72.2 efficiency · 20 usage
72.8
#2
2020 Regular Season · Louisville
57.5
370 primary · 69.1 efficiency · 14 usage
#3
2022 Postseason · Louisville
48.1
215 primary · 64.2 efficiency · 15.6 usage
Milestones
2
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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