Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Houston
Donovan Smith
QB • 6'5" • 235 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Donovan Smith is a balanced quarterback profile with 22.4 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
19
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
16
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Texas Tech • Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Player Story
Donovan Smith built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a quarterback from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 1, spending time with Houston and Texas Tech. The clearest part of Donovan Smith's career was his passing...
Read the storyDonovan Smith, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Houston. Donovan Smith is a balanced quarterback profile with 22.4 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 7,210
- Passing yards
- 6,354
- Rushing yards
- 856
- Touchdowns
- 66
Quick Answers
Donovan Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 7,210
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Houston
- Top game
- Iowa State
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2024 Total offense rank
- 1,026 total offense · QB 143rd (top 37%) · Big 12 24th (top 13%) · National 185th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Postseason | Texas Tech | 9 | 282 | 252 | 30 | 2 | 46.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 9 | 1,054 | 929 | 125 | 8 | 46.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 12 | 1,619 | 1,506 | 113 | 20 | 39.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Houston | 12 | 3,229 | 2,800 | 429 | 29 | 81.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Houston | 9 | 1,026 | 867 | 159 | 7 | 47.7 |
Related Context
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Donovan Smith played QB for Texas Tech and Houston. Across 5 tracked seasons, Donovan Smith recorded 6,354 passing yards, 856 rushing yards, and 43 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Houston paired 3,229 primary output with 59.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 45.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas Tech, Houston.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Houston
Games
9
Primary Metric / G
114
Efficiency
45.4
Usage
22.4
Consistency
63.8
Best Game by takeover score
Kansas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 123. Oklahoma: 252. Rice: 178. Cincinnati: 100. Iowa State: 118. TCU: 37. Kansas: 218. Kansas State: 0. Arizona: 0
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. UNLV: 42 by 40.2. Oklahoma: 35 by 62.2. Rice: 29 by 64.6. Cincinnati: 26 by 52.2. Iowa State: 19 by 62.4. TCU: 7 by 75.5. Kansas: 38 by 51.2. Kansas State: 2 by 0. Arizona: 1 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins71.7 · Games = 3 · -63.5 vs Losses
Losses135.2 · Games = 6 · +63.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Kansas
Best efficiency game
75.5 vs TCU
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/16 | @ Arizona | L 3-27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Kansas State | W 24-19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Kansas | L 14-42 | 15 | 24 | 173 | 62.5 | 2 | 3 | 51.2 | 14 | 45 | 3.20 | 0 | 19 |
| Fri 10/4 | @ TCU | W 30-19 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 75.5 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Iowa State | L 0-20 | 8 | 12 | 71 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 62.4 | 7 | 47 | 6.70 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Cincinnati | L 0-34 | 11 | 16 | 73 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | 52.2 | 10 | 27 | 2.70 | 0 | 9 |
| Sun 9/15 | vs Rice3+ TD | W 33-7 | 12 | 21 | 142 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 64.6 | 8 | 36 | 4.50 | 2 | 37 |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Oklahoma | L 12-16 | 24 | 28 | 260 | 85.7 | 1 | 1 | 62.2 | 7 | -8 | -1.10 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs UNLV | L 7-27 | 15 | 30 | 135 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 40.2 | 12 | -12 | -1 | 0 | 10 |
Player Story
Donovan Smith story
Donovan Smith built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a quarterback from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 1, spending time with Houston and Texas Tech. The clearest part of Donovan Smith's career was his passing role: 6,354 passing yards, 45 touchdown passes, 890 attempts, and 856 rushing yards across 42 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Houston. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 856 rushing yards and 43 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 42 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Houston and Texas Tech.
The arc is straightforward: Donovan 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
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- 1
Texas Tech
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Houston
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Texas Tech | 1,336 | 58.7 | 19.1 | 1,336 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 1,336 | 58.7 | 19.1 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 1,619 | 44.2 | 20.3 | 283 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Houston | 3,229 | 59.9 | 39 | 1,610 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Houston | 1,026 | 45.4 | 22.4 | -2,203 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Iowa State
Week 11 · W 41-38 · Conference game
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
372
Total Offense
87.6 takeover
372 total offense with 71.3 efficiency.
#2
@ Kansas State
Week 5 · L 28-37 · Conference game
379
Total Offense
85.6 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
379 total offense with 56.9 efficiency.
#3
vs Houston
Week 2 · W 33-30
379
Total Offense
83.8 takeover
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
379 total offense with 51.5 efficiency.
#4
vs West Virginia
Week 7 · W 41-39 · Conference game
287
Total Offense
81.3 takeover
Win with 287 yards of offense and 71 efficiency.
287 total offense with 71 efficiency.
#5
@ Baylor
Week 10 · W 25-24 · Conference game
302
Total Offense
80 takeover
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
302 total offense with 63.5 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Houston
3,229 primary output · 59.9 efficiency · 39 usage
81.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · Houston
47.7
1,026 primary · 45.4 efficiency · 22.4 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Texas Tech
46.4
1,336 primary · 58.7 efficiency · 19.1 usage
Milestones
12
250+ passing yards
9
300+ total offense
11
3+ TD games
20
Above avg efficiency
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