Player Dossier

2021-2025

Sam Houston

Austin Smith

TE • 6'5" • 240 lbs • Elmaton, TX, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Austin Smith reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

39

Developing production for a tight end

lowelite

Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

lowhigh

Star Power

37

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Memphis

2122232425

Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Colorado • Memphis • Sam Houston
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Jacksonville State
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8489

Walton · Marietta, GA

Committed To
Memphis
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Austin Smith, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Memphis. Austin Smith reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
69
Receptions
8
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Austin Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Sam Houston · TE
Career Receiving Yards
69
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Memphis
Top game
Jacksonville State
Recruit profile
3-star · Walton · Memphis
High school pipeline
Walton · 34 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
65 receiving yards · TE 242nd (top 52%) · Conference USA 113th (top 56%) · National 1,218th (top 56%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonColorado0-00-
2022 Regular SeasonColorado114141.5
2023 Regular SeasonMemphis1-00100
2024 Regular SeasonSam Houston1-00100
2025 Regular SeasonSam Houston6765054.1

Related Context

Austin Smith played TE for Colorado, Memphis, and Sam Houston. Across 5 tracked seasons, Austin Smith recorded 69 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Sam Houston.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Memphis paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Colorado, Memphis, Sam Houston.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Loss 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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2022 Regular Season · Colorado

Games

1

Receiving Yards / G

4

Efficiency

26.7

Usage

10

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Minnesota

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Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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All Games4 · Games = 1

Game Log

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

1 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Minnesota

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Minnesota

Result
Sat 9/17@ MinnesotaL 7-49144414

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Colorado

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Memphis

    2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Sam Houston

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonColorado0
2022 Regular SeasonColorado426.7104
2023 Regular SeasonMemphis0-4
2024 Regular SeasonSam Houston00
2025 Regular SeasonSam Houston65549.465

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 92 Jacksonville State

Week 7 · L 27-29 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

36

Receiving Yards

85.2 takeover

36 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Minnesota

Week 3 · L 7-49

4

Receiving Yards

53.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

4 receiving yards with a 26.7 efficiency score.

#3

@ No. 69 Western Kentucky

Week 1 · L 24-41 · Conference game

11

Receiving Yards

40.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

11 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#4

@ No. 126 Oregon State

Week 11 · W 21-17

6

Receiving Yards

31.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

6 receiving yards with a 40 efficiency score.

#5

vs No. 109 Delaware

Week 12 · W 26-23 · Conference game

5

Receiving Yards

22.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

5 receiving yards with a 33.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Memphis

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2024 Regular Season · Sam Houston

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston

54.1

65 primary · 54 efficiency · 9.4 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games