Player Career

Tyrin Smith Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Tyrin Smith story

Tyrin Smith built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Cibolo, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with Cincinnati, Texas State, and UTEP. The clearest part of Tyrin Smith's career was his receiving role: 128 catches, 1,840 receiving yards, 12 touchdowns, and 22 rushing yards across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with UTEP. 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 56 passing yards, 22 rushing yards, and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Cincinnati, Texas State, and UTEP.

The arc is straightforward: Tyrin 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.

  1. 1

    UTEP

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Cincinnati

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Texas State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202120212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 PostseasonUTEP57076.917.5
2021 Regular SeasonUTEP57076.917.50
2022 Regular SeasonUTEP1,04782.636477
2023 Regular SeasonUTEP19167.830.9-856
2024 Regular SeasonCincinnati32606.9-159
2025 Regular SeasonTexas State0-32

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Cincinnati to Texas StateP4 to G5/FCS79.1Dec 26, 2024
2024UTEP to CincinnatiG5/FCS to P481.2Nov 30, 2023
2022UTEP to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted10.6Dec 27, 2021

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ New Mexico

Week 3 · L 10-27

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

183

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

183 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Arizona

Week 3 · L 10-31

64

Receiving Yards

92.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

64 receiving yards with a 85.3 efficiency score.

#3

vs North Texas

Week 1 · L 13-31 · Conference game

127

Receiving Yards

89.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

127 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Bethune-Cookman

Week 1 · W 38-28

76

Receiving Yards

87.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

76 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Incarnate Word

Week 1 · W 28-14

49

Receiving Yards

86.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

49 receiving yards with a 81.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · UTEP

1,047 primary output · 82.6 efficiency · 36 usage

87.8

#2

2023 Regular Season · UTEP

67

191 primary · 67.8 efficiency · 30.9 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · UTEP

62.6

570 primary · 76.9 efficiency · 17.5 usage

Milestones

5

100+ receiving yards

3

8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games