Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Minnesota
Jalen Smith
WR • 6'1" • 195 lbs • Mankato, MN, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Jalen 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
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Minnesota
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Player Story
Jalen Smith built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Mankato, MN wearing No. 8, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Jalen Smith's career was his receiving role: 28...
Read the storyJalen Smith, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Minnesota. Jalen Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 419
- Receptions
- 28
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Jalen Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 419
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Minnesota
- Top game
- Rutgers
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Freshman
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 419 receiving yards · WR 273rd (top 25%) · Big Ten 46th (top 17%) · National 307th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2025 Postseason | Minnesota | 10 | 6 | 64 | 2 | 68.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Minnesota | 10 | 22 | 355 | 2 | 68.1 |
Related Context
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Jalen Smith played WR for Minnesota. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jalen Smith recorded 419 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Minnesota.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Minnesota paired 419 primary output with 73.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 73.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Minnesota
Games
10
Receiving Yards / G
41.9
Efficiency
73.5
Usage
14.5
Consistency
50.7
Best Game by takeover score
Rutgers
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. New Mexico: 64. Buffalo: 76. Rutgers: 103. Ohio State: 19. Purdue: 14. Nebraska: 59. Michigan State: 17. Oregon: 39. Northwestern: 24. Wisconsin: 4
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. New Mexico: 6 by 71.1. Buffalo: 2 by 100. Rutgers: 4 by 100. Ohio State: 3 by 42.2. Purdue: 1 by 93.3. Nebraska: 3 by 100. Michigan State: 2 by 56.7. Oregon: 4 by 65. Northwestern: 2 by 80. Wisconsin: 1 by 26.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins48.1 · Games = 7 · +20.8 vs Losses
Losses27.3 · Games = 3 · -20.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Rutgers
Best efficiency game
100 vs Nebraska
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/26 | vs New Mexico2+ TD | W 20-17 | — | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 10.70 | 2 | 17 |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Wisconsin | W 17-7 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Northwestern | L 35-38 | — | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Oregon | L 13-42 | — | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 9.80 | 0 | 26 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Michigan State | W 23-20 | — | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Nebraska | W 24-6 | — | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 19.70 | 0 | 35 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Purdue | W 27-20 | — | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Ohio State | L 3-42 | — | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Rutgers100 receiving yards | W 31-28 | — | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 25.80 | 1 | 78 |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Buffalo | W 23-10 | — | 2 | 76 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 60 |
Player Story
Jalen Smith story
Jalen Smith built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Mankato, MN wearing No. 8, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Jalen Smith's career was his receiving role: 28 catches, 419 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns across 10 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jalen Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Minnesota
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2025 Postseason | Minnesota | 419 | 73.5 | 14.5 | 419 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Minnesota | 419 | 73.5 | 14.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 72 Rutgers
Week 5 · W 31-28 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
103
Receiving Yards
81 takeover
103 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs No. 73 New Mexico
Week 1 · W 20-17 · Postseason
64
Receiving Yards
77.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
64 receiving yards with a 71.1 efficiency score.
#3
vs No. 46 Nebraska
Week 8 · W 24-6 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
73.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs No. 95 Buffalo
Week 1 · W 23-10
76
Receiving Yards
69.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
76 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ No. 4 Oregon
Week 12 · L 13-42 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
39
Receiving Yards
57.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
39 receiving yards with a 65 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Minnesota
419 primary output · 73.5 efficiency · 14.5 usage
68.1
#2
2025 Regular Season · Minnesota
68.1
419 primary · 73.5 efficiency · 14.5 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Minnesota
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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