Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2014Akron
L.T. Smith
WR • 6'0" • Painesville, OH, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
L.T. Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Akron
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Player Story
L.T. Smith built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Painesville, OH wearing No. 3, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of L.T. Smith's career was his receiving role: 117...
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- Committed To
- Akron
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2010
L.T. Smith, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Akron. L.T. Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,426
- Receptions
- 117
- Touchdowns
- 9
Quick Answers
L.T. Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Akron · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,426
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Eastern Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Riverside · Akron
- High school pipeline
- Riverside · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Class 2014
- 2014 Receiving yards rank
- 489 receiving yards · WR 216th (top 23%) · Mid-American 22nd (top 13%) · National 235th (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2011 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | Akron | 12 | 48 | 509 | 3 | 70.3 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Akron | 10 | 24 | 428 | 3 | 68.7 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Akron | 12 | 45 | 489 | 3 | 64 |
Related Context
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L.T. Smith played WR for Akron. Across 5 tracked seasons, L.T. Smith recorded 1,426 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Akron paired 509 primary output with 68.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 70.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2014 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Regular Season · Akron
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
40.8
Efficiency
70.6
Usage
14.6
Consistency
40.6
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Howard: 74. Penn State: 27. Marshall: 23. Pittsburgh: 15. Eastern Michigan: 117. Miami (OH): 4. Ohio: 22. Ball State: 59. Bowling Green: 80. Buffalo: 9. Massachusetts: 39. Kent State: 20
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Howard: 5 by 98.7. Penn State: 2 by 90. Marshall: 4 by 38.3. Pittsburgh: 1 by 100. Eastern Michigan: 10 by 78. Miami (OH): 1 by 26.7. Ohio: 2 by 73.3. Ball State: 5 by 78.7. Bowling Green: 9 by 59.3. Buffalo: 1 by 60. Massachusetts: 2 by 100. Kent State: 3 by 44.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins49.8 · Games = 5 · +15.5 vs Losses
Losses34.3 · Games = 7 · -15.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
Best efficiency game
100 vs Massachusetts
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/28 | @ Kent State | L 24-27 | — | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 6.70 | 0 | 8 |
| Wed 11/19 | vs Massachusetts | W 30-6 | — | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 19.50 | 1 | 32 |
| Wed 11/12 | @ Buffalo | L 24-55 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Wed 11/5 | vs Bowling GreenHigh volume | L 10-27 | — | 9 | 80 | 8.9 | 8.90 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Ball State | L 21-35 | — | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 11.80 | 0 | 26 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Ohio | L 20-23 | — | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Miami (OH) | W 29-19 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Eastern Michigan100 receiving yards · High volume | W 31-6 | — | 10 | 117 | 11.7 | 11.70 | 1 | 31 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Pittsburgh | W 21-10 | — | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Marshall | L 17-48 | — | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 5.80 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Penn State | L 3-21 | — | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 0 | 23 |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Howard | W 41-0 | — | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 14.80 | 1 | 57 |
Player Story
L.T. Smith story
L.T. Smith built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Painesville, OH wearing No. 3, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of L.T. Smith's career was his receiving role: 117 catches, 1,426 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Akron. 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 623 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Akron.
The arc is straightforward: L.T. 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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Akron
2010-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20102011201220132014
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Akron | 509 | 68.6 | 13.4 | 509 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Akron | 428 | 95.6 | 13.9 | -81 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Akron | 489 | 70.6 | 14.6 | 61 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 6 · W 31-6 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
117
Receiving Yards
92.7 takeover
117 receiving yards with a 78 efficiency score.
#2
@ Michigan
Week 3 · L 24-28
125
Receiving Yards
88.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
125 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs UCF
Week 1 · L 14-56
87
Receiving Yards
86.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
87 receiving yards with a 82.9 efficiency score.
#4
@ Bowling Green
Week 5 · L 14-31 · Conference game
89
Receiving Yards
82.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
89 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Toledo
Week 13 · L 23-35 · Conference game
79
Receiving Yards
78.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
79 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Akron
509 primary output · 68.6 efficiency · 13.4 usage
70.3
#2
2013 Regular Season · Akron
68.7
428 primary · 95.6 efficiency · 13.9 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Akron
64
489 primary · 70.6 efficiency · 14.6 usage
Milestones
2
100+ receiving yards
2
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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