Player Career

L.T. Smith Career Story

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

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

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

  1. 1

    Akron

    2010-2014

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20102011201220132014
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonAkron0
2011 Regular SeasonAkron00
2012 Regular SeasonAkron50968.613.4509
2013 Regular SeasonAkron42895.613.9-81
2014 Regular SeasonAkron48970.614.661

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