Player Dossier

2023-2025

Notre Dame

KK Smith

WR • 6'0" • 177 lbs • Frisco, TX, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

KK Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

33

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

35

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

44

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Player Story

KK Smith built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Frisco, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of KK Smith's career was his receiving role: 11 catches,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8836

Reedy · Frisco, TX

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

KK Smith, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame. KK Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
161
Receptions
11
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

KK Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · WR
Career Receiving Yards
161
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Top game
NC State
Recruit profile
3-star · Reedy · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
Reedy · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 11 · Sophomore
2025 Receiving yards rank
123 receiving yards · WR 583rd (top 54%) · FBS Independents 15th (top 41%) · National 882nd (top 41%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0-00-
2024 Regular SeasonNotre Dame2338050.8
2025 Regular SeasonNotre Dame58123259

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Notre Dame to Michigan StateG5/FCS to P479.8Jan 11, 2026

KK Smith played WR for Notre Dame. Across 3 tracked seasons, KK Smith recorded 161 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Notre Dame.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Notre Dame paired 123 primary output with 73.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 73.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Win 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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2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

24.6

Efficiency

73.3

Usage

8.8

Consistency

33.2

Best Game by takeover score

NC State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 7. Purdue: 11. NC State: 59. Navy: 39. Pittsburgh: 7

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. Texas A&M: 1 by 46.7. Purdue: 1 by 73.3. NC State: 3 by 100. Navy: 2 by 100. Pittsburgh: 1 by 46.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins29 · Games = 4 · +22 vs Losses
Losses7 · Games = 1 · -22 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Navy

Result
Sat 11/15@ PittsburghW 37-15177707
Sun 11/9vs NavyW 49-1023919.519.50134
Sat 10/11vs NC StateW 36-735919.719.70131
Sat 9/20vs PurdueW 56-301111111011
Sat 9/13vs Texas A&ML 40-41177707

Player Story

KK Smith story

KK Smith built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Frisco, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of KK Smith's career was his receiving role: 11 catches, 161 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 7 career games in the available record. That gives KK Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Notre Dame

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0
2024 Regular SeasonNotre Dame3871.78.438
2025 Regular SeasonNotre Dame12373.38.885

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 55 NC State

Week 7 · W 36-7

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

59

Receiving Yards

84.2 takeover

59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Stanford

Week 7 · W 49-7

25

Receiving Yards

72.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

25 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs No. 46 Navy

Week 11 · W 49-10

39

Receiving Yards

69.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

39 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Purdue

Week 3 · W 66-7

13

Receiving Yards

44.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

13 receiving yards with a 43.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs No. 90 Purdue

Week 4 · W 56-30

11

Receiving Yards

37.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

11 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame

123 primary output · 73.3 efficiency · 8.8 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Notre Dame

50.8

38 primary · 71.7 efficiency · 8.4 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games