Player Dossier

2024-2025

East Carolina

Yannick Smith

WR • 6'3" • 207 lbs • Summerville, SC, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

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

Usage / Role

19%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

66

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

62

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

74

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · East Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
East Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

Player Story

Yannick Smith built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Summerville, SC wearing No. 1, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Yannick Smith's career was his receiving...

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

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,017
Receptions
69
Touchdowns
8

Quick Answers

Yannick Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
East Carolina · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,017
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 20 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · East Carolina
Top game
North Texas
High school pipeline
Summerville · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 1 · Sophomore
2025 Receiving yards rank
583 receiving yards · WR 162nd (top 15%) · American Athletic 16th (top 7%) · National 169th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2024 PostseasonEast Carolina10356066.9
2024 Regular SeasonEast Carolina1022378366.9
2025 Regular SeasonEast Carolina1044583574.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026East Carolina to SMUG5/FCS to P487Jan 5, 2026

Yannick Smith played WR for East Carolina. Across 2 tracked seasons, Yannick Smith recorded 4 rushing yards, 1,017 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with East Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

East Carolina paired 583 primary output with 75.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 75.3 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: BYU

Loss 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 · East Carolina

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

58.3

Efficiency

75.3

Usage

18.6

Consistency

61.8

Best Game by takeover score

BYU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. NC State: 44. Campbell: 67. Coastal Carolina: 25. BYU: 146. Army: 56. Tulane: 32. Tulsa: 4. Temple: 100. Charlotte: 59. Memphis: 50

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. NC State: 5 by 58.7. Campbell: 5 by 89.3. Coastal Carolina: 4 by 41.7. BYU: 9 by 100. Army: 3 by 100. Tulane: 3 by 71.1. Tulsa: 1 by 26.7. Temple: 5 by 100. Charlotte: 6 by 65.6. Memphis: 3 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins51.6 · Games = 7 · -22.4 vs Losses
Losses74 · Games = 3 · +22.4 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

BYU

Best efficiency game

100 vs Memphis

Result
Sat 11/15vs MemphisW 31-2735016.716.70039
Sat 11/8vs CharlotteW 48-226599.89.80119
Sat 11/1@ Temple100 receiving yards · 2+ TDW 45-1451002020259
Thu 10/16vs TulsaW 41-27144404
Thu 10/9@ TulaneL 19-2633210.710.70015
Thu 9/25vs ArmyW 28-635618.718.70027
Sat 9/20vs BYU100 receiving yards · High volumeL 13-34914616.216.20038
Sat 9/13@ Coastal Carolina2+ TDW 38-04256.36.30211
Sat 9/6vs CampbellW 56-356713.413.40025
Thu 8/28@ NC StateL 17-245448.88.80022

Player Story

Yannick Smith story

Yannick Smith built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Summerville, SC wearing No. 1, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Yannick Smith's career was his receiving role: 69 catches, 1,017 receiving yards, 8 touchdowns, and 4 rushing yards across 20 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Yannick 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.

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    East Carolina

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonEast Carolina43489.613.2
2024 Regular SeasonEast Carolina43489.613.20
2025 Regular SeasonEast Carolina58375.318.6149

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ North Texas

Week 13 · W 40-28 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

112

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

112 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs No. 18 BYU

Week 4 · L 13-34 · Ranked opponent

146

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

146 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ No. 88 Temple

Week 10 · W 45-14 · Conference game

100

Receiving Yards

85.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

100 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Tulsa

Week 12 · W 38-31 · Conference game

62

Receiving Yards

70.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

62 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Navy

Week 14 · L 20-34 · Conference game

66

Receiving Yards

69.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

66 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · East Carolina

583 primary output · 75.3 efficiency · 18.6 usage

74.7

#2

2024 Postseason · East Carolina

66.9

434 primary · 89.6 efficiency · 13.2 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · East Carolina

66.9

434 primary · 89.6 efficiency · 13.2 usage

Milestones

3

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games