Player Dossier

2011-2015

San Diego State

Maxwell Smith

QB • 6'5" • Granada Hills, CA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Maxwell Smith is a balanced quarterback profile with 7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

37%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

22

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

45

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Kentucky • San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)

Player Story

Maxwell Smith built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a quarterback from Granada Hills, CA wearing No. 11, spending time with Kentucky and San Diego State. The clearest part of Maxwell Smith's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.8333

Birmingham · Granada Hills, CA

Committed To
Kentucky
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

Maxwell Smith, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · San Diego State. Maxwell Smith is a balanced quarterback profile with 7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
4,330
Passing yards
4,599
Touchdowns
37

Quick Answers

Maxwell Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · QB
Career Total Offense
4,330
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · San Diego State
Top game
Miami (OH)
Recruit profile
3-star · Birmingham · Kentucky
High school pipeline
Birmingham · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 11 · Class 2015
2015 Total offense rank
1,485 total offense · QB 111th (top 36%) · Mountain West 13th (top 9%) · National 130th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonKentucky7710819-109442.1
2012 Regular SeasonKentucky4951975-24853.4
2013 Regular SeasonKentucky91,1841,276-92957.6
2014 Regular SeasonKentucky00000-
2015 Regular SeasonSan Diego State121,4851,529-441664.6

Related Context

Maxwell Smith played QB for Kentucky and San Diego State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Maxwell Smith recorded 4,599 passing yards, -269 rushing yards, and 7 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2015 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

San Diego State paired 1,485 primary output with 61.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 56.4 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kentucky, San Diego State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)

Win with 310 yards of offense and 88.4 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2013 Regular Season · Kentucky

Games

9

Primary Metric / G

131.6

Efficiency

56.4

Usage

14.1

Consistency

63

Best Game by takeover score

Miami (OH)

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 114. Miami (OH): 310. Louisville: 117. Florida: 68. Alabama: 58. Mississippi State: 158. Alabama State: 3. Georgia: 123. Tennessee: 233

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. Western Kentucky: 15 by 60.4. Miami (OH): 23 by 88.4. Louisville: 22 by 57.6. Florida: 24 by 44.4. Alabama: 20 by 45.8. Mississippi State: 37 by 48. Alabama State: 3 by 47.2. Georgia: 23 by 60. Tennessee: 46 by 55.4

Split Comparison

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

Wins156.5 · Games = 2 · +32.1 vs Losses
Losses124.4 · Games = 7 · -32.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Miami (OH)

Best efficiency game

88.4 vs Miami (OH)

Result
Sun 12/1vs TennesseeL 14-27253825465.82055.48-21-2.6004
Sun 11/24@ GeorgiaL 17-59101614962.510607-26-3.7004
Sat 11/2vs Alabama StateW 48-1413333.30047.2
Thu 10/24@ Mississippi StateL 22-28183416052.910483-2-0.7002
Sat 10/12vs AlabamaL 7-487167643.81045.84-18-4.5000
Sat 9/28vs FloridaL 7-2412209060.00144.44-22-5.5000
Sat 9/14vs LouisvilleL 13-2792010945.00057.628408
Sat 9/7vs Miami (OH)300-yard game · 3+ TDW 41-7152331065.23088.4
Sat 8/31@ Western KentuckyL 26-3581312561.51060.42-11-5.5000

Player Story

Maxwell Smith story

Maxwell Smith built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a quarterback from Granada Hills, CA wearing No. 11, spending time with Kentucky and San Diego State. The clearest part of Maxwell Smith's career was his passing role: 4,599 passing yards, 34 touchdown passes, and 686 attempts across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with San Diego State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 7 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kentucky and San Diego State.

The arc is straightforward: Maxwell 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

    Kentucky

    2011-2014

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    San Diego State

    2015

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonKentucky71039.911.8
2012 Regular SeasonKentucky95158.18.6241
2013 Regular SeasonKentucky1,18456.414.1233
2014 Regular SeasonKentucky0-1,184
2015 Regular SeasonSan Diego State1,48561.771,485

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Miami (OH)

Week 2 · W 41-7

Win with 310 yards of offense and 88.4 efficiency.

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Total Offense

94.2 takeover

310 total offense with 88.4 efficiency.

#2

vs Kent State

Week 2 · W 47-14

355

Total Offense

62.1 takeover

Win with 355 yards of offense and 64 efficiency.

355 total offense with 64 efficiency.

#3

vs Nevada

Week 13 · W 31-14 · Conference game

44

Total Offense

62 takeover

Win with 44 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.

44 total offense with 100 efficiency.

#4

vs Tennessee

Week 14 · L 14-27 · Conference game

233

Total Offense

61.5 takeover

Loss with 233 yards of offense and 55.4 efficiency.

233 total offense with 55.4 efficiency.

#5

@ Colorado State

Week 9 · W 41-17 · Conference game

183

Total Offense

60.5 takeover

Win with 183 yards of offense and 77.1 efficiency.

183 total offense with 77.1 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · San Diego State

1,485 primary output · 61.7 efficiency · 7 usage

64.6

#2

2013 Regular Season · Kentucky

57.6

1,184 primary · 56.4 efficiency · 14.1 usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · Kentucky

53.4

951 primary · 58.1 efficiency · 8.6 usage

Milestones

6

250+ passing yards

3

300+ total offense

3

3+ TD games

10

Above avg efficiency