Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2015North Texas
Marcus Smith
TE • 6'4" • San Antonio, TX, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Marcus Smith reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
26
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · North Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- North Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Player Story
Marcus Smith built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a tight end from San Antonio, TX wearing No. 18, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Marcus Smith's career was his receiving role: 51...
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- Committed To
- North Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
Marcus Smith, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · North Texas. Marcus Smith reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 598
- Receptions
- 51
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Marcus Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Texas · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 598
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · North Texas
- Top game
- Tennessee
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Warren · North Texas
- High school pipeline
- Warren · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Class 2015
- 2015 Receiving yards rank
- 261 receiving yards · TE 51st (top 17%) · Conference USA 47th (top 24%) · National 474th (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | North Texas | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 42.5 |
| 2013 Postseason | North Texas | 4 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 59.7 |
| 2013 Regular Season | North Texas | 4 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 59.7 |
| 2014 Regular Season | North Texas | 9 | 15 | 238 | 6 | 66.4 |
| 2015 Regular Season | North Texas | 10 | 29 | 261 | 0 | 72.2 |
Related Context
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Marcus Smith played TE for North Texas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marcus Smith recorded 598 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with North Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
North Texas paired 261 primary output with 57.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 57.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · North Texas
Games
10
Receiving Yards / G
26.1
Efficiency
57.5
Usage
17.9
Consistency
71.6
Best Game by takeover score
Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. SMU: 18. Rice: 27. Iowa: 22. Portland State: 39. Western Kentucky: 38. Marshall: 23. Louisiana Tech: 37. Tennessee: 46. Middle Tennessee: 8. UTEP: 3
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. SMU: 2 by 60. Rice: 3 by 60. Iowa: 3 by 48.9. Portland State: 3 by 86.7. Western Kentucky: 3 by 84.4. Marshall: 4 by 38.3. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 61.7. Tennessee: 5 by 61.3. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 53.3. UTEP: 1 by 20
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half28.8 · Games = 5 · +5.4 vs Second Half
Second Half23.4 · Games = 5 · -5.4 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Tennessee
Best efficiency game
86.7 vs Portland State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | vs UTEP | L 17-20 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Middle Tennessee | L 7-41 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Tennessee | L 0-24 | — | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 9.20 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 13-56 | — | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Marshall | L 13-30 | — | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 5.80 | 0 | 8 |
| Thu 10/15 | vs Western Kentucky | L 28-55 | — | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 12.70 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Portland State | L 7-66 | — | 3 | 39 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Iowa | L 16-62 | — | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Rice | L 24-38 | — | 3 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 9/12 | @ SMU | L 13-31 | — | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Player Story
Marcus Smith story
Marcus Smith built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a tight end from San Antonio, TX wearing No. 18, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Marcus Smith's career was his receiving role: 51 catches, 598 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with North Texas. 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 17 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Texas.
The arc is straightforward: Marcus 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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North Texas
2011-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | North Texas | 4 | 26.7 | 12.5 | 4 |
| 2013 Postseason | North Texas | 95 | 84.4 | 11 | 91 |
| 2013 Regular Season | North Texas | 95 | 84.4 | 11 | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | North Texas | 238 | 84.1 | 11.3 | 143 |
| 2015 Regular Season | North Texas | 261 | 57.5 | 17.9 | 23 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Tennessee
Week 11 · L 0-24
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
87.1 takeover
46 receiving yards with a 61.3 efficiency score.
#2
vs Nicholls
Week 4 · W 77-3
55
Receiving Yards
83.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
55 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 7 · W 34-7 · Conference game
29
Receiving Yards
80.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
29 receiving yards with a 64.4 efficiency score.
#4
vs Portland State
Week 6 · L 7-66
39
Receiving Yards
78.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
39 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#5
@ UTSA
Week 14 · L 27-34 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
77.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
50 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · North Texas
261 primary output · 57.5 efficiency · 17.9 usage
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#2
2014 Regular Season · North Texas
66.4
238 primary · 84.1 efficiency · 11.3 usage
#3
2013 Postseason · North Texas
59.7
95 primary · 84.4 efficiency · 11 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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