Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025San José State
Leland Smith
WR • 6'4" • 215 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Leland Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
59
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
66
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · San José State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Purdue • San José State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Air Force
Player Story
Leland Smith built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Houston, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Purdue and San José State. The clearest part of Leland Smith's career was his...
Read the storyLeland Smith, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · San José State. Leland Smith reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 767
- Receptions
- 49
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Leland Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- San José State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 767
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · San José State
- Top game
- Air Force
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Junior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 695 receiving yards · WR 106th (top 10%) · Mountain West 9th (top 6%) · National 108th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 6 | 6 | 72 | 2 | 30 |
| 2025 Regular Season | San José State | 11 | 43 | 695 | 3 | 70.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | San José State to UCLA | G5/FCS to P4 | 79.8 | Jan 7, 2026 |
| 2025 | Purdue to San José State | P4 to G5/FCS | 79.1 | Dec 29, 2024 |
Leland Smith played WR for Purdue and San José State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Leland Smith recorded 767 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with San José State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
San José State paired 695 primary output with 76.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 76.7 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 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 Purdue, San José State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Air Force
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 · San José State
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
63.2
Efficiency
76.7
Usage
16.4
Consistency
50.7
Best Game by takeover score
Air Force
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 50. Idaho: 17. Stanford: 101. New Mexico: 61. Wyoming: 48. Utah State: 116. Hawai'i: 113. Air Force: 144. Nevada: 11. San Diego State: 28. Fresno State: 6
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. Central Michigan: 2 by 100. Idaho: 2 by 56.7. Stanford: 6 by 100. New Mexico: 6 by 67.8. Wyoming: 4 by 80. Utah State: 4 by 100. Hawai'i: 4 by 100. Air Force: 9 by 100. Nevada: 2 by 36.7. San Diego State: 3 by 62.2. Fresno State: 1 by 40
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins63.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses63 · Games = 8 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Air Force
Best efficiency game
100 vs Air Force
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs Fresno State | L 14-41 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sun 11/23 | @ San Diego State | L 3-25 | — | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Nevada | L 10-55 | — | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Air Force100 receiving yards · High volume | L 16-26 | — | 9 | 144 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 36 |
| Sun 11/2 | vs Hawai'i100 receiving yards | W 45-38 | — | 4 | 113 | 28.3 | 28.30 | 0 | 42 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Utah State100 receiving yards | L 25-30 | — | 4 | 116 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 45 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Wyoming | L 28-35 | — | 4 | 48 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs New Mexico | W 35-28 | — | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 1 | 16 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Stanford100 receiving yards | L 29-30 | — | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 16.80 | 0 | 37 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Idaho | W 31-28 | — | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Central Michigan | L 14-16 | — | 2 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 39 |
Player Story
Leland Smith story
Leland Smith built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Houston, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Purdue and San José State. The clearest part of Leland Smith's career was his receiving role: 49 catches, 767 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns across 17 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 tackles and 25 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Leland 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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Purdue
2024
Opening stop
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San José State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 72 | 53.3 | 9.4 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | San José State | 695 | 76.7 | 16.4 | 623 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 80 Air Force
Week 11 · L 16-26 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
144
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
144 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs No. 68 Hawai'i
Week 10 · W 45-38 · Conference game
113
Receiving Yards
81.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
113 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ No. 79 Utah State
Week 8 · L 25-30 · Conference game
116
Receiving Yards
76.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
116 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ No. 112 Stanford
Week 5 · L 29-30
101
Receiving Yards
75.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
101 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Indiana State
Week 1 · W 49-0
47
Receiving Yards
74.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
47 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · San José State
695 primary output · 76.7 efficiency · 16.4 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Purdue
30
72 primary · 53.3 efficiency · 9.4 usage
Milestones
4
100+ receiving yards
1
8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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