Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025New Mexico
Zhaiel Smith
WR • 6'0" • 184 lbs • Portland, OR, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Zhaiel Smith reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
12
Developing production for a receiver
lowelite
Reliability
6
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
24
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · New Mexico
25
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- New Mexico
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State
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- Committed To
- New Mexico
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Zhaiel Smith, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · New Mexico. Zhaiel Smith reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 112
- Receptions
- 9
Quick Answers
Zhaiel Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 112
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · New Mexico
- Top game
- Colorado State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Tualatin · New Mexico
- High school pipeline
- Tualatin · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Freshman
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 112 receiving yards · WR 607th (top 56%) · Mountain West 85th (top 48%) · National 938th (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | New Mexico | 8 | 9 | 112 | 0 | 58.4 |
Related Context
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Zhaiel Smith played WR for New Mexico. Across 1 tracked season, Zhaiel Smith recorded -2 rushing yards and 112 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with New Mexico.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
New Mexico paired 112 primary output with 62.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 62.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · New Mexico
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
14
Efficiency
62.9
Usage
6.9
Consistency
47.6
Best Game by takeover score
Colorado State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 9. Idaho State: 17. UCLA: 15. New Mexico State: 0. San José State: 10. Utah State: 6. Colorado State: 43. San Diego State: 12
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. Michigan: 1 by 60. Idaho State: 2 by 56.7. UCLA: 1 by 100. New Mexico State: 1 by 0. San José State: 1 by 66.7. Utah State: 1 by 40. Colorado State: 1 by 100. San Diego State: 1 by 80
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins15.5 · Games = 6 · +6 vs Losses
Losses9.5 · Games = 2 · -6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Colorado State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Colorado State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/28 | vs San Diego State | W 23-17 | — | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Colorado State | W 20-17 | — | 1 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 43 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Utah State | W 33-14 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ San José State | L 28-35 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs New Mexico State | W 38-20 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ UCLA | W 35-10 | — | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Idaho State | W 32-22 | — | 2 | 17 | 5 | 8.50 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Michigan | L 17-34 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Career Arc
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- 1
New Mexico
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | New Mexico | 112 | 62.9 | 6.9 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 124 Colorado State
Week 12 · W 20-17 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
43
Receiving Yards
75.2 takeover
43 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ No. 98 UCLA
Week 3 · W 35-10
15
Receiving Yards
54.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
15 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Idaho State
Week 2 · W 32-22
17
Receiving Yards
49.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
17 receiving yards with a 56.7 efficiency score.
#4
vs No. 43 San Diego State
Week 14 · W 23-17 · Conference game
12
Receiving Yards
43.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
12 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.
#5
@ No. 118 San José State
Week 6 · L 28-35 · Conference game
10
Receiving Yards
34 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
10 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · New Mexico
112 primary output · 62.9 efficiency · 6.9 usage
58.4
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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