Ainias Smith

WR · Sr. · Texas A&M5′10″ · 200 lb · Sugar Land, TX · Dulles

Ainias Smith: WR · Texas A&M.

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Ainias Smith

WR · Texas A&M · Sr

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Texas A&M. That makes three straight seasons on the honors list: All-SEC again in 2023. On tape: 127 receiving yards and 7 receptions against UL Monroe, Week 3, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Texas A&M in the news

Texas A&M football star dies at 49New York Post Oct 23

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	Texas A&M	53	795	15.0	2	42
2022	Texas A&M	15	291	19.4	2	63
2021	Texas A&M	47	509	10.8	6	27
2020	Texas A&M	42	490	11.7	6	54
2019	Texas A&M	22	248	11.3	3	30
Career		179	2,333	13.0	19	63

Season	Team
2023	Texas A&M	5	21	103	285	1
2022	Texas A&M	3	11	--	27	--
2021	Texas A&M	8	26	--	259	1
2020	Texas A&M	49	293	--	75	--
2019	Texas A&M	7	54	257	190	--
Career		72	405	360	836	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-10vs New Mexico	3	40	13.3	0	27
Wk 2	L 33-48@ Miami	3	27	9.0	0	20
Wk 3	W 47-3vs UL Monroe	7	127	18.1	0	32	Season-high 127 yds
Wk 4	W 27-10vs Auburn	5	78	15.6	0	28
Wk 5	W 34-22vs Arkansas	4	71	17.8	0	29
Wk 6	L 20-26vs No. 11 Alabama	4	88	22.0	0	37
Wk 7	L 13-20@ No. 19 Tennessee	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 9	W 30-17vs South Carolina	6	118	19.7	1	42
Wk 10	L 35-38@ No. 11 Ole Miss	6	83	13.8	0	27
Wk 11	W 51-10vs Mississippi State	4	64	16.0	1	27
Wk 12	W 38-10vs Abilene Christian	2	20	10.0	0	18
Wk 13	L 30-42@ No. 14 LSU	8	59	7.4	0	14
Total		53	795	15.0	2	42

Signature game

Week 9 · 2023

W 30-17

vs South Carolina

6 rec · 118 yds · 1 TD

With M. Johnson — 249 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.8 · N. Constantinou — 33.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 37 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Mississippi State · 3rd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +3.92Jaylen Henderson pass complete to Ainias Smith for 27 yds to the MSST 36 for a
Week 9 · South Carolina · 3rd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +3.90Max Johnson pass complete to Ainias Smith for 33 yds to the SC 23 for a
Week 3 · UL Monroe · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +3.64Conner Weigman pass complete to Ainias Smith for 32 yds to the ULM 37 for a
Week 4 · Auburn · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.44Max Johnson pass complete to Ainias Smith for 28 yds to the AUB 42 for a
Week 11 · Mississippi State · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.41Jaylen Henderson pass complete to Ainias Smith for 19 yds for a TD (Randy Bond KICK)
Week 9 · South Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.29Johnson to Smith: a 42-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 5 · Arkansas · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.21Max Johnson pass complete to Ainias Smith for 19 yds to the ARK 38 for a
Week 2 · Miami · 4th and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.14Conner Weigman pass complete to Ainias Smith for 20 yds to the TA&M 47 for a
Week 6 · Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.85Max Johnson pass complete to Ainias Smith for 34 yds to the ALA 45 for a
Week 5 · Arkansas · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Max Johnson pass complete to Ainias Smith for 29 yds to the ARK 46 for a

Teams and coaches

2019Texas A&M8-5HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2020Texas A&M9-1HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning

2021Texas A&M8-4HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2022Texas A&M5-7HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2023Texas A&M7-6HC: Jimbo Fisher and Elijah Robinson · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 67 (#88 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

67Quality starter #88 of 497 · 2023?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (87th percentile). Strength: rec yards (87th percentile). Concern: td rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#82 / 639 · 87th pct

23.1%

Yards / catch#190 / 639 · 70th pct

14.0

EPA / target#228 / 639 · 64th pct

0.88

Catch rate#407 / 639 · 36th pct

78.5%

TD rate#528 / 639 · 17th pct

1.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#76 / 566 · 87th pct

795

Receptions#90 / 566 · 84th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 227 · 80th pct

Yards / catch#163 / 566 · 71st pct

15.0

Rush yards#96 / 294 · 67th pct

Rec TDs#267 / 566 · 43rd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Long catch#346 / 566 · 37th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.4	76.4	16.4	0.3
Road4g	4.5	47.2	12.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.9	64.4	16.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.2	68.8	13.4	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Elijah Robinson

Pass share

48.3%

423 pass / 453 run

Plays / game

67.4

13 games

Team sack rate

6.3%

442 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Starter

53 catches and 5 carries in 12 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

67 · #88 of 497 WRs · 2023

Three-star recruit. Now #88 at the position.

Ainias Smith

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Style of play

Fans

Texas A&M in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Five seasons at Texas A&M, drafted

2019 11 games

2021 12 games

2022 4 games

2023 12 games

2024