Ainias Smith

Former wide receiver at Texas A&M. 2023: 53 catches, 795 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Texas A&M · Sr.

5′10″ · 200 lb · Sugar Land, TX

CFB Index 67 · #88 of 497 WRsHigh confidencePhiladelphia — drafted 2024, Rd 5, Pick 17, #152 overall

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 780 nationally · Signed with Dulles

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Texas A&M. 2023: 53 catches, 795 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Dulles in 2019.
Drafted round 5 by the Philadelphia in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Texas A&M, 2,333 receiving yards — drafted at #152 overall by Philadelphia.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201911 games

Recruited3-star out of Dulles

202112 games

All-SEC

20224 games

The snaps went the other way.

All-SEC

202312 games

The role got bigger.

All-SEC

2024

Drafted by Philadelphiaround 5, pick 152

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#780 national

CFB

College

Texas A&M

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #152

Philadelphia · 2024

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2022

Jimbo Fisher

Texas A&M

2023

Elijah Robinson

Texas A&M

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jimbo Fisher → Elijah Robinson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PhiladelphiaEntering 3rd NFL season

#152Rd 5 · Pick 17

PhiladelphiaEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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: Elijah Robinson · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #88 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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 & context

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
Road5g	4.4	52.0	13.6	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Elko

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #88 of 497 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2023

W 27–10

vs Auburn

5 rec · 78 yds

With N. Constantinou — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG · M. Johnson — 123 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.2 · 15 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Mississippi State · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +3.92Jaylen Henderson pass complete to Ainias Smith for 27 yds to the MSST 36 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · South Carolina · 3&12 · Q4 · EPA +3.90Max Johnson pass complete to Ainias Smith for 33 yds to the SC 23 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · UL Monroe · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.64Conner Weigman pass complete to Ainias Smith for 32 yds to the ULM 37 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Auburn · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.44Max Johnson pass complete to Ainias Smith for 28 yds to the AUB 42 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Mississippi State · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.41Jaylen Henderson pass complete to Ainias Smith for 19 yds for a TD (Randy Bond KICK)
Week 9 · South Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.29Ainias Smith 42 Yd pass from Max Johnson (Randy Bond Kick)
Week 5 · Arkansas · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.21Max Johnson pass complete to Ainias Smith for 19 yds to the ARK 38 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Miami · 4&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.14Conner Weigman pass complete to Ainias Smith for 20 yds to the TA&M 47 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Alabama · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.85Max Johnson pass complete to Ainias Smith for 34 yds to the ALA 45 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Arkansas · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Max Johnson pass complete to Ainias Smith for 29 yds to the ARK 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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 34-22@ Arkansas	4	71	17.8	0	29
Wk 6	L 20-26vs Alabama	4	88	22.0	0	37
Wk 7	L 13-20@ 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@ 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@ LSU	8	59	7.4	0	14
Total		53	795	15.2	2	42

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Ainias Smith

201911 games

202112 games

20224 games

202312 games

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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