Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-14@ Middle Tennessee | 3/7 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | -- | Season-high 51 yds |
| Total | 3/7 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | — |
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Austin Smith
Senior quarterback for Eastern Michigan. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′3″ · 209 lb · Ellenwood, GA
CFB Index 22 · #137 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceEastern Michigan 2023 alumnus
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
WR recruit
No. 2627 nationally · Signed with Eastern Michigan
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 quarterback for Eastern Michigan. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Eastern Michigan in 2020.
Austin Smith
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Third year in the Eastern Michigan quarterback room, same address the whole way. The receipt: 51 pass yds, 13 rush yds against Middle Tennessee — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Eastern Michigan, 2,565 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
2020
- Signed with Eastern Michigan3-star out of River Rouge
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Eastern Michigan
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
1 coach2021–2023
Eastern Michigan
Played his entire career under Chris Creighton.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Chris Creighton — 22-17 over that span.
2021Eastern Michigan7-6HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced, fast tempo
2022Eastern Michigan9-4HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning
2023Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 51.0 YDS/g, 0.0 TD/g, 7.3 YPA, 0.0 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
58.2%
107 pass / 77 run
Plays / game
61.3
3 games
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Eastern Michigan | 171 | 298 | 57.4% | 1,775 | 6.0 | 9 | 7 | 112.7 | 13 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Eastern Michigan | 68 | 119 | 57.1% | 774 | 6.5 | 6 | 4 | 121.7 | 46 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 234.4 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 240 | 418 | 57.4% | 2,565 | 6.1 | 15 | 11 | 115.5 | 23 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Eastern Michigan | 101 | 134 | 1.3 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Eastern Michigan | 61 | 255 | 4.2 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Eastern Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 162 | 389 | 2.4 | 4 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Pocket Passer
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
QB
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Matt McDonald’s 2021 season.
75%match
Matches Matt on
Rush yards / carry
INT rate
Completion %
Differs from Matt on
Rush usage (higher)
Yards / attempt (lower)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Trae Self’s path through Stephen F. Austin.
Matches Trae on
Yards per attempt
Completion %
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Gavin Hardison's junior season at UTEP (2022).
69%match
All-Conference USA
Matches Gavin on
Total pass EPA (college ability)
Weight
Yards / attempt
Differs from Gavin on
Completion % (higher)
Rush usage (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Austin Smith
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology