Junior wide receiver for Purdue. 2025: 14 catches, 237 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′1″ · 190 lb · Brownsburg, IN
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
14 catches · 1 TD · 16.9 per catch
Best game: 3 rec, 83 yds, 1 TD, vs Illinois
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 wide receiver for Purdue. 2025: 14 catches, 237 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Corey Smith
Beats you over the top. Corey Smith has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. The receipt: 83 rec yds, 3 receptions against Illinois — Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ryan Walters → Barry Odom. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: yards / catch (83rd percentile). Strength: yards / catch (90th percentile). Concern: catch rate (16th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.5 | 56.5 | 21.4 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 41.3 | 22.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.2 | 47.2 | 15.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-0vs Ball State | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-56@ Notre Dame | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-43vs Illinois | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 1 | 60 | Season-high 83 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 20-27@ Minnesota | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-19@ Northwestern | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 0 | 48 | |
| Total | 14 | 237 | 21.9 | 1 | 60 |
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Purdue
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Purdue
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Purdue · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #55 · 2026 recruiting class #55
Player DNA
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Nik McMillan’s 2023 season.
Matches Nik on
Differs from Nik on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Micah Tease's sophomore season at Tulsa (2025).
Matches Micah on
Player DNA
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