Former wide receiver at Iowa. 2020: 25 catches, 345 receiving yards, 4 TD.
6′1″ · 179 lb · Newark, NJ
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1563 nationally · Signed with Iowa
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Iowa. 2020: 25 catches, 345 receiving yards, 4 TD.
Ihmir Smith-Marsette
Fourth year in the Iowa receiving corps, same address the whole way. 2020 brought the first one: Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. The receipt on tape: 140 rec yds, 7 receptions against Wisconsin, Week 15, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Iowa, 1,588 receiving yards — drafted at #157 overall by Minnesota.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
MinnesotaEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 33-14 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: rush tds (88th percentile). Strength: rush yards (85th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 5.7 | 89.3 | 15.6 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 19.2 | 10.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.6 | 49.3 | 12.9 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2020
W 28–7
vs Wisconsin
-2 rush yds (1 car)
Dominant 21-point win at home against Wisconsin.
With T. Taylor — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 49 LONG · T. Goodson — 106 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | L 20-24@ Purdue | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-21vs Northwestern | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-7@ Minnesota | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-21@ Penn State | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 13 | W 26-20vs Nebraska | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-21@ Illinois | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 15 | W 28-7vs Wisconsin | 7 | 140 | 20.0 | 2 | 53 | Season-high 140 yds |
| Total | 25 | 345 | 12.9 | 4 | 53 |
Final Heisman position · 2020
Ihmir Smith-Marsette finished 147th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.