Irv Smith Jr.

#82 · TE · Jr. · Alabama6′4″ · 241 lb · New Orleans, LA · Brother Martin

Irv Smith Jr.: TE · Alabama · #82.

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Irv Smith Jr.

TE · Alabama · Jr · #82

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Second year in the same receiving corps at Alabama. The first career honor came in 2018: All-SEC. One game to point at: 123 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Arkansas — Week 6, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

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

Alabama in the news

Alabama dismisses Dre Kirkpatrick Jr.Yahoo Sports Oct 28
LSU's Kiffin calls out SECHeavy Oct 28
Alabama DB suspended for gameSaturday Down South Oct 24
Coleman-Williams out vs TennesseeThe Tuscaloosa News Oct 15

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Alabama	44	710	16.1	7	76
2017	Alabama	14	128	9.1	3	34
Career		58	838	14.4	10	76

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 15 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 51-14vs Louisville	2	39	19.5	0	32
Wk 2	W 57-7vs Arkansas State	4	41	10.3	1	22
Wk 3	W 62-7@ Ole Miss	3	42	14.0	1	17
Wk 4	W 45-23vs No. 22 Texas A&M	4	74	18.5	0	42
Wk 5	W 56-14vs Louisiana	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 6	W 65-31@ Arkansas	2	123	61.5	1	76	Season-high 123 yds
Wk 7	W 39-10vs Missouri	1	2	2.0	1	2
Wk 8	W 58-21@ Tennessee	5	50	10.0	1	25
Wk 10	W 29-0@ No. 4 LSU	4	64	16.0	1	25
Wk 11	W 24-0vs No. 18 Mississippi State	5	70	14.0	0	25
Wk 12	W 50-17vs The Citadel	1	68	68.0	1	68
Wk 13	W 52-21vs Auburn	3	27	9.0	0	11
Wk 14	W 35-28vs No. 4 Georgia	3	35	11.7	0	19
Bowl	W 45-34vs No. 4 Oklahoma	2	19	9.5	0	13
Bowl	L 16-44vs No. 2 Clemson	4	43	10.8	0	21
Total		44	710	16.1	7	76

Signature game

Week 10 · 2018

W 29-0

at LSU

4 rec · 64 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 29-point win on the road against LSU.

With T. Tagovailoa — 295 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 49 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · M. Bernier — 32.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Arkansas · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.15Tua Tagovailoa pass complete to Irv Smith Jr. for 76 yds for a TD, (Joseph Bulovas KICK)
Week 4 · Texas A&M · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.22Tua Tagovailoa pass complete to Irv Smith Jr. for 42 yds to the TexAM 17 for a
Week 3 · Ole Miss · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Tua Tagovailoa pass complete to Irv Smith Jr. for 12 yds for a TD, (Joseph Bulovas KICK)
Week 14 · Georgia · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.91Jalen Hurts pass complete to Irv Smith Jr. for 19 yds to the Geo 31 for a
Week 10 · LSU · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Tua Tagovailoa pass complete to Irv Smith Jr. for 25 yds for a TD, (Joseph Bulovas KICK)
Week 14 · Georgia · 3rd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +2.55Jalen Hurts pass complete to Irv Smith Jr. for 13 yds to the Alab 42 for a

4 more plays

Week 7 · Missouri · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Tagovailoa to Smith Jr.: a 2-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Louisville · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.47Tua Tagovailoa pass complete to Irv Smith Jr. for 32 yds to the Lvile 27 for a
Week 8 · Tennessee · 1st and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.42Tua Tagovailoa pass complete to Irv Smith Jr. for 9 yds for a TD, (Joseph Bulovas KICK)
Week 10 · LSU · 3rd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +2.41Tua Tagovailoa pass complete to Irv Smith Jr. for 16 yds to the Alab 39 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Nick Saban — 27-2 over that span.

2017Alabama13-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

2018Alabama14-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (83rd percentile). Strength: yards / catch (82nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#116 / 702 · 83rd pct

18.5%

Yards / catch#126 / 702 · 82nd pct

15.8

EPA / target#199 / 702 · 72nd pct

0.67

TD rate#206 / 702 · 70th pct

7.4%

Catch rate#293 / 702 · 58th pct

70.4%

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#3 / 109 · 98th pct

Rec yards#5 / 109 · 96th pct

710

Rec TDs#3 / 109 · 95th pct

Receptions#10 / 109 · 91st pct

Yards / catch#11 / 109 · 89th pct

16.1

Fumbles lost#1 / 26 · 87th 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 2018. 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

2018 season · 15 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.7	42.1	19.3	0.4
Road4g	3.5	69.8	25.4	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-79g	2.6	44.0	17.7	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	52.3	21.4	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Nick Saban

Pass share

43.8%

438 pass / 563 run

Plays / game

66.7

15 games

Team sack rate

3.5%

455 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Irv Smith Jr.

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Style of play

Fans

Alabama in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Three seasons at Alabama, drafted

2016

2018 15 games

2019