Jaden Smith

Former wide receiver at Nevada. 2024: 62 catches, 849 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Nevada · Sr. · #1

6′6″ · 210 lb · Fort Worth, TX

CFB Index 77 · #43 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceNevada 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

LB recruit

No. 1803 nationally · Signed with Nevada

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Nevada. 2024: 62 catches, 849 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Nevada in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Nevada, 849 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

The week the volume broke through — put up 134 yds vs Fresno State.Fresno State · L 21-242024

2023

Signed with Nevada3-star out of Warren

202412 games

All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1803 national

CFB

College

Nevada

2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2024)

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Nevada3-10HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

77All-Conference level #43 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (92nd percentile). Strength: catch rate (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#48 / 610 · 92nd pct

1.38

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

TD rate#96 / 610 · 84th pct

11.5%

Yards / catch#173 / 610 · 72nd pct

13.8

Explosive rate#197 / 610 · 68th pct

18.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#46 / 541 · 91st pct

Rec TDs#49 / 541 · 90th pct

Rec yards#57 / 541 · 90th pct

849

Long catch#139 / 541 · 74th pct

Yards / catch#229 / 541 · 57th pct

13.7

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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.0	75.2	15.1	0.5
Road6g	5.3	66.3	14.5	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	67.8	16.7	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	73.7	12.9	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Choate

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

77 · #43 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #43 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Nevada	62	849	13.7	7	--
Career		62	849	13.7	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 49–16

vs Eastern Washington

6 rec · 77 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 33-point win at home against Eastern Washington.

With B. Lewis — 193 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 71.3 · 65 rush yds (12 car) · M. Bellon — 5 rec · 83 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Fresno State · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +4.45Brendon Lewis pass complete to Jaden Smith for 55 yds to the FRES 9 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +4.28Brendon Lewis pass complete to Jaden Smith for 62 yds to the GASO 5 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Boise State · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +4.18Brendon Lewis pass complete to Jaden Smith for 36 yds for a TD (Kian Afrookhteh KICK)
Week 6 · San José State · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +4.03Brendon Lewis pass complete to Jaden Smith for 39 yds to the SJSU 33 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Colorado State · 4&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.69Brendon Lewis pass complete to Jaden Smith for 13 yds for a TD (Kian Afrookhteh KICK)
Week 4 · Eastern Washington · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.53Brendon Lewis pass complete to Jaden Smith for 24 yds for a TD (Matthew Killam KICK)
Week 3 · Minnesota · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.49Brendon Lewis pass complete to Jaden Smith for 25 yds to the MINN 29 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Troy · 2&18 · Q2 · EPA +3.45Brendon Lewis pass complete to Jaden Smith for 25 yds to the TROY 29 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 3&14 · Q1 · EPA +3.07Brendon Lewis pass complete to Jaden Smith for 16 yds to the GASO 27 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Air Force · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.94Brendon Lewis pass complete to Jaden Smith for 23 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-29vs SMU	4	32	8.0	0	14
Wk 1	W 28-26@ Troy	6	81	13.5	0	25
Wk 2	L 17-20vs Georgia Southern	4	103	25.8	0	62
Wk 3	L 0-27@ Minnesota	1	25	25.0	0	25
Wk 4	W 49-16vs Eastern Washington	6	77	12.8	1	24
Wk 6	L 31-35@ San José State	6	89	14.8	2	39	2 TD catches
Wk 8	L 21-24vs Fresno State	9	134	14.9	0	55	Season-high 134 yds
Wk 9	L 13-34@ Hawai'i	6	54	9.0	0	18
Wk 10	L 21-38vs Colorado State	3	35	11.7	1	13
Wk 11	L 21-28@ Boise State	4	57	14.3	1	36
Wk 13	L 19-22vs Air Force	4	70	17.5	1	23
Wk 14	L 14-38@ UNLV	9	92	10.2	1	20
Total		62	849	14.8	7	62

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