Jared Smart

#23 · WR · Sr. · Hawai'i6′0″ · 190 lb · Dublin, CA

Jared Smart: WR · Hawai'i · #23.

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Jared Smart

WR · Hawai'i · Sr · #23

Moves the chains on third down. The three seasons at Hawai'i span two head coaches: Nick Rolovich and Todd Graham. One game to point at: 96 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Portland State — Week 1, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

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

Hawai'i in the news

June Jones, former Hawai'i coach, dies at 73New York Post Oct 29

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Hawai'i	26	414	15.9	2	67
2020	Hawai'i	36	320	8.9	1	21
2019	Hawai'i	87	1,129	13.0	5	58
Career		149	1,863	12.5	8	67

Season	Team
2021	Hawai'i	--	--	--
2020	Hawai'i	1	−3	--
2019	Hawai'i	--	--	2
Career		1	−3	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	L 10-44@ UCLA	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 1	W 49-35vs Portland State	4	96	24.0	1	67
Wk 2	L 27-45@ Oregon State	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 3	L 13-17vs San José State	2	12	6.0	0	7
Wk 4	W 41-21@ New Mexico State	2	60	30.0	0	37
Wk 7	L 17-34@ Nevada	2	24	12.0	0	12
Wk 8	W 48-34vs New Mexico State	4	45	11.3	0	26
Wk 9	L 31-51@ Utah State	5	58	11.6	0	23
Wk 10	L 10-17vs San Diego State	2	29	14.5	0	23
Wk 12	W 50-45vs Colorado State	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 13	W 38-14@ Wyoming	2	58	29.0	1	50
Total		26	414	15.9	2	67

Signature game

Week 1 · 2021

W 49-35

vs Portland State

4 rec · 96 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Portland State at home in a shootout.

With C. Cordeiro — 305 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 78.5 · 66 rush yds (18 car) · C. Turner Jr. — 5 rec · 82 yds · 36 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Portland State · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +4.30C.Cordeiro pass complete to HAW 19. Catch made by J.Smart at HAW 19. Gain of 67 yards. Tackled by A.McGee at PRST 14.
Week 13 · Wyoming · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.84Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Jared Smart for 50 yds for a TD, (Matthew Shipley KICK)
Week 4 · New Mexico State · 3rd and 26 · Q3 · EPA +3.62Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Jared Smart for 37 yds to the NMxSt 49 for a
Week 8 · New Mexico State · 3rd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +3.24Brayden Schager pass complete to Jared Smart for 26 yds to the Hawa 48 for a
Week 1 · Portland State · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.99C.Cordeiro pass complete to PRST 20. Catch made by J.Smart at PRST 20. Gain of 20 yards. J.Smart for 20 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 9 · Utah State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Jared Smart for 23 yds to the UthSt 44 for a

4 more plays

Week 10 · San Diego State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −2.82Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Jared Smart for 23 yds Jared Smart fumbled, forced by Tayler Hawkins, recovered by SDSt C.J. Baskerville , return for 13 yds to the SDSt 44
Week 9 · Utah State · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Jared Smart for 18 yds to the UthSt 37 for a
Week 4 · New Mexico State · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.57Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Jared Smart for 23 yds to the NMxSt 37 for a
Week 12 · Colorado State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.86Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Jared Smart for 11 yds to the ColSt 40 for a

Teams and coaches

2019Hawai'i10-5HC: Nick Rolovich · Pass-leaning

2020Hawai'i5-4HC: Todd Graham · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Hawai'i6-7HC: Todd Graham · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 40 (#294 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

40Below cohort / limited sample #294 of 468 · 2021?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (83rd percentile). Strength: long catch (80th percentile). Concern: td rate (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#114 / 655 · 83rd pct

19.4%

Yards / catch#182 / 655 · 72nd pct

14.5

EPA / target#368 / 655 · 44th pct

0.60

Catch rate#436 / 655 · 33rd pct

71.0%

TD rate#501 / 655 · 23rd pct

3.2%

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#107 / 557 · 80th pct

Yards / catch#108 / 557 · 80th pct

15.9

Rec yards#262 / 557 · 53rd pct

414

Receptions#304 / 557 · 44th pct

Rec TDs#278 / 557 · 42nd pct

Fumbles lost#198 / 223 · 7th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.6	38.6	13.4	0.2
Road6g	2.2	36.8	17.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	35.5	15.5	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	40.2	15.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Todd Graham

Pass share

52.0%

461 pass / 425 run

Plays / game

68.2

13 games

Team sack rate

7.4%

498 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

26 catches in 11 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

40 · #294 of 468 WRs · 2021

Two-star recruit. Now #294 at the position.

Jared Smart

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Hawai'i in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

26 catches in 11 games

Five seasons at Hawai'i

Moves

2019 15 games