Jaylen Smith

Senior wide receiver for Louisville. 2018: 36 catches, 550 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Louisville · Sr. · #9

6′4″ · 223 lb · Pascagoula, MS

Louisville 2018 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Louisville. 2018: 36 catches, 550 receiving yards, 1 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Louisville, 2,505 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 183 yds at North Carolina.North Carolina · W 47-352017

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Louisville

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2017

Bobby Petrino

Louisville

2018

Lorenzo Ward

Louisville

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bobby Petrino → Lorenzo Ward. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Louisville8-5HC: Bobby Petrino · Run-leaning

2016Louisville9-4HC: Bobby Petrino · Run-leaning

2017Louisville8-5HC: Bobby Petrino · Balanced

2018Louisville2-10HC: Lorenzo Ward · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (22nd percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#143 / 550 · 73rd pct

15.3

Rec yards#184 / 550 · 67th pct

550

Receptions#215 / 550 · 61st pct

Long catch#331 / 550 · 39th pct

Rec TDs#384 / 550 · 22nd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.7	58.9	16.2	0.1
Road5g	2.0	27.6	15.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	38.0	16.8	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	56.8	14.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Louisville	36	550	15.3	1	--
2017	Louisville	60	980	16.3	7	--
2016	Louisville	27	599	22.2	6	--
2015	Louisville	29	376	13.0	1	--
Career		152	2,505	16.5	15	--

Season	Team
2018	Louisville	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Louisville	--	--	--	3	--
2016	Louisville	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Louisville	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	--	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 31–7

vs Indiana State

2 rec · 38 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 24-point win at home against Indiana State.

With M. King — 46 AVG · 64 LONG · 6 NO · M. Cunningham — 75 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.5 · 54 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-51@ Alabama	1	22	22.0	0	22
Wk 2	W 31-7vs Indiana State	2	38	19.0	1	34
Wk 3	W 20-17vs Western Kentucky	3	38	12.7	0	31
Wk 4	L 3-27@ Virginia	2	26	13.0	0	15
Wk 5	L 24-28vs Florida State	5	100	20.0	0	42
Wk 6	L 31-66vs Georgia Tech	3	42	14.0	0	16
Wk 7	L 20-38@ Boston College	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 9	L 35-56vs Wake Forest	8	107	13.4	0	25	Season-high 107 yds
Wk 10	L 16-77@ Clemson	5	63	12.6	0	18
Wk 11	L 23-54@ Syracuse	2	27	13.5	0	22
Wk 12	L 10-52vs NC State	3	56	18.7	0	29
Wk 13	L 10-56vs Kentucky	2	31	15.5	0	20
Total		36	550	15.9	1	42

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