#18

Marcus Smith

Tight end for North Texas. 2015: 29 catches, 261 receiving yards.

TE · North Texas · #18

6′4″ · San Antonio, TX

North Texas 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 1795 nationally · Signed with North Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2015 tight end for North Texas. 2015: 29 catches, 261 receiving yards.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to North Texas in 2011.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at North Texas, 499 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 46 yds at Tennessee.Tennessee · L 0-242015

2011

Signed with North Texas2-star out of Warren

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#1795 national

CFB

College

North Texas

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Dan McCarney — 5-19 over that span.

2014North Texas4-8HC: Dan McCarney · Run-leaning

2015North Texas1-11HC: Dan McCarney · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (8th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#28 / 119 · 77th pct

Rec yards#51 / 119 · 58th pct

261

Yards / catch#100 / 119 · 16th pct

9.0

Long catch#100 / 119 · 15th pct

Rec TDs#101 / 119 · 8th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	2.5	26.8	9.4	0.0
Road6g	3.2	25.7	8.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	28.8	10.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	23.4	7.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	North Texas	29	261	9.0	0	--
2014	North Texas	15	238	15.9	6	--
Career		44	499	11.3	6	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 13-31@ SMU	2	18	9.0	9
Wk 3	L 24-38vs Rice	3	27	9.0	11
Wk 4	L 16-62@ Iowa	3	22	7.3	9
Wk 6	L 7-66vs Portland State	3	39	13.0	17
Wk 7	L 28-55vs Western Kentucky	3	38	12.7	24
Wk 8	L 13-30@ Marshall	4	23	5.8	8
Wk 10	L 13-56@ Louisiana Tech	4	37	9.3	13
Wk 11	L 0-24@ Tennessee	5	46	9.2	15	Season-high 46 yds
Wk 12	L 7-41@ Middle Tennessee	1	8	8.0	8
Wk 13	L 17-20vs UTEP	1	3	3.0	3
Total		29	261	8.6	24

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