Noah Smith

Former wide receiver at Sam Houston. 2024: 40 catches, 313 receiving yards.

WR · Sam Houston · Sr. · #6

5′11″ · 190 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 39 · #299 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceSam Houston 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at Sam Houston. 2024: 40 catches, 313 receiving yards.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Sam Houston, 1,095 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 115 yds at Louisiana Tech.Louisiana Tech · W 42-272023

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Sam Houston

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under K.C. Keeler — 13-12 over that span.

2023Sam Houston3-9HC: K.C. Keeler · Balanced

2024Sam Houston10-3HC: K.C. Keeler · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

39Below cohort / limited sample #299 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (90th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#445 / 610 · 27th pct

84.4%

EPA / target#504 / 610 · 17th pct

0.55

Yards / catch#545 / 610 · 11th pct

7.9

TD rate#522 / 610 · 7th pct

0.0%

Explosive rate#583 / 610 · 4th pct

2.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#30 / 299 · 90th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Receptions#177 / 541 · 67th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rec yards#352 / 541 · 35th pct

313

Rec TDs#469 / 541 · 7th pct

Long catch#518 / 541 · 4th pct

Yards / catch#532 / 541 · 2nd pct

7.8

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

29th → 17th percentile

Explosive rate

43rd → 4th percentile

Catch rate

52nd → 27th percentile

TD rate

55th → 7th percentile

Yards / catch

23rd → 11th percentile

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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.3	31.3	6.7	0.0
Road5g	2.8	25.0	7.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	19.7	6.8	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	5.2	43.8	7.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Phil Longo

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #299 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Sam Houston	40	313	7.8	0	--
2023	Sam Houston	79	782	9.9	6	--
Career		119	1,095	9.2	6	--

Season	Team
2024	Sam Houston	13	81	--	--	--
2023	Sam Houston	27	106	--	24	--
Career		40	187	--	24	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2024

W 40–39

vs Texas State

31 rush yds (3 car)

Edged out Texas State at home in a shootout.

With H. Watson — 95 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 44.3 · 105 rush yds (27 car) · 2 TD · J. Cardell — 44 AVG · 52 LONG · 3 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · UCF · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.15Noah Smith pass complete to Simeon Evans for 64 yds for a TD (Christian Pavon KICK)
Week 14 · Liberty · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.03Hunter Watson pass complete to Noah Smith for 13 yds to the LIB 47 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Louisiana Tech · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.80Hunter Watson pass complete to Noah Smith for 22 yds to the LT 41 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · UTEP · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.06Hunter Watson pass complete to Noah Smith for 19 yds to the SHSU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Texas State · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.00Hunter Watson pass complete to Noah Smith for 11 yds to the SHSU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Jacksonville State · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +1.89Hunter Watson pass complete to Noah Smith for 9 yds to the SHSU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Texas State · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.83Noah Smith run for 10 yds to the TXST 1 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · UCF · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +1.82Hunter Watson pass complete to Noah Smith for 5 yds to the UCF 48 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · UTEP · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +1.80Hunter Watson pass complete to Noah Smith for 13 yds to the SHSU 34 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Liberty · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.69Hunter Watson pass complete to Noah Smith for 9 yds to the LIB 44 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-14@ Rice	2	11	5.5	9
Wk 2	L 14-45@ UCF	1	5	5.0	5
Wk 3	W 31-13vs Hawai'i	2	3	1.5	4
Wk 4	W 31-11vs New Mexico State	4	38	9.5	13
Wk 5	W 40-39vs Texas State	2	16	8.0	11
Wk 6	W 41-21@ UTEP	3	37	12.3	19
Wk 10	W 9-3vs Louisiana Tech	6	47	7.8	22
Wk 12	W 23-17@ Kennesaw State	2	7	3.5	6
Wk 13	L 11-21@ Jacksonville State	6	65	10.8	17	Season-high 65 yds
Wk 14	W 20-18vs Liberty	7	56	8.0	13
Bowl	W 31-26vs Georgia Southern	5	28	5.6	9
Total		40	313	7.0	22

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

Noah Smith

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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