Reese Smith

Senior wide receiver for Liberty. 2025: 23 catches, 209 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Liberty · Sr. · #6

5′10″ · 205 lb · Danville, KY

CFB Index 29 · #423 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Liberty for 2026

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Catch rate: 83rd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

209

receiving yards · 2025

23 catches · 1 TD · 9.1 per catch

Best game: 6 rec, 46 yds, 1 TD, vs Maine

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Liberty. 2025: 23 catches, 209 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boyle County in 2020.
Transferred from West Virginia to Liberty in 2023.

His career, year by year

Reese Smith

WR · Liberty · Sr · #6

Moves the chains on third down. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Neal Brown and Jamey Chadwell. In 2024 the league put his name on paper for the first time: Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 62 rec yds, 4 receptions against Missouri State — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020West Virginia6-4HC: Neal Brown · Balanced, fast tempo

2021West Virginia6-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2022West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2024Liberty8-4HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2025Liberty4-8HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

29Below cohort / limited sample #423 of 485?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (83rd percentile). Concern: explosive rate (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#138 / 798 · 83rd pct

77.8%

TD rate#254 / 798 · 67th pct

3.7%

EPA / target#268 / 798 · 66th pct

0.52

Yards / catch#628 / 798 · 21st pct

9.0

Explosive rate#700 / 798 · 12th pct

3.7%

Box-score rates (6)

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Receptions#373 / 558 · 32nd pct

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct

Rec yards#451 / 558 · 19th pct

209

Yards / catch#501 / 558 · 10th pct

9.1

Long catch#518 / 558 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

86th → 66th percentile

Explosive rate

41st → 12th percentile

Catch rate

12th → 83rd percentile

TD rate

98th → 67th percentile

Yards / catch

83rd → 21st 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

44%12 of his 27 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.6	25.4	8.6	0.2
Road5g	2.0	16.4	5.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	23.8	5.9	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	18.0	7.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

29 · #423 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #423 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #46 of 52 Conference USA WRs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Liberty	23	209	9.1	1	--
2024	Liberty	18	277	15.4	4	--
2022	West Virginia	19	205	10.8	1	--
2021	West Virginia	12	124	10.3	1	--
2020	West Virginia	10	123	12.3	0	--
Career		82	938	11.4	7	--

Season	Team
2025	Liberty	--	--	--	30	--
2024	Liberty	--	--	--	2	--
2022	West Virginia	--	--	12	8	--
2021	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
2020	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	12	40	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 28–7

vs Maine

6 rec · 46 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 21-point win at home against Maine.

With E. Vasko — 197 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 39.7 · 63 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · M. Morgan — 36 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 46 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Missouri State · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +3.11(04:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 E.Vasko pass complete short middle to #6 R.Smith caught at LU42, for 23 yards to the MOST43 (#2 A.Smith), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Maine · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.95Ethan Vasko pass complete to Reese Smith for 11 yds to the ME 45 for a 1ST down Maine Penalty, Personal Foul (Chris Bacon) to the ME 30 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Maine · 1&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.42Ethan Vasko pass complete to Reese Smith for 9 yds for a TD (Jay Billingsley KICK)
Week 11 · Missouri State · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.18(00:24) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 E.Vasko pass complete short middle to #6 R.Smith caught at MOST32, for 14 yards to the MOST24 (#9 D.Dixson), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Maine · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +1.99Ethan Vasko pass complete to Reese Smith for 6 yds to the LIB 45 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Bowling Green · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +1.93Ethan Vasko pass complete to Reese Smith for 18 yds to the LIB 38 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Bowling Green · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.26Ethan Vasko pass complete to Reese Smith for 9 yds to the BGSU 47
Week 1 · Maine · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -1.16Ethan Vasko pass complete to Reese Smith for no gain to the LIB 45
Week 11 · Missouri State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +1.10(05:41) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 E.Vasko pass complete short right to #6 R.Smith caught at LU16, for 12 yards to the LU24 (#29 C.Ford), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Bowling Green · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +1.06Ethan Vasko pass complete to Reese Smith for 16 yds to the BGSU 16 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-7vs Maine	6	46	7.7	1	11
Wk 2	L 24-34@ Jacksonville State	2	12	6.0	0	6
Wk 3	L 13-23@ Bowling Green	4	60	15.0	0	18
Wk 5	L 7-21@ Old Dominion	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 7	W 19-8@ UTEP	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 8	W 30-27vs New Mexico State	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 10	W 59-30vs Delaware	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 11	L 17-21vs Missouri State	4	62	15.5	0	23	Season-high 62 yds
Wk 12	L 27-34@ Florida International	2	9	4.5	0	5
Wk 14	L 42-48vs Kennesaw State	2	16	8.0	0	11
Total		23	209	6.7	1	23