Reese Smith

#6 · WR · Sr. · Liberty5′10″ · 205 lb · Danville, KY · Boyle County

Reese Smith is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Liberty.

Smith moves the chains on third down. The five seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Neal Brown and Jamey Chadwell. The first career honor came in 2024: Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 62 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Missouri State — Week 11, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

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

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Jayden HarrisonNotre Dame · 2024 · 88% season match
Xavier RestrepoMiami · 2022 · 86% season match
Jamoi MayesCincinnati · 2024 · 78% season match
Brandon SandersRutgers · 2021 · 77% season match
Jake BaileySMU · 2024 · 74% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Liberty	23	209	9.1	1	23
2024	Liberty	18	277	15.4	4	44
2022	West Virginia	19	205	10.8	1	30
2021	West Virginia	12	124	10.3	1	20
2020	West Virginia	10	123	12.3	0	39
Career		82	938	11.4	7	44

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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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	9.1	1	23

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 — 36.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 4 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Missouri State · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +3.11Vasko to Smith: a 23-yard pass.
Week 1 · Maine · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.95Ethan Vasko pass complete to Reese Smith for 11 yds to the ME 45 for a Maine Penalty, Personal Foul (Chris Bacon) to the ME 30 for a
Week 1 · Maine · 1st and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.42Ethan Vasko pass complete to Reese Smith for 9 yds for a TD (Jay Billingsley KICK)
Week 11 · Missouri State · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.18Vasko to Smith: a 14-yard pass.
Week 1 · Maine · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +1.99Ethan Vasko pass complete to Reese Smith for 6 yds to the LIB 45 for a
Week 3 · Bowling Green · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +1.93Ethan Vasko pass complete to Reese Smith for 18 yds to the LIB 38 for a

4 more plays

Week 3 · Bowling Green · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.26Ethan Vasko pass complete to Reese Smith for 9 yds to the BGSU 47
Week 1 · Maine · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −1.16Ethan Vasko pass complete to Reese Smith for no gain to the LIB 45
Week 11 · Missouri State · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.10Vasko to Smith: a 12-yard pass.
Week 3 · Bowling Green · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +1.06Ethan Vasko pass complete to Reese Smith for 16 yds to the BGSU 16 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

23 rec · 209 yds · 1 TD

22 of 23 receptions matched to play-by-play

14 of 33 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

3312% of team targets

Catch rate

67%22 of 33 targets

Short · 0–9 air yds

79% of targets (11)

82%catch rate

Air 4.5 · YAC 4.7 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

21% of targets (3)

0%catch rate

Air 15.7 avg

67% catch rate on 33 targets · 12% of the team's targets.

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%

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 29 (#423 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

29Below cohort / limited sample #423 of 485 · 2025?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2025. 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

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

2025 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

Pass share

38.7%

314 pass / 498 run

Plays / game

67.7

12 games

Team sack rate

6.2%

341 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

23 catches in 10 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

29 · #423 of 485 WRs · 2025

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 base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).