Senior tight end for Boise State. 2023: 11 catches, 113 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′5″ · 236 lb · Saint Augustine, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
PRO recruit
No. 1097 nationally · Signed with Boise State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Boise State. 2023: 11 catches, 113 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Riley Smith
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Riley Smith has been at Boise State through three head coaches in five seasons. The receipt: 32 rec yds, 1 receptions against UNLV — Week 14, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Boise State, 568 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Bryan Harsin, Andy Avalos, and Spencer Danielson. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 11.2 | 7.4 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 25.7 | 18.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Spencer Danielson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Boise State | 11 | 113 | 10.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Boise State | 25 | 214 | 8.6 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Boise State | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Boise State | 15 | 155 | 10.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Boise State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 59 | 568 | 9.6 | 4 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023
W 42–18
vs North Dakota
1 rec · 17 yds
Dominant 24-point win at home against North Dakota.
With T. Green — 188 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 60.2 · 35 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · J. Ferguson-Reynolds — 51 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 54 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 16-18vs UCF | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-18vs North Dakota | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-31@ San Diego State | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-27vs San José State | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | L 30-31@ Colorado State | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 9 | W 32-7vs Wyoming | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-19vs Air Force | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 25 | Season-high 32 yds |
| Wk 14 | W 44-20@ UNLV | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 32 | |
| Bowl | L 22-35vs UCLA | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 113 | 10.1 | 1 | 32 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Isaiah Spencer’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to TJ Banks's graduate season at Akron (2023).
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Player DNA