Senior tight end for Colorado. 2024: 9 catches, 68 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′3″ · 265 lb · Burien, WA
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 30 nationally · Signed with Washington
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Colorado. 2024: 9 catches, 68 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Sav'ell Smalls
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Jimmy Lake, Kalen DeBoer and Deion Sanders. One game to point at: 13 rec yds, 1 receptions against Colorado State — Week 3, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Karl Dorrell, Mike Sanford Jr., and Deion Sanders. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 1.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.0 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.0 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deion Sanders
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Colorado | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Colorado | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Washington | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Washington | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Washington | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 10-28@ Nebraska | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-9@ Colorado State | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | Season-high 13 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 38-31vs Baylor | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 5 | W 48-21@ UCF | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-7@ Arizona | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-27@ Texas Tech | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-24vs Utah | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-37@ Kansas | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bowl | L 14-36vs BYU | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 1 | 13 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Colorado
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Colorado
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Colorado · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #39 · 2026 recruiting class #67
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jerome Jackson’s 2022 season.
Matches Jerome on
Differs from Jerome on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Tanner Arkin's graduate season at Illinois (2025).
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Player DNA