Sebastian Smith

Wide receiver for Ohio. 2016: 56 catches, 905 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Ohio · #6

6′3″ · Columbus, OH

Ohio 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 674 nationally · Signed with Ohio

Statement game9 rec · 156 ydsat Tennessee (FBS) · L 19-28

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 wide receiver for Ohio. 2016: 56 catches, 905 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ohio in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ohio, 2,065 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2012

Signed with Ohio3-star out of Pickerington Central

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#674 national

CFB

College

Ohio

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Frank Solich

Ohio

Played his entire career under Frank Solich.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Frank Solich, all run-leaning offenses — 22-17 over that span.

2014Ohio6-6HC: Frank Solich · Run-leaning

2015Ohio8-5HC: Frank Solich · Run-leaning

2016Ohio8-6HC: Frank Solich · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (90th percentile). Strength: receptions (83rd percentile). Concern: rush yards (26th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#55 / 524 · 90th pct

905

Receptions#88 / 524 · 83rd pct

Yards / catch#97 / 524 · 81st pct

16.2

Rec TDs#154 / 524 · 67th pct

Long catch#226 / 524 · 56th pct

Rush TDs#56 / 257 · 39th pct

Rush yards#188 / 257 · 26th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.6	67.0	14.1	0.4
Road6g	4.0	72.7	17.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.9	76.0	14.6	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	62.2	16.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Ohio	56	905	16.2	4	--
2015	Ohio	64	775	12.1	7	--
2014	Ohio	31	385	12.4	2	--
Career		151	2,065	13.7	13	--

Season	Team
2016	Ohio	1	5	--	--	--
2015	Ohio	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Ohio	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2016

W 31–26

at Toledo

4 rec · 90 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With M. Farkas — 34 AVG · 45 LONG · 7 NO · D. Brown — 212 rush yds (29 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 54-56vs Texas State	3	33	11.0	0	15
Wk 3	L 19-28@ Tennessee	9	156	17.3	0	42	Season-high 156 yds
Wk 4	W 37-21vs Gardner-Webb	6	108	18.0	2	48	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 17-7@ Miami (OH)	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 6	W 30-24vs Bowling Green	5	72	14.4	1	28
Wk 7	L 20-27vs Eastern Michigan	8	123	15.4	0	35
Wk 8	W 14-10@ Kent State	4	58	14.5	0	34
Wk 9	W 31-26@ Toledo	4	90	22.5	1	33
Wk 10	W 34-10vs Buffalo	3	51	17.0	0	33
Wk 12	L 20-27@ Central Michigan	4	92	23.0	0	53
Wk 13	W 9-3vs Akron	3	30	10.0	0	17
Wk 14	L 23-29vs Western Michigan	4	52	13.0	0	18
Bowl	L 23-28@ Troy	2	28	14.0	0	22
Total		56	905	15.5	4	53

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