Former wide receiver at South Carolina. 2020: 55 catches, 621 receiving yards, 4 TD.
5′10″ · 190 lb · Union, SC
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 228 nationally · Signed with South Carolina
Statement game11 rec · 156 yds · 1 TDat Tennessee (FBS) · L 21-41
Top 1% catches game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at South Carolina. 2020: 55 catches, 621 receiving yards, 4 TD.
Shi Smith
Fourth year in the South Carolina receiving corps, same address the whole way. The receipt: 140 rec yds, 10 receptions against Tennessee — Week 4, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at South Carolina, 2,192 receiving yards — drafted at #204 overall by Carolina.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Will Muschamp.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
CarolinaEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Will Muschamp — 22-26 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: receptions (94th percentile). Strength: rec yards (86th percentile). Concern: long catch (28th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.5 | 72.2 | 10.4 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 5.8 | 66.4 | 15.8 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 8.0 | 83.8 | 11.9 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.6 | 57.2 | 14.6 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | South Carolina | 55 | 621 | 11.3 | 4 | -- |
| 2019 | South Carolina | 43 | 489 | 11.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | South Carolina | 45 | 673 | 15.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2017 | South Carolina | 29 | 409 | 14.1 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 172 | 2,192 | 12.7 | 13 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | South Carolina | 6 | 6 | 47 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | South Carolina | 3 | 8 | 263 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | South Carolina | -- | -- | 62 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | South Carolina | -- | -- | 76 | -- | -- |
| Career | 9 | 14 | 448 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2020
W 30–22
vs Auburn
8 rec · 76 yds · 1 TD
With K. Kroeger — 48 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 53 LONG · K. Harris — 83 rush yds (25 car) · 2 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 27-31vs Tennessee | 10 | 140 | 14.0 | 1 | 29 | Season-high 140 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 24-38@ Florida | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-7@ Vanderbilt | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-22vs Auburn | 8 | 76 | 9.5 | 1 | 32 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-52@ LSU | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-48vs Texas A&M | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 11 | L 42-59@ Ole Miss | 10 | 117 | 11.7 | 1 | 36 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-17vs Missouri | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 14 | L 18-41@ Kentucky | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 55 | 621 | 13.4 | 4 | 36 |