Smoke Harris

Senior wide receiver for Louisiana Tech. 2023: 83 catches, 796 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Louisiana Tech · Sr. · #6

5′7″ · 183 lb · Saint Francisville, LA

CFB Index 72 · #71 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamLouisiana Tech 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

APB recruit

No. 1571 nationally · Signed with Louisiana Tech

Statement game11 rec · 155 yds · 1 TDvs Florida International (FBS) · W 22-17

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Louisiana Tech. 2023: 83 catches, 796 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisiana Tech in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Louisiana Tech, 2,903 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20183 games

Signed with Louisiana Tech3-star out of West Feliciana

20207 games

The role got bigger.

All-Conference USAsecond

202112 games

All-Conference USAsecond

202212 games

All-Conference USAfirst

202312 games

All-Conference USAfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1571 national

CFB

College

Louisiana Tech

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

15 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM

All-Conference USA 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

2 coaches

2018–2021

Skip Holtz

Louisiana Tech

2022–2023

Sonny Cumbie

Louisiana Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Skip Holtz → Sonny Cumbie. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Louisiana Tech8-5HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2019Louisiana Tech10-3HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2020Louisiana Tech5-5HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2022Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Sonny Cumbie · Balanced

2023Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Sonny Cumbie · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

72Quality starter #71 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (83rd percentile). Strength: receptions (96th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#108 / 639 · 83rd pct

93.2%

TD rate#369 / 639 · 42nd pct

4.5%

Explosive rate#403 / 639 · 37th pct

11.4%

EPA / target#427 / 639 · 33rd pct

0.59

Yards / catch#514 / 639 · 20th pct

9.8

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#20 / 566 · 96th pct

Rec yards#75 / 566 · 87th pct

796

Long catch#132 / 566 · 76th pct

Rec TDs#146 / 566 · 69th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Rush yards#226 / 294 · 21st pct

Yards / catch#500 / 566 · 12th pct

9.6

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

27th → 33rd percentile

Explosive rate

43rd → 37th percentile

Catch rate

58th → 83rd percentile

TD rate

47th → 42nd percentile

Yards / catch

22nd → 20th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.3	67.7	10.0	0.5
Road6g	7.5	65.0	8.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	7.4	76.8	9.6	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	6.0	45.5	8.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Cumbie

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #71 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #71 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Louisiana Tech	83	796	9.6	4	--
2022	Louisiana Tech	65	635	9.8	5	--
2021	Louisiana Tech	71	756	10.6	6	--
2020	Louisiana Tech	39	304	7.8	4	--
2019	Louisiana Tech	47	348	7.4	2	--
2018	Louisiana Tech	2	64	32.0	2	--
Career		307	2,903	9.5	23	--

Season	Team
2023	Louisiana Tech	9	1	160	234	1
2022	Louisiana Tech	8	-1	539	253	--
2021	Louisiana Tech	2	4	--	195	--
2020	Louisiana Tech	5	30	--	139	--
2019	Louisiana Tech	11	61	233	38	--
2018	Louisiana Tech	--	--	117	-3	--
Career		35	95	1,049	856	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 51–21

vs Northwestern State

7 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 30-point win at home against Northwestern State.

With K. Willis — 188 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · B. Ochsendorf — 32 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 41 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Florida International · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.15Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Smoke Harris for 64 yds for a TD, (Jacob Barnes KICK)
Week 10 · Liberty · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.17Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Smoke Harris for 42 yds to the LIB 33 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · North Texas · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.15Jack Turner pass complete to Smoke Harris for 36 yds for a TD (Buck Buchanan KICK)
Week 4 · Nebraska · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Jack Turner pass complete to Smoke Harris for 35 yds to the LT 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Florida International · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Smoke Harris for 12 yds to the FIU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · North Texas · 2&18 · Q3 · EPA +2.66Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Smoke Harris for 17 yds to the UNT 35
Week 3 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.60Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Smoke Harris for 19 yds for a TD (Jacob Barnes KICK)
Week 1 · SMU · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Smoke Harris for 19 yds to the LT 45 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Florida International · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.45Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Smoke Harris for 12 yds to the FIU 32 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Middle Tennessee · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.41Jack Turner pass complete to Smoke Harris for 15 yds to the MTSU 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 22-17vs Florida International	11	155	14.1	1	64	Season-high 155 yds
Wk 1	L 14-38@ SMU	7	47	6.7	0	22	Season-high 155 yds
Wk 2	W 51-21vs Northwestern State	2	9	4.5	0	13
Wk 3	L 37-40vs North Texas	4	77	19.3	2	36	2 TD catches
Wk 4	L 14-28@ Nebraska	10	73	7.3	0	35
Wk 5	W 24-10@ UTEP	3	7	2.3	0	4
Wk 6	L 28-35vs Western Kentucky	11	117	10.6	0	35
Wk 7	L 23-31@ Middle Tennessee	11	129	11.7	0	23
Wk 9	L 24-27vs New Mexico State	3	23	7.7	0	9
Wk 10	L 30-56@ Liberty	5	73	14.6	1	42
Wk 11	L 27-42vs Sam Houston	7	25	3.6	0	9
Wk 12	L 17-56@ Jacksonville State	9	61	6.8	0	17
Total		83	796	9.1	4	64

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

Smoke Harris

20183 games

20207 games

202112 games

202212 games

202312 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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