Smoke Harris

#6 · WR · Sr. · Louisiana Tech5′7″ · 183 lb · Saint Francisville, LA · West Feliciana

Smoke Harris: WR · Louisiana Tech · #6.

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Smoke Harris

WR · Louisiana Tech · Sr · #6

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for two head coaches in six seasons at Louisiana Tech. Named All-Conference USA four seasons running, most recently in 2023. A game that shows it: 155 receiving yards and 11 receptions against Florida International — Week 1, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	Louisiana Tech	83	796	9.6	4	64
2022	Louisiana Tech	65	635	9.8	5	74
2021	Louisiana Tech	71	756	10.6	6	47
2020	Louisiana Tech	39	304	7.8	4	66
2019	Louisiana Tech	47	348	7.4	2	27
2018	Louisiana Tech	2	64	32.0	2	34
Career		307	2,903	9.5	23	74

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 22-17vs Florida International	11	155	14.1	1	64	155-yard receiving day
Wk 1	L 14-38@ SMU	7	47	6.7	0	22	155-yard receiving day
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	9.6	4	64

Signature game

Week 10 · 2023

L 30-56

at Liberty

5 rec · 73 yds · 1 TD

With H. Bachmeier — 304 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.4 · 32 rush yds (9 car) · B. Ochsendorf — 43.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Florida International · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +5.15Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Smoke Harris for 64 yds for a TD, (Jacob Barnes KICK)
Week 10 · Liberty · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.17Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Smoke Harris for 42 yds to the LIB 33 for a
Week 3 · North Texas · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +3.15Jack Turner pass complete to Smoke Harris for 36 yds for a TD (Buck Buchanan KICK)
Week 4 · Nebraska · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Jack Turner pass complete to Smoke Harris for 35 yds to the LT 48 for a
Week 1 · Florida International · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Smoke Harris for 12 yds to the FIU 40 for a
Week 3 · North Texas · 2nd and 18 · Q3 · EPA +2.66Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Smoke Harris for 17 yds to the UNT 35

4 more plays

Week 3 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.60Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Smoke Harris for 19 yds for a TD (Jacob Barnes KICK)
Week 1 · SMU · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Smoke Harris for 19 yds to the LT 45 for a
Week 1 · Florida International · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.45Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Smoke Harris for 12 yds to the FIU 32 for a
Week 7 · Middle Tennessee · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.41Jack Turner pass complete to Smoke Harris for 15 yds to the MTSU 45 for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 72 (#71 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

72Quality starter #71 of 497 · 2023?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2023. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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

2023 season

Head Coach

Sonny Cumbie

Pass share

52.8%

422 pass / 377 run

Plays / game

66.6

12 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

428 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

72 · #71 of 497 WRs · 2023

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

Smoke Harris

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Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Six seasons at Louisiana Tech

2018 3 games

2020 7 games

2021 12 games

2022 12 games

2023 12 games