Former wide receiver at Louisiana. 2024: 12 catches, 168 receiving yards, 4 TD.
6′3″ · 213 lb · Hattiesburg, MS
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 210 nationally · Joined Louisiana
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Louisiana. 2024: 12 catches, 168 receiving yards, 4 TD.
Tavion Smith
Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Second year in the Louisiana receiving corps, same address the whole way. The receipt: 63 rec yds, 2 receptions against Grambling — Week 1, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Louisiana, 192 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Michael Desormeaux, all run-leaning offenses — 16-11 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (2nd percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 28.8 | 16.7 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 8.0 | 4.3 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 17.2 | 9.8 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 27.3 | 15.8 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Michael Desormeaux
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.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #434 at the position.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-10vs Grambling | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 1 | 56 | Season-high 63 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 34-10@ Kennesaw State | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | L 33-41vs Tulane | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-38@ Wake Forest | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-24vs App State | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 13 | W 51-30vs Troy | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 1 | 38 | |
| Wk 14 | W 37-23@ UL Monroe | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 15 | L 3-31vs Marshall | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Total | 12 | 168 | 12.1 | 4 | 56 |
Play style
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to John Stephens’s 2021 season.
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As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Brycen Tremayne's sophomore season at Stanford (2021).
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