Turner Smiley

Wide receiver for North Texas. 2017: 34 catches, 615 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · North Texas · #1

6′0″ · 193 lb · Frisco, TX

North Texas 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 wide receiver for North Texas. 2017: 34 catches, 615 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to North Texas in 2013.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 3101 nationally · Signed with North Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at North Texas, 1,454 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 162 yds vs Southern Miss.Southern Miss · W 29-232016

2013

Signed with North Texas2-star out of Wakeland

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3101 national

CFB

College

North Texas

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014–2015

Dan McCarney

North Texas

2016–2017

Seth Littrell

North Texas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dan McCarney → Seth Littrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014North Texas4-8HC: Dan McCarney · Run-leaning

2015North Texas1-11HC: Dan McCarney · Balanced

2016North Texas5-8HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2017North Texas9-5HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (90th percentile). Strength: long catch (90th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / catch#55 / 539 · 90th pct

18.1

Long catch#53 / 539 · 90th pct

Rec TDs#112 / 539 · 76th pct

Rec yards#145 / 539 · 73rd pct

615

Receptions#229 / 539 · 57th pct

Rush yards#137 / 283 · 51st pct

Fumbles lost#64 / 223 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	2.5	54.0	21.6	1.0
Road7g	3.4	57.0	18.7	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	53.8	22.9	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	57.7	17.2	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	North Texas	34	615	18.1	5	--
2016	North Texas	33	389	11.8	2	--
2015	North Texas	25	255	10.2	1	--
2014	North Texas	14	195	13.9	1	--
Career		106	1,454	13.7	9	--

Season	Team
2017	North Texas	2	14	--	3	--
2016	North Texas	--	--	64	97	--
2015	North Texas	1	10	15	--	--
2014	North Texas	2	13	--	--	--
Career		5	37	79	100	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2017

W 46–43

vs UAB

1 rec · 22 yds · 1 TD

Edged out UAB at home in a shootout.

With M. Fine — 261 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.8 · 18 rush yds (7 car) · J. Wilson — 211 rush yds (26 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 32-54@ SMU	4	84	21.0	0	45
Wk 3	L 14-31@ Iowa	4	74	18.5	0	41
Wk 4	W 46-43vs UAB	1	22	22.0	1	22
Wk 5	W 43-28@ Southern Miss	1	41	41.0	0	41
Wk 8	L 31-69@ Florida Atlantic	2	15	7.5	0	9
Wk 9	W 45-38vs Old Dominion	2	23	11.5	0	15
Wk 10	W 24-23@ Louisiana Tech	3	21	7.0	0	9
Wk 12	W 52-49vs Army	3	123	41.0	2	68	Season-high 123 yds
Wk 13	W 30-14@ Rice	6	59	9.8	0	14
Wk 14	L 17-41@ Florida Atlantic	4	105	26.3	1	77
Bowl	L 30-50vs Troy	4	48	12.0	1	17
Total		34	615	19.8	5	77

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