CFB Zeitgeist Score
69
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 78th percentile.
Yannick Smith
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
583 REC YDS · 44 REC · 5 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to SMU
2025East Carolina
2026SMU
WR · EAST CAROLINA · AMERICAN ATHLETIC
Yannick Smith
- 2
- #1
- 6-3 | 207 lb
- Summerville, SC
Heisman Heat
#4387
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP WR AWARD
Biletnikoff
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
East Carolina
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#8 in market ▼ from #6 · 4 books
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-star | 0.8711 | No. 885 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | East Carolina -> SMU | 4-star | 0.9200 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to —
Composite
0.8711
#885 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Yannick Smith
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
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Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- National · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Yannick Smith
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
13.3
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #203 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 62nd
Why it matters
#203 of 531 All FBS WRs at 13.3 yards per reception (44 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 13.3 (62th)
HIGH · n=44 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#156 / 531
- Receiving TDs#98 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 4 vs BYU — 146 ypr
Result L 13-34
The week the volume broke through — put up 146 yds vs BYU.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 10g
583Rec yards
44Receptions
5Rec TDs
Per game
58.3Rec yards
4Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
757.9Rec yards
57Receptions
6Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 583): needs 39/game over remaining 3.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 583): needs 139/game over remaining 3.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 44): needs 5.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 44): needs 12/game over remaining 3.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 1/game over remaining 3.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 1.7/game over remaining 3.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Yannick Smith's story is about how role and output meet each other. For East Carolina, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
44 86th
YDS
583 85th
YPR
13.3 62nd
TD
5 91st
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-24@ NC State | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-3vs Campbell | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-0@ Coastal Carolina | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 2 | 11 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 4 | L 13-34vs BYU | 9 | 146 | 16.2 | 0 | 38 | Season-high 146 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 28-6vs Army | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 7 | L 19-26@ Tulane | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-27vs Tulsa | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-14@ Temple | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 2 | 59 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 11 | W 48-22vs Charlotte | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-27vs Memphis | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 39 | |
| Total | 44 | 583 | 12.5 | 5 | 59 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2025East Carolina9-4HC: Blake Harrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | East Carolina | 44 | 583 | 13.2 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 44 | 583 | 13.2 | 5 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 44 | #153/1110 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 583 | #162/1107 | 85th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 5 | #96/1111 | 91st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 13.3 | #420/1106 | 62nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 13.8% | #287/1137 | 75th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 59 | #184/1105 | 83rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 9.6% | #256/1137 | 78th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 7.4% | #432/1137 | 62nd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 6.4% | #324/1137 | 72nd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 6.1% | #284/1137 | 75th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 5.6% | #442/1137 | 61st pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 5.5% | #372/1137 | 67th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 63.7 | 13.1 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 50.2 | 11.4 | 1.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 3.9 | 51.6 | 12.7 | 0.7 |
| Losses3g | 5.7 | 74.0 | 11.9 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.8 | 61.7 | 12.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 53.2 | 12.6 | 0.8 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
69Solid starter
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Yannick SmithEast CarolinaJordan HudsonSMU· 87% simQue'Sean BrownDuke· 86% simKyre DuplessisDelaware· 86% sim
Rec TDs
Receptions
Rec yards
Long catch
Yards / catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Joseph Manjack’s 2023 season.
Joseph Manjack
82%match
#2
Ian Strong
81%
#3
Jason Brownlee
75%
#4
Jared Wayne
79%
#5
Kaden Prather
NFL Rd 7
78%
Matches Joseph on
Weight
Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate
Differs from Joseph on
Class year (lower)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kyndon Fuselier’s path through Lamar.
Kyndon Fuselier
97%match
#2
Jacob Harris
97%
#3
Cam Camper
96%
#4
Lujuan Winningham
96%
#5
Jalen Kelsey
94%
Matches Kyndon on
Yards per reception
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Bryce Ford-Wheaton's sophomore season at West Virginia (2021).
Bryce Ford-Wheaton
74%match
#2
Neil Pau'u
76%
#3
Terrell Anderson
74%
#4
Chase Roberts
74%
#5
John Neider
73%
Matches Bryce on
Reception volume
Yards / reception
Differs from Bryce on
Class year (lower)
Weight (lower)
TD rate (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Pass share
44.5%
440 pass / 548 run
Plays / game
76.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.7%
343 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Blake Harrell
East Carolina
Played his entire career under Blake Harrell.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownSummerville, SC
Height6'3"
Weight207 lb
Class2
PositionWR
Jersey1
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamEast Carolina
ConferenceAmerican Athletic
Joined2025
Career arc2 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | East Carolina | WR2 | #4387 | #4345 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | American Athletic |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | East Carolina | American Athletic | WR | 2 | No. 1 | 6-3 | 207 lb | Summerville, SC |
| 2024 | East Carolina | American Athletic | WR | 2 | No. 1 | 6-3 | 207 lb | Summerville, SC |