Receiver, Ohio State, 2013–⁠16

Corey Smith

Number
No. 5
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Akron, OH

Corey Smith played receiver at Ohio State (2013–⁠16).

Team titles: National champions, 2014; Big Ten champions, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Ohio State2025512.8050
2015Ohio State56212.4022
2016Ohio State6345.7018
Career3135111.3050

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Ohio State5WR
2014Ohio State5WR
2015Ohio State5WR
2016Ohio State5WR6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2014Ohio State330.125th (n=496)0.524.04%
2015Ohio State90.38––3.4–
2016Ohio State70.01––0.1–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Ohio State 4 games, 6 catches, 34 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Bowling GreenW 77–⁠10–––––
Nov 5vs.NebraskaW 62–⁠33206–
Nov 12atMarylandW 62–⁠31505–
Dec 31 ✦vs.ClemsonL 0–⁠31227018–
2015 Ohio State 4 games, 5 catches, 62 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 12vs.Hawai’iW 38–⁠01808–
Sep 19vs.Northern IllinoisW 20–⁠131707–
Sep 26vs.Western MichiganW 38–⁠12225016–
Oct 3atIndianaW 34–⁠27122022–
2014 Ohio State 11 games, 20 catches, 255 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 6vs.Virginia TechL 21–⁠35123023–
Sep 13vs.Kent StateW 66–⁠0222012–
Sep 27vs.CincinnatiW 50–⁠28117017–
Oct 4atMarylandW 52–⁠24444025–
Oct 18vs.RutgersW 56–⁠171707–
Nov 15atMinnesotaW 31–⁠242002–
Nov 22vs.IndianaW 42–⁠271303–
Nov 29vs.MichiganW 42–⁠28328016–
Dec 6vs.WisconsinW 59–⁠0230021–
Jan 1 ✦vs.AlabamaW 42–⁠351505–
Jan 12 ✦vs.OregonW 42–⁠202760503

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2017
Height6′0¼″
Weight183 lb
Arm length30⅝″
Hand size9⅛″
40-yard dash4.71 s
Vertical jump35″
Broad jump9′9″
3-cone drill7.28 s
20-yard shuttle4.23 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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