Receiver, Notre Dame, 2010–⁠13

Daniel Smith

Number
No. 87
Height
6′4″
Hometown
South Bend, IN

Daniel Smith played receiver at Notre Dame (2010–⁠13).

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012*Notre Dame7476.7011
2013*Notre Dame199.009
Career8567.0011

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Notre Dame87WR
2011Notre Dame87WR
2012Notre Dame87WR
2013Notre Dame87WR6′4″

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
2013Notre Dame11.36––1.4–

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

2013 Notre Dame 1 game, 1 catch, 9 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 21vs.Michigan StateW 17–⁠131909
2012 Notre Dame 6 games, 7 catches, 47 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1vs.NavyW 50–⁠101101
Sep 8vs.PurdueW 20–⁠17214011
Sep 15atMichigan StateW 20–⁠31909
Oct 13vs.StanfordW 20–⁠131808
Nov 3vs.PittsburghW 29–⁠261505
Nov 17vs.Wake ForestW 38–⁠0110010

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

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