DeAndre Smelter, 2014
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Receiver, Georgia Tech, to 2014

DeAndre Smelter

Number
No. 15
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Macon, GA
Born
Dec 3, 1991, in Macon, Georgia

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DeAndre Smelter played receiver at Georgia Tech (to 2014). The San Francisco 49ers took Smelter in round 4, No. 132 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
715
Receiving yards, 2014 (Georgia Tech, 11–⁠3)
Drafted
No. 132
Round 4, 2015 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

Career highs

132receiving yards, best game on filevs. Wofford, 20142receiving touchdowns, best game on filethree times; last vs. Wofford, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Georgia Tech2134516.4442
2014Georgia Tech3571520.4771
On file (2013–⁠14)561,06018.91171

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2013Georgia Tech5650111240

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Georgia Tech15WR
2014Georgia Tech15WR6′3″

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
2013Georgia Tech211.14––24.03%
2014Georgia Tech601.2199th (n=496)0.5272.68%

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

2014 Georgia Tech 10 games, 35 catches, 715 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30vs.WoffordW 38–⁠1951322–––
Sep 13vs.Georgia SouthernW 42–⁠3841061–––
Sep 20atVirginia TechW 27–⁠2451011–––
Oct 11vs.DukeL 25–⁠312210–––
Oct 18atNorth CarolinaL 43–⁠482581–––
Oct 25atPittsburghW 56–⁠282440–––
Nov 1vs.VirginiaW 35–⁠1041071–––
Nov 8atNC StateW 56–⁠233250–––
Nov 15vs.ClemsonW 28–⁠65771–––
Nov 29atGeorgiaW 30–⁠243440–––
2013 Georgia Tech 12 games, 21 catches, 345 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 14atDukeW 38–⁠143472–––
Sep 21vs.North CarolinaW 28–⁠203530–––
Sep 26vs.Virginia TechL 10–⁠173760–––
Oct 5atMiamiL 30–⁠452903461
Oct 12atBYUL 20–⁠383260––1
Oct 19vs.SyracuseW 56–⁠0–––––4
Oct 26atVirginiaW 35–⁠252370–––
Nov 2vs.PittsburghW 21–⁠103640––2
Nov 14atClemsonL 31–⁠55–––2191
Nov 23vs.Alabama A&MW 66–⁠7–––––1
Nov 30vs.GeorgiaL 34–⁠412332–––
Dec 30 ✦vs.Ole MissL 17–⁠25–––––1

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height6′2⅛″
Weight226 lb
Arm length32⅝″
Hand size11″
40-yard dash4.58 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

1 season, 1 game with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2016San Francisco 49ers11230

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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