Receiver, Marshall (from Penn State), 2009–⁠13

Devon Smith

Number
No. 11
Height
5′7″
Hometown
White Plains, MD

Devon Smith played receiver at Penn State (2009–⁠11) and Marshall (2012–⁠13).

Career highs

7catches, career highat Tulsa, 2013114receiving yards, career highat Tulsa, 2013

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2009Penn State4307.5018
2010*Penn State2736313.4148
2011*Penn State2540216.1271
2013Marshall3965316.7458
Career951,44815.2771

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2009Penn State5910–––
2010*Penn State3830201550
2011*Penn State44203110
2013Marshall–––273811
Career122160505471

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2009Penn State4338.3018
2010*Penn State15422.8019
2011*Penn State620.306
2013Marshall177.007
Career26843.2019

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. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Penn State11WR
2010Penn State11WR
2011Penn State11WR
2012Marshall11WR
2013Marshall11WR5′7″

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
2013Marshall431.0380th (n=341)0.8144.55%

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 Marshall 13 games, 39 catches, 653 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31vs.Miami (OH)W 52–⁠143751––7
Sep 7vs.Gardner-WebbW 55–⁠02290––2
Sep 14atOhioL 31–⁠344780–––
Sep 21atVirginia TechL 21–⁠294681––3
Oct 5vs.UTSAW 34–⁠104690––2
Oct 12atFlorida AtlanticW 24–⁠233500––1
Oct 24atMiddle TennesseeL 49–⁠51–––––3
Nov 2vs.Southern MissW 61–⁠132640––2
Nov 14atTulsaW 45–⁠3471141––1
Nov 23atFlorida InternationalW 48–⁠10–––––1
Nov 29vs.East CarolinaW 59–⁠282280––1
Dec 7vs.RiceL 24–⁠413241––1
Dec 27 ✦vs.MarylandW 31–⁠205540––3
2011 Penn State 12 games, 25 catches, 402 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.Indiana StateW 41–⁠7–––––2
Sep 10vs.AlabamaL 11–⁠27–––223–
Sep 17atTempleW 14–⁠102110117–
Sep 24vs.Eastern MichiganW 34–⁠631041–––
Oct 1atIndianaW 16–⁠102170–––
Oct 8vs.IowaW 13–⁠3121012–
Oct 15vs.PurdueW 23–⁠182340––1
Oct 22atNorthwesternW 34–⁠2461101–––
Oct 29vs.IllinoisW 10–⁠73170–––
Nov 12vs.NebraskaL 14–⁠172190–––
Nov 26atWisconsinL 7–⁠452200–––
Jan 2 ✦vs.HoustonL 14–⁠302490–––
2010 Penn State 13 games, 27 catches, 363 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 4vs.Youngstown StateW 44–⁠141270––1
Sep 11atAlabamaL 3–⁠245470––1
Sep 18vs.Kent StateW 24–⁠03611––1
Sep 25vs.TempleW 22–⁠13220––2
Oct 2atIowaL 3–⁠245580––3
Oct 9vs.IllinoisL 13–⁠33130––1
Oct 23atMinnesotaW 33–⁠2132401382
Oct 30vs.MichiganW 41–⁠312500––1
Nov 6vs.NorthwesternW 35–⁠21190––2
Nov 13atOhio StateL 14–⁠38–––––1
Nov 20vs.IndianaW 41–⁠242560––3
Nov 27vs.Michigan StateL 22–⁠2822601221
Jan 1 ✦vs.FloridaL 24–⁠37–––1231
2009 Penn State 6 games, 5 returns, 91 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 5vs.AkronW 31–⁠72250243–
Sep 12vs.SyracuseW 28–⁠7140119–
Sep 19vs.TempleW 31–⁠6–––112–
Sep 26vs.IowaL 10–⁠21110117–
Oct 10vs.Eastern IllinoisW 52–⁠3––––––
Oct 17vs.MinnesotaW 20–⁠0––––––

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

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