Kaden Smith in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Stanford, 2016–⁠18

Kaden Smith

Number
No. 82
Height
6′5″
Weight
253 lb
Class (2018)
Junior
Hometown
Flower Mound, TX
Born
Apr 24, 1997, in Atlanta, Georgia

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Kaden Smith played tight end at Stanford (2016–⁠18). The San Francisco 49ers took Smith in round 6, No. 176 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
635
Receiving yards, 2018 (Stanford, 9–⁠4)
Drafted
No. 176
Round 6, 2019 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

Career highs

9catches, career highvs. Washington State, 2018120receiving yards, career highvs. Utah, 20182receiving touchdowns, career highvs. USC, 2017

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2017Stanford2341418.0554
2018Stanford4763513.5236
Career701,04915.0754

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2016Stanford82TEFr.
2017Stanford82TESo.
2018Stanford82TEJr.6′5″253

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
2017Stanford351.1899th (n=507)0.5241.45%
2018Stanford630.8186th (n=497)0.5351.211%

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

2018 Stanford 9 games, 47 catches, 635 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31vs.San Diego StateW 31–⁠10218013
Sep 8vs.USCW 17–⁠3477026
Sep 15vs.UC DavisW 30–⁠10668018
Sep 22atOregonW 38–⁠31695024
Sep 29atNotre DameL 17–⁠381404
Oct 6vs.UtahL 21–⁠408120026
Oct 27vs.Washington StateL 38–⁠419112136
Nov 3atWashingtonL 23–⁠278107135
Nov 10vs.Oregon StateW 48–⁠17334018
2017 Stanford 11 games, 23 catches, 414 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 26vs.RiceW 62–⁠7455128
Sep 9atUSCL 24–⁠42225018
Sep 23vs.UCLAW 58–⁠34120020
Sep 30vs.Arizona StateW 34–⁠24122022
Oct 7atUtahW 23–⁠20257054
Oct 14vs.OregonW 49–⁠7110010
Oct 26atOregon StateW 15–⁠14237025
Nov 18vs.CaliforniaW 17–⁠14343117
Nov 25vs.Notre DameW 38–⁠20365126
Dec 1vs.USCL 28–⁠31480228
Dec 28 ✦vs.TCUL 37–⁠39––––

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2019Combine or pro day 2019
Height6′5″
Weight255 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size9⅝″
40-yard dash4.92 s
10-yard split1.68 s
Vertical jump32″
Broad jump9′0″
Bench press15 reps
3-cone drill7.08 s
20-yard shuttle4.47 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

3 seasons, 26 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Football Team.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2019New York Giants7312683
2020New York Giants15181120
2021New York Giants43330
NFL career26524133

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2024UFLDC Defenders

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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