Receiver, UCLA (from Purdue, San José State), 2024–⁠26

Leland Smith

Number
No. 0
Height
6′4″
Weight
218 lb
Class (2026)
Senior
Hometown
Houston, TX

Leland Smith plays receiver for UCLA, after Purdue (2024) and San José State (2025). Last time out, against Wisconsin: 1 tackles.

2026 so far

4 catches, 79 yards

Last game: 1 tackles vs. Wisconsin, W 17–⁠7

Next game: vs. Michigan State, Oct 24

Game by game this season, receiving yards
  1. 59PUR
  2. 20@ORE

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Career highs

9catches, career highvs. Air Force, 2025144receiving yards, career highvs. Air Force, 2025

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2024Purdue67212.0231
2025San José State4369516.2345
2026UCLA47919.8027
Career5384616.0545

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2024Purdue0WRSo.
2025San José State0WRJr.
2026UCLA0WRSr.6′4″218

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
2024Purdue61.17––7.0–
2025San José State800.3737th (n=1040)0.4629.610%
2026UCLA51.69––8.5–

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

2026 UCLA 3 games, 4 catches, 79 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 19vs.PurdueW 52–⁠38359027
Oct 10atOregonW 17–⁠15120020
Oct 17vs.WisconsinW 17–⁠7––––
2025 San José State 11 games, 43 catches, 695 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 29vs.Central MichiganL 14–⁠16250139
Sep 20vs.IdahoW 31–⁠2821709
Sep 27atStanfordL 29–⁠306101037
Oct 3vs.New MexicoW 35–⁠28661116
Oct 11atWyomingL 28–⁠35448019
Oct 17atUtah StateL 25–⁠304116145
Nov 1vs.Hawai’iW 45–⁠384113042
Nov 8vs.Air ForceL 16–⁠269144036
Nov 15atNevadaL 10–⁠5521108
Nov 22atSan Diego StateL 3–⁠25328011
Nov 29vs.Fresno StateL 14–⁠411606
2024 Purdue 6 games, 6 catches, 72 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31vs.Indiana StateW 49–⁠0247131
Sep 14vs.Notre DameL 7–⁠661000
Sep 21atOregon StateL 21–⁠381505
Sep 28vs.NebraskaL 10–⁠28115115
Nov 2vs.NorthwesternL 20–⁠26––––
Nov 30atIndianaL 0–⁠661505

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

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