Receiver, Sam Houston, 2019–⁠24

Noah Smith

Number
No. 6
Height
5′11″
Weight
190 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Houston, TX

Noah Smith played receiver at Sam Houston (2019–⁠24).

Career highs

13catches, career highat Liberty, 2023115receiving yards, career hightwice; last at Western Kentucky, 20232receiving touchdowns, career highat New Mexico State, 2023

Team titles: WAC champions, 2021

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Sam Houston1616010.0121
2023Sam Houston797829.9642
2024Sam Houston403137.8022
Career1351,2559.3742

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2022Sam Houston8253.105
2023Sam Houston271063.9225
2024Sam Houston13816.2017
Career482124.4225

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2022Sam Houston2350–––
2023Sam Houston–––7240
Career23507240

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.PosClassHtWt
2022Sam Houston6WRSo.
2023Sam Houston6WRJr.
2024Sam Houston6WRSr.5′11″190

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
2022Sam Houston (FCS)380.144th (n=683)0.715.114%
2023Sam Houston1240.4311th (n=681)0.8053.016%
2024Sam Houston510.548th (n=581)0.9227.48%

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

2024 Sam Houston 11 games, 40 catches, 313 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31atRiceW 34–⁠14211096
Sep 7atUCFL 14–⁠451505–
Sep 14vs.Hawai’iW 31–⁠1323044
Sep 21vs.New Mexico StateW 31–⁠1143801317
Sep 28vs.Texas StateW 40–⁠3921601131
Oct 3atUTEPW 41–⁠213370199
Oct 29vs.Louisiana TechW 9–⁠3647022–
Nov 16atKennesaw StateW 23–⁠172706−1
Nov 23atJacksonville StateL 11–⁠216650177
Nov 29vs.LibertyW 20–⁠187560132
Dec 19 ✦vs.Georgia SouthernW 31–⁠26528096
2023 Sam Houston 12 games, 79 catches, 782 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2atBYUL 0–⁠143440245
Sep 9vs.Air ForceL 3–⁠13312013–
Sep 23atHoustonL 7–⁠3813034
Sep 28vs.Jacksonville StateL 28–⁠3510971229
Oct 5atLibertyL 16–⁠211397025−2
Oct 11atNew Mexico StateL 13–⁠278552167
Oct 18vs.Florida InternationalL 27–⁠3399112140
Oct 25vs.UTEPL 34–⁠3776703017
Nov 4vs.Kennesaw StateW 24–⁠2177813113
Nov 11atLouisiana TechW 42–⁠2761150386
Nov 18atWestern KentuckyL 23–⁠28101151427
Nov 25vs.Middle TennesseeW 23–⁠202804–
2022 Sam Houston 4 games, 16 catches, 160 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3atTexas A&ML 0–⁠314350123
Sep 10vs.Northern ArizonaL 3–⁠103180193
Oct 1vs.Stephen F. AustinW 17–⁠16571121–
Oct 15atEastern KentuckyW 25–⁠1743601819

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

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