Receiver, Liberty (from West Virginia), 2020–⁠25

Reese Smith

Number
No. 6
Height
5′10″
Weight
205 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Danville, KY

Reese Smith played receiver at West Virginia (2020–⁠22) and Liberty (2023–⁠25).

Career highs

6catches, career hightwice; last vs. Maine, 202580receiving yards, career highvs. East Carolina, 20243receiving touchdowns, career highvs. East Carolina, 2024

Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2023

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2020West Virginia1012312.3039
2021West Virginia1212410.3120
2022West Virginia1920510.8130
2024Liberty1827715.4444
2025Liberty232099.1123
Career8293811.4744

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2022West Virginia1120480
2024Liberty–––120
2025Liberty–––10300
Career112015400

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksPDHur
2020West Virginia210000
2021West Virginia430000
2022West Virginia110000
Career750000

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. 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
2020West Virginia6WRYr 1
2021West Virginia6WRYr 2
2022West Virginia6WRYr 3
2023Liberty6WRYr 4
2024Liberty6WRYr 5
2025Liberty6WRSr. (Yr 6)5′10″205

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
2020West Virginia160.61––9.8–
2021West Virginia130.96––12.5–
2022West Virginia220.57––12.53%
2024Liberty231.25––28.85%
2025Liberty330.3127th (n=1040)0.4610.24%

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

2025 Liberty 10 games, 23 catches, 209 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30vs.MaineW 28–⁠76461––1
Sep 6atJacksonville StateL 24–⁠342120––2
Sep 13atBowling GreenL 13–⁠234600–––
Sep 27atOld DominionL 7–⁠21100––1
Oct 8atUTEPW 19–⁠8110––4
Oct 14vs.New Mexico StateW 30–⁠27–––––1
Nov 1vs.DelawareW 59–⁠30130–––
Nov 8vs.Missouri StateL 17–⁠214620––1
Nov 15atFlorida InternationalL 27–⁠34290–––
Nov 29vs.Kennesaw StateL 42–⁠482160–––
2024 Liberty 7 games, 18 catches, 277 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 7atNew Mexico StateW 30–⁠242230–––
Sep 14vs.UTEPW 28–⁠101280–––
Sep 21vs.East CarolinaW 35–⁠246803–––
Oct 8vs.Florida InternationalW 31–⁠244680––1
Nov 23vs.Western KentuckyW 38–⁠211160–––
Nov 29atSam HoustonL 18–⁠203260–––
Jan 4 ✦vs.BuffaloL 7–⁠261361–––
2022 West Virginia 11 games, 19 catches, 205 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1atPittsburghL 31–⁠3821001121
Sep 10vs.KansasL 42–⁠55110––1
Sep 17vs.TowsonW 65–⁠73350––1
Sep 22atVirginia TechW 33–⁠101270––1
Oct 1atTexasL 20–⁠383210–––
Oct 13vs.BaylorW 43–⁠401300–––
Oct 22atTexas TechL 10–⁠481110–––
Oct 29vs.TCUL 31–⁠413361–––
Nov 5atIowa StateL 14–⁠312280–––
Nov 12vs.OklahomaW 23–⁠20150–––
Nov 19vs.Kansas StateL 31–⁠48110–––
2021 West Virginia 7 games, 12 catches, 124 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 18vs.Virginia TechW 27–⁠21150–––
Oct 9atBaylorL 20–⁠45––––––
Oct 23atTCUW 29–⁠171110–––
Nov 6vs.Oklahoma StateL 3–⁠242210–––
Nov 13atKansas StateL 17–⁠342201–––
Nov 20vs.TexasW 31–⁠232290–––
Dec 28 ✦vs.MinnesotaL 6–⁠184380–––
2020 West Virginia 7 games, 10 catches, 123 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 12vs.Eastern KentuckyW 56–⁠104320–––
Sep 26atOklahoma StateL 13–⁠27190–––
Oct 3vs.BaylorW 27–⁠21––––––
Oct 17vs.KansasW 38–⁠172500–––
Oct 24atTexas TechL 27–⁠34190–––
Oct 31vs.Kansas StateW 37–⁠102230–––
Dec 5atIowa StateL 6–⁠42––––––

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

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