Jonnu Smith

TE · Florida International 2016 · #87

Last confirmed: Florida International, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′3″ · Ocala, FL · West Port

Jonnu Smith: TE · Florida International · #87.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Kennard BackmanUAB · 2014 · 91% season match
Giovanni RicciWestern Michigan · 2018 · 88% season match
Donnie ErnsbergerWestern Michigan · 2017 · 87% season match
Stephen AndersonCalifornia · 2015 · 84% season match
Keith RuckerGeorgia State · 2016 · 82% season match

Jonnu Smith

TE · Florida International · #87

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has three seasons of production at Florida International behind him. A game that shows it: 83 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Indiana — Week 1, 2016.

How he plays

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Florida International	42	506	12.0	4
2015	Florida International	36	397	11.0	4
2014	Florida International	61	710	11.6	8
Career		139	1,613	11.6	16

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-34vs Indiana	8	83	10.4	0	25	Season-high 83 yds
Wk 2	L 14-41vs Maryland	5	70	14.0	0	32
Wk 3	L 13-21@ Massachusetts	3	23	7.7	0	12
Wk 4	L 14-53vs UCF	2	13	6.5	0	11
Wk 5	W 33-31vs Florida Atlantic	4	59	14.8	0	40
Wk 6	W 35-21@ UTEP	3	25	8.3	0	21
Wk 7	W 27-26@ Charlotte	3	12	4.0	1	9
Wk 8	L 24-44vs Louisiana Tech	5	81	16.2	1	22
Wk 9	L 35-42vs Middle Tennessee	6	75	12.5	1	27
Wk 12	W 31-14vs Marshall	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 13	L 28-42@ Old Dominion	2	50	25.0	1	36
Total		42	506	12.0	4	40

Signature game

Week 8 · 2016

L 24-44

vs Louisiana Tech

5 rec · 81 yds · 1 TD

With A. McGough — 281 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 36.1 · A. Gardner — 61 rush yds (13 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Florida Atlantic · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +4.14Alex McGough pass complete to Jonnu Smith for 40 yds to the FlAtl 34 for a
Week 13 · Old Dominion · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +3.15Maurice Alexander pass complete to Jonnu Smith for 36 yds for a TD, (Austin Taylor KICK)
Week 8 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.80Alex McGough pass complete to Jonnu Smith for 17 yds for a TD, (Austin Taylor KICK)
Week 9 · Middle Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.74Alex McGough pass complete to Jonnu Smith for 27 yds for a TD, (Austin Taylor KICK)
Week 7 · Charlotte · 1st and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Alex McGough pass complete to Jonnu Smith for 9 yds for a TD, (Austin Taylor KICK)
Week 2 · Maryland · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.36Maurice Alexander pass complete to Jonnu Smith for 32 yds to the FlaIn 44 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · Old Dominion · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.15Christian Alexander pass complete to Jonnu Smith for 14 yds to the ODU 35 for a
Week 8 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.04Alex McGough pass complete to Jonnu Smith for 22 yds to the LaTch 30 for a
Week 4 · UCF · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +1.93Maurice Alexander pass complete to Jonnu Smith for 11 yds to the FlaIn 35 for a
Week 9 · Middle Tennessee · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +1.88Alex McGough pass complete to Jonnu Smith for 13 yds to the FlaIn 37 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Ron Turner — 13-23 over that span.

2014Florida International4-8HC: Ron Turner · Run-leaning

2015Florida International5-7HC: Ron Turner · Balanced

2016Florida International4-8HC: Ron Turner · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (84th percentile). Strength: rec yards (81st percentile). Concern: rush yards (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#172 / 674 · 75th pct

7.0%

Catch rate#180 / 674 · 73rd pct

73.7%

EPA / target#226 / 674 · 67th pct

0.62

Explosive rate#230 / 674 · 66th pct

14.0%

Yards / catch#360 / 674 · 47th pct

12.0

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#15 / 96 · 84th pct

Rec yards#19 / 96 · 81st pct

506

Rec TDs#20 / 96 · 72nd pct

Long catch#42 / 96 · 57th pct

Yards / catch#45 / 96 · 53rd pct

12.0

Rush TDs#1 / 9 · 50th pct

Rush yards#7 / 9 · 28th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

19th → 67th percentile

Explosive rate

24th → 66th percentile

Catch rate

44th → 73rd percentile

TD rate

79th → 75th percentile

Yards / catch

36th → 47th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.4	56.6	12.8	0.3
Road4g	2.8	27.5	11.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	40.7	9.4	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	3.5	55.2	17.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Ron Turner

Pass share

49.1%

407 pass / 422 run

Plays / game

69.1

12 games

Team sack rate

6.9%

452 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

42 catches and 1 carry in 11 games, more catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

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Jonnu Smith

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Four seasons at Florida International, drafted

His moves

2013

2017