Kaden Smith

TE · Stanford 2018 · #82

Last confirmed: Stanford, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′5″ · 253 lb · Flower Mound, TX · Flower Mound Marcus

Kaden Smith: TE · Stanford · #82.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Hayden HurstSouth Carolina · 2017 · 82% season match
Hunter HenryArkansas · 2015 · 80% season match
Adam BrenemanMassachusetts · 2017 · 74% season match
Pat FreiermuthPenn State · 2018 · 65% season match
Colby ParkinsonStanford · 2018 · 48% season match

Kaden Smith

TE · Stanford · Jr · #82

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. This is his second year in the same receiving corps at Stanford. One game to point at: 120 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Utah — Week 6, 2018.

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
2018	Stanford	47	635	13.5	2
2017	Stanford	23	414	18.0	5
Career		70	1,049	15.0	7

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-10vs San Diego State	2	18	9.0	0	13
Wk 2	W 17-3vs No. 17 USC	4	77	19.3	0	26
Wk 3	W 30-10vs UC Davis	6	68	11.3	0	18
Wk 4	W 38-31@ No. 20 Oregon	6	95	15.8	0	24
Wk 5	L 17-38@ No. 8 Notre Dame	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 6	L 21-40vs Utah	8	120	15.0	0	26	Season-high 120 yds
Wk 9	L 38-41vs No. 14 Washington State	9	112	12.4	1	36
Wk 10	L 23-27@ Washington	8	107	13.4	1	35
Wk 11	W 48-17vs Oregon State	3	34	11.3	0	18
Total		47	635	13.5	2	36

Signature game

Week 10 · 2018

L 23-27

at Washington

8 rec · 107 yds · 1 TD

With K. Costello — 347 yds · 2 TD · 3 INT · J. Bailey — 44 yards per punt · 3 punts · 50 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · USC · 3rd and 23 · Q3 · EPA +4.03K.J. Costello pass complete to Kaden Smith for 25 yds to the USC 19 for a
Week 10 · Washington · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.56K.J. Costello pass complete to Kaden Smith for 27 yds to the Wash 32 for a
Week 4 · Oregon · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.23K.J. Costello pass complete to Kaden Smith for 24 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 6 · Utah · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +3.10K.J. Costello pass complete to Kaden Smith for 22 yds to the Utah 38 for a
Week 11 · Oregon State · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.10K.J. Costello pass complete to Kaden Smith for 18 yds to the OrgSt 34 for a
Week 10 · Washington · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.04K.J. Costello pass complete to Kaden Smith for 14 yds for a TD (Collin Riccitelli KICK)

4 more plays

Week 3 · UC Davis · 4th and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.77K.J. Costello pass complete to Kaden Smith for 11 yds to the UCDav 25 for a
Week 9 · Washington State · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.48K.J. Costello pass complete to Kaden Smith for 10 yds for a TD (Jet Toner KICK)
Week 9 · Washington State · 1st and 15 · Q2 · EPA +2.45K.J. Costello pass complete to Kaden Smith for 20 yds to the Stanf 49 for a
Week 2 · USC · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.45K.J. Costello pass complete to Kaden Smith for 22 yds to the Stanf 40 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under David Shaw — 18-9 over that span.

2017Stanford9-5HC: David Shaw · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Stanford9-4HC: David Shaw · Balanced, slow tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (93rd percentile). Strength: epa / target (85th percentile). Concern: td rate (29th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#49 / 702 · 93rd pct

22.2%

EPA / target#105 / 702 · 85th pct

0.81

Catch rate#201 / 702 · 71st pct

74.6%

Yards / catch#265 / 702 · 62nd pct

13.5

TD rate#496 / 702 · 29th pct

3.2%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#8 / 109 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#9 / 109 · 92nd pct

635

Yards / catch#30 / 109 · 73rd pct

13.5

Long catch#54 / 109 · 49th pct

Rec TDs#44 / 109 · 44th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

94th → 85th percentile

Explosive rate

96th → 93rd percentile

Catch rate

31st → 71st percentile

TD rate

67th → 29th percentile

Yards / catch

91st → 62nd 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

2018 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.3	71.5	13.0	0.2
Road3g	5.0	68.7	11.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	63.7	12.4	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	6.7	84.3	12.4	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

David Shaw

Pass share

52.5%

420 pass / 380 run

Plays / game

61.5

13 games

Team sack rate

5.3%

456 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

47 catches in 9 games

More catches a game than nearly every FBS tight end who plays every week.

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Kaden 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

47 catches in 9 games

Three seasons at Stanford, drafted

His moves

2016

2019