Kaleb Smith

#80 · WR · Sr. · Virginia Tech6′2″ · 222 lb · Bumpass, VA

Kaleb Smith: WR · Virginia Tech · #80.

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Kaleb Smith

WR · Virginia Tech · Sr · #80

Beats you over the top. Played for three head coaches at Virginia Tech: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price and Brent Pry. The first career honor came in 2022: ACC Receiver Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 152 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Pittsburgh — Week 6, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

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

Virginia Tech in the news

ACC team to play bowl game in San JuanThe Roanoke Times Oct 23
Clemson vs. Virginia Tech depth charts releasedTigerNet Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Virginia Tech	37	674	18.2	3	85
2021	Virginia Tech	20	260	13.0	2	34
2020	Virginia Tech	8	90	11.2	1	32
2019	Virginia Tech	9	121	13.4	1	25
Career		74	1,145	15.5	7	85

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-20@ Old Dominion	3	45	15.0	0	39
Wk 2	W 27-10vs Boston College	3	50	16.7	1	43
Wk 3	W 27-7vs Wofford	2	36	18.0	0	19
Wk 4	L 10-33vs West Virginia	5	70	14.0	1	28
Wk 5	L 10-41@ North Carolina	3	49	16.3	0	34
Wk 6	L 29-45@ Pittsburgh	9	152	16.9	0	37	Season-high 152 yds
Wk 7	L 14-20vs Miami	3	26	8.7	0	10
Wk 9	L 21-22@ No. 24 NC State	3	141	47.0	1	85	141-yard receiving day
Wk 10	L 27-28vs Georgia Tech	4	78	19.5	0	26
Wk 11	L 7-24@ Duke	1	22	22.0	0	22
Wk 12	W 23-22@ Liberty	1	5	5.0	0	5
Total		37	674	18.2	3	85

Signature game

Week 9 · 2022

L 21-22

at NC State

3 rec · 141 yds · 1 TD

With P. Moore — 39.9 yards per punt · 9 punts · 1 inside the 20 · G. Wells — 243 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.5 · 17 rush yds (11 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · NC State · 1st and 15 · Q3 · EPA +6.98Wells to Smith: an 85-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · NC State · 2nd and 16 · Q3 · EPA +4.33Grant Wells pass complete to Kaleb Smith for 50 yds to the NCSt 21 for a
Week 2 · Boston College · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.91Grant Wells pass complete to Kaleb Smith for 43 yds to the BC 35 for a
Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Grant Wells pass complete to Kaleb Smith for 30 yds to the Pitt 38 for a
Week 4 · West Virginia · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.28Grant Wells pass complete to Kaleb Smith for 28 yds for a TD, (William Ross KICK)
Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.92Grant Wells pass complete to Kaleb Smith for 11 yds to the Pitt 38 for a PITTSBURGH Penalty, Roughing the Passer on WILTZ, Tylar enforced (Tylar Wiltz) to the Pitt 47 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · Boston College · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Wells to Smith: a 2-yard touchdown pass.
Week 4 · West Virginia · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.41Grant Wells pass complete to Kaleb Smith for 8 yds to the VTech 46 for a
Week 4 · West Virginia · 3rd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +2.37Grant Wells pass complete to Kaleb Smith for 17 yds to the WVirg 40 for a
Week 1 · Old Dominion · 2nd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +2.31Grant Wells pass complete to Kaleb Smith for 39 yds to the ODU 21 for a

Teams and coaches

2019Virginia Tech8-5HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2020Virginia Tech5-6HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2021Virginia Tech6-7HC: Justin Fuente and J.C. Price · Run-heavy

2022Virginia Tech3-8HC: Brent Pry · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 57 (#151 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

57Quality starter #151 of 488 · 2022?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (94th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (86th percentile). Concern: catch rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#39 / 636 · 94th pct

17.4

Explosive rate#89 / 636 · 86th pct

21.6%

EPA / target#189 / 636 · 70th pct

0.84

TD rate#337 / 636 · 47th pct

5.9%

Catch rate#503 / 636 · 21st pct

68.6%

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#8 / 550 · 99th pct

Yards / catch#39 / 550 · 93rd pct

18.2

Rec yards#119 / 550 · 78th pct

674

Receptions#213 / 550 · 60th pct

Rec TDs#216 / 550 · 54th pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

92nd → 70th percentile

Explosive rate

71st → 86th percentile

Catch rate

48th → 21st percentile

TD rate

68th → 47th percentile

Yards / catch

63rd → 94th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. 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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.4	52.0	15.4	0.4
Road6g	3.3	69.0	20.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	61.1	15.1	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	61.5	23.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Brent Pry

Pass share

47.8%

346 pass / 378 run

Plays / game

65.8

11 games

Team sack rate

8.6%

360 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

37 catches in 11 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

57 · #151 of 488 WRs · 2022

Kaleb Smith

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Style of play

Fans

Virginia Tech in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

37 catches in 11 games

Four seasons at Virginia Tech