Marcus Smith

TE · North Texas 2015 · #18

Last confirmed: North Texas, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′4″ · San Antonio, TX · Warren

Marcus Smith: TE · North Texas · #18.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Sam LaPortaIowa · 2020 · 87% season match
Hayden PlinkeUTEP · 2015 · 85% season match
Henry Krieger-CobleIowa · 2015 · 83% season match
Akil Dan-FodioFlorida International · 2015 · 80% season match
Ryan CardenTexas State · 2015 · 78% season match

Marcus Smith

TE · North Texas · #18

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. A 2-star signing who has since put two seasons on the field at North Texas. One game to point at: 46 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Tennessee — Week 11, 2015.

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.

North Texas in the news

North Texas QB eligibility questionedFort Worth Star-Telegram Oct 20
$1.02M donation to UNT athleticsUniversity of North Texas Athletics Oct 20
Former North Texas HS standout dies after injuryCBS News Oct 16
North Texas alumni asked to contribute to athletic fundOct 14

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	North Texas	29	261	9.0	0
2014	North Texas	15	238	15.9	6
Career		44	499	11.3	6

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 13-31@ SMU	2	18	9.0	9
Wk 3	L 24-38vs Rice	3	27	9.0	11
Wk 4	L 16-62@ Iowa	3	22	7.3	9
Wk 6	L 7-66vs Portland State	3	39	13.0	17
Wk 7	L 28-55vs Western Kentucky	3	38	12.7	24
Wk 8	L 13-30@ Marshall	4	23	5.8	8
Wk 10	L 13-56@ Louisiana Tech	4	37	9.3	13
Wk 11	L 0-24@ Tennessee	5	46	9.2	15	Season-high 46 yds
Wk 12	L 7-41@ Middle Tennessee	1	8	8.0	8
Wk 13	L 17-20vs UTEP	1	3	3.0	3
Total		29	261	9.0	24

Signature game

Week 11 · 2015

L 0-24

at Tennessee

5 rec · 46 yds

With E. Keena — 4 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · D. Smith — 103 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 16.2

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Portland State · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.74Josh Greer pass complete to Marcus Smith for 13 yds to the NoTex 46 for a
Week 2 · SMU · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Andrew McNulty pass complete to Marcus Smith for 9 yds to the SMU 39 for a
Week 10 · Louisiana Tech · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.96DaMarcus Smith pass complete to Marcus Smith for 11 yds to the NoTex 39 for a
Week 7 · Western Kentucky · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +1.87DaMarcus Smith pass complete to Marcus Smith for 12 yds to the NoTex 34 for a
Week 2 · SMU · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +1.83Andrew McNulty pass complete to Marcus Smith for 9 yds to the NoTex 35 for a
Week 8 · Marshall · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +1.79DaMarcus Smith pass complete to Marcus Smith for 8 yds to the NoTex 36 for a

4 more plays

Week 10 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +1.41DaMarcus Smith pass complete to Marcus Smith for 13 yds to the LaTch 31 for a
Week 3 · Rice · 3rd and 1 · Q1 · EPA +1.34Andrew McNulty pass complete to Marcus Smith for 8 yds to the NoTex 37 for a
Week 11 · Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.22DaMarcus Smith pass complete to Marcus Smith for 15 yds to the NoTex 37 for a
Week 11 · Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.21DaMarcus Smith pass complete to Marcus Smith for 13 yds to the 50 yard line for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Dan McCarney — 5-19 over that span.

2014North Texas4-8HC: Dan McCarney · Run-leaning

2015North Texas1-11HC: Dan McCarney · Balanced

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

Concern: explosive rate (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#569 / 684 · 17th pct

9.0

EPA / target#599 / 684 · 12th pct

0.18

TD rate#553 / 684 · 10th pct

0.0%

Catch rate#649 / 684 · 5th pct

50.9%

Explosive rate#655 / 684 · 4th pct

1.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#28 / 119 · 77th pct

Rec yards#51 / 119 · 58th pct

261

Yards / catch#100 / 119 · 16th pct

9.0

Long catch#100 / 119 · 15th pct

Rec TDs#101 / 119 · 8th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

2015 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	2.5	26.8	9.4	0.0
Road6g	3.2	25.7	8.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	28.8	10.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	23.4	7.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Dan McCarney

Pass share

48.6%

407 pass / 431 run

Plays / game

69.8

12 games

Team sack rate

5.8%

429 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

29 catches in 10 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Marcus Smith

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

North Texas in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

29 catches in 10 games

Five seasons at North Texas

His moves

2011