Turner Smiley

WR · North Texas 2017 · #1

Last confirmed: North Texas, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′0″ · 193 lb · Frisco, TX · Wakeland

Turner Smiley: WR · North Texas · #1.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Daylon CharlotKansas · 2019 · 97% season match
Colby PearsonBYU · 2015 · 97% season match
Jhajuan SealesOklahoma State · 2016 · 84% season match
Danny AnthropPurdue · 2014 · 81% season match
Marcus SimmsWest Virginia · 2017 · 81% season match

Turner Smiley

WR · North Texas · #1

Beats you over the top. Turner Smiley has been at North Texas through two head coaches in four seasons. A game that shows it: 123 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Army — Week 12, 2017.

How he plays

Play style

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

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
2017	North Texas	34	615	18.1	5
2016	North Texas	33	389	11.8	2
2015	North Texas	25	255	10.2	1
2014	North Texas	14	195	13.9	1
Career		106	1,454	13.7	9

Season	Team
2017	North Texas	2	14	--	3
2016	North Texas	--	--	64	97
2015	North Texas	1	10	15	--
2014	North Texas	2	13	--	--
Career		5	37	79	100

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 32-54@ SMU	4	84	21.0	0	45
Wk 3	L 14-31@ Iowa	4	74	18.5	0	41
Wk 4	W 46-43vs UAB	1	22	22.0	1	22
Wk 5	W 43-28@ Southern Miss	1	41	41.0	0	41
Wk 8	L 31-69@ Florida Atlantic	2	15	7.5	0	9
Wk 9	W 45-38vs Old Dominion	2	23	11.5	0	15
Wk 10	W 24-23@ Louisiana Tech	3	21	7.0	0	9
Wk 12	W 52-49vs Army	3	123	41.0	2	68	Season-high 123 yds
Wk 13	W 30-14@ Rice	6	59	9.8	0	14
Wk 14	L 17-41@ Florida Atlantic	4	105	26.3	1	77
Bowl	L 30-50vs Troy	4	48	12.0	1	17
Total		34	615	18.1	5	77

Signature game

Week 12 · 2017

W 52-49

vs Army

3 rec · 123 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Army at home in a shootout.

With M. Fine — 386 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 90.7 · E. Johnson — 2 tackles

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Army · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +6.80Mason Fine pass complete to Turner Smiley for 68 yds for a TD, (Trevor Moore KICK)
Week 14 · Florida Atlantic · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.21Mason Fine pass complete to Turner Smiley for 77 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 3 · Iowa · 2nd and 14 · Q2 · EPA +4.04Mason Fine pass complete to Turner Smiley for 41 yds to the Iowa 29 for a
Week 12 · Army · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.48Mason Fine pass complete to Turner Smiley for 45 yds for a TD, (Trevor Moore KICK)
Week 5 · Southern Miss · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.23Mason Fine pass complete to Turner Smiley for 41 yds to the SoMis 43 for a
Week 2 · SMU · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.22Mason Fine pass complete to Turner Smiley for 45 yds to the SMU 29 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Troy · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.92Fine to Smiley: a 17-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · Florida Atlantic · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.50Mason Fine pass complete to Turner Smiley for 9 yds to the FlAtl 45 for a
Week 4 · UAB · 2nd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.44Mason Fine pass complete to Turner Smiley for 22 yds for a TD, (Trevor Moore KICK)
Week 13 · Rice · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.42Mason Fine pass complete to Turner Smiley for 10 yds to the Rice 43 for a

Teams and coaches

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

2015North Texas1-11HC: Dan McCarney · Balanced

2016North Texas5-8HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2017North Texas9-5HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (93rd percentile). Strength: epa / target (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#52 / 709 · 93rd pct

18.1

EPA / target#65 / 709 · 91st pct

0.89

TD rate#120 / 709 · 83rd pct

8.7%

Explosive rate#135 / 709 · 81st pct

17.4%

Catch rate#249 / 709 · 65th pct

71.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / catch#55 / 539 · 90th pct

18.1

Long catch#53 / 539 · 90th pct

Rec TDs#112 / 539 · 76th pct

Rec yards#145 / 539 · 73rd pct

615

Receptions#229 / 539 · 57th pct

Rush yards#137 / 283 · 51st pct

Fumbles lost#64 / 223 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

15th → 91st percentile

Explosive rate

51st → 81st percentile

Catch rate

11th → 65th percentile

TD rate

36th → 83rd percentile

Yards / catch

43rd → 93rd 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

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home3g	2.0	56.0	24.8	1.0
Road7g	3.4	57.0	18.7	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	53.8	22.9	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	57.7	17.2	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Seth Littrell

Pass share

50.3%

516 pass / 509 run

Plays / game

73.2

14 games

Team sack rate

6.8%

555 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

34 catches and 2 carries in 11 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Turner Smiley

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

34 catches and 2 carries in 11 games

Five seasons at North Texas

His moves

2013