Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Charting
Where Smith's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted5 targets charted
2025 charting · New Mexico
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of Smith’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted6 targets charted
Career
2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  New Mexico#48 · 7-1 | 3 | 11% | 4 | 57 | 0 | 10.3% |
| 2025 | New Mexico#74 · 9-4 | 7 | 38% | 8 | 112 | 0 | 8.0% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Zhaiel Smith's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Zhaiel Smith's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  Central Michigan | W 38–7 | 4.0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 |  Mercyhurst | W 70–7 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 | @ Oklahoma | L 6–14 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 4 | @ New Mexico State | W 42–18 | 6.5 | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 |  UTEP | W 61–7 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 7 | @ Hawai'i | W 21–10 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 8 |  North Dakota State | W 21–16 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 9 | @ San José State | W 21–16 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 2 games | 5.3 | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | 38 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 4 | 1233rd / 2089 |
| Yards | 57 | 1084th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 14.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 38 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Central Michigan | 69 | ~8 (2–13) | 1 | 12% |
| Wk 2 · Mercyhurst | 71 | ~19 (6–26) | 1 | 27% |
| Wk 4 · New Mexico State | 64 | ~26 (8–36) | 3 | 41% |
| Season | 501 | 53 (25–68) | 5 | 11% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the New Mexico roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Bailen George | WR | FR | 13 | 262 | 3 | 16% | +0.64 |
| 11 | Massiah Mingo | WR | FR | 9 | 100 | 0 | 12% | +0.45 |
| 5 | Troy Omeire | WR | SR | 6 | 112 | 1 | 16% | +0.35 |
| 14 | DJ Darling | WR | FR | 6 | 132 | 1 | 11% | +0.31 |
| Miles Williams | WR | 5 | 52 | 0 | 9% | -0.08 | ||
| 6 | Zhaiel Smith | WR | SO | 4 | 57 | 0 | 8% | +0.97 |
| 9 | Kader Diop | WR | SR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6% | -0.30 |
| 25 | Dorian Patterson | WR | FR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7% | -0.20 |
| 1 | Shawn Miller | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Jacob Maldonado | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | KJ Cherry | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | JT Jeter | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Mikey Beck | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. New Mexico depth chart →