Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
2025 charting · Notre Dame
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (2 of Smith’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted3 targets charted
Career
3 seasons at 2 schools 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 |  Michigan State#63 · 2-5 | 3 | 10% | 2 | 21 | 0 | 3.1% |
| 2025 |  Notre Dame#3 · 10-2 | 5 | 10% | 8 | 123 | 2 | 6.5% |
| 2024 | Notre Dame#2 · 14-2 | 2 | 4% | 3 | 38 | 0 | 4.8% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. KK Smith's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
KK 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 |  Toledo | W 30–20 | 4.5 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 |  Eastern Michigan | W 35–7 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 | @Notre Dame | L 10–27 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 4 |  Nebraska | L 13–31 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 5 | @ Wisconsin | L 3–31 | 4.6 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 |  Illinois | L 37–38 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 7 |  Northwestern | L 21–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 2 games | 4.5 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 11 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 2 | 1397th / 1995 |
| Yards | 21 | 1424th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 10.5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 11 | — |
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 · Toledo | 83 | ~20 (6–27) | 1 | 24% |
| Wk 5 · Wisconsin | 78 | ~16 (5–22) | 1 | 21% |
| Wk 7 · Northwestern | 57 | ~9 (3–15) | 1 | 16% |
| Season | 450 | 45 (21–58) | 3 | 10% |
Position Room
12 WRs on the Michigan State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Chrishon McCray | WR | SR | 26 | 247 | 1 | 16% | +0.20 |
| 3 | Rodney Bullard Jr. | WR | SR | 21 | 253 | 1 | 17% | +0.31 |
| 6 | Fredrick Moore | WR | JR | 19 | 207 | 2 | 15% | +0.18 |
| 19 | Charles Taplin | WR | FR | 3 | 65 | 1 | 7% | +1.58 |
| 8 | KK Smith | WR | JR | 2 | 21 | 0 | 3% | +0.79 |
| 17 | Braylon Collier | WR | FR | 2 | 23 | 0 | 5% | +0.45 |
| Bryson Williams | WR | 2 | 51 | 1 | 4% | -0.21 | ||
| 5 | Samson Gash | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Zach Washington | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Jameel Gardner Jr. | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Colin Charles | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Nick Hardy | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Michigan State depth chart →