Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 5 | — |
| Target share | 6.8% | — |
| Catch rate | 80.0% | — |
| Success rate per target | 80.0% | — |
| Yards per target | 15.8 | — |
| Explosive catches | 40.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 3 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | — |
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 targeted4 targets charted
2025 charting · San José State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Smith’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted32 targets charted
Career
3 seasons at 3 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 |  UCLA#16 · 6-0 | 4 | 12% | 4 | 79 | 0 | 6.8% |
| 2025 |  San José State#122 · 3-9 | 11 | 59% | 43 | 688 | 3 | 16.5% |
| 2024 |  Purdue#122 · 1-11 | 6 | 25% | 6 | 72 | 2 | 7.3% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Leland Smith's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Leland 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 | Defense | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 | @ California | W 45–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  San Diego State | W 28–10 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Purdue | W 52–38 | 6.8 | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 27 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | @ Maryland | W 54–3 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 6 | @ Oregon | W 17–15 | 5.3 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 7 |  Wisconsin | W 17–7 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 2026 · 3 games | 6.0 | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 4 | 1114th / 1994 |
| Yards | 79 | 791st / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 19.8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 27 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4239th / 5406 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
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 | Plays made | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 · Purdue | 80 | ~26 (8–36) | 3 | · | 33% |
| Wk 4 · Maryland | 63 | ~12 (4–20) | 1 | · | 19% |
| Wk 6 · Oregon | 70 | ~11 (3–18) | 1 | · | 16% |
| Wk 7 · Wisconsin | 71 | · | · | 1 | — |
| Season | 404 | 49 (23–63) | 5 | 1 | 12% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the UCLA roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Semaj Morgan | WR | SR | 24 | 313 | 2 | 20% | +0.61 |
| 2 | Brian Rowe Jr. | WR | SO | 14 | 209 | 0 | 16% | +0.27 |
| 11 | Landon Ellis | WR | SR | 7 | 125 | 1 | 11% | +0.40 |
| 1 | Aidan Mizell | WR | SR | 6 | 158 | 1 | 10% | +0.82 |
| 86 | Jalen Saint Paul | WR | JR | 6 | 56 | 0 | — | — |
| 7 | Mikey Matthews | WR | SR | 4 | 88 | 0 | 21% | +1.10 |
| Leland Smith | WR | 4 | 79 | 0 | 6% | +1.69 | ||
| 12 | Jace Brown | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Marcus Harris | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Shane Rosenthal | WR | SO | — | — | — | 4% | -0.76 |
| 23 | Jackson Meehan | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Major Pride | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Markus Kier | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Kenneth Moore III | 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. UCLA depth chart →