Marcus Smith Stats, EPA & Player Profile — North Texas

Performance Analysis · 2014 · vs TE peers

Player type

Red Zone Weapon TE

Goes from good to great inside the 20 — high TD conversion on limited looks makes this receiver a scoring machine.

Red zone targetHigh TD rateSize/catch radius advantage

Peer percentiles

Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)—

Game-to-game consistency81th %ile · above avg

Key findings

▸Limited usage share suggests a rotational or specialist role.
▸High game-to-game consistency — reliable floor each week.
▸7 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
▸Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
▸Production faded as the season progressed — 0.23 EPA/play decline from first to second half.
▸Peak game: 2.62 EPA/play in Wk 6 vs Indiana (SP+ 2).

EPA per play, by weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost

Wk	Opponent	Result	Opp SP+	Rec	Rec Yds	Avg	Rec TD	Long	EPA/play
2	vsSMU	W43-6	-21.2	1	8	8.0	0	8	-0.03
3	vsLouisiana Tech	L21-42	-1.7	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.69
4	vsNicholls	W77-3	—	2	55	27.5	1	41	2.49
6	@Indiana	L24-49	1.8	1	20	20.0	1	20	2.62
7	@UAB	L21-56	-4.2	2	18	9.0	1	12	1.74
11	vsFlorida Atlantic	W31-10	-10.4	2	36	18.0	1	20	—
12	@UTEP	L17-35	-12.0	1	12	12.0	0	12	1.86
13	vsFlorida International	W17-14	-16.2	2	29	14.5	1	25	1.25
14	@UTSA	L27-34	-3.4	3	50	16.7	1	31	0.55

Snap-share proxy

Overall

3.6%

Passing plays

7.9%

Rushing plays

0.3%

Standard downs

3.7%

Passing downs

3.5%

EPA by down type

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

Plays

Usage

@ UTSAWk 14

EPA 0.5

Rec 3 · Rec Yds 50 · Avg 16.7 · Rec TD 1