Irv Smith

TE · MIN/CIN/HOU · 2019–2024

Born August 9, 1998 · College Alabama · Drafted 2019, round 2, pick 50 (MIN) · 6-2, 240 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2019	MIN	14	47	36	311	2	76.6	+0.248	+0.214+0.048 to +0.381	11.5	5.6	+11.7	+0.13
2019 playoffs	MIN	1	3	3	39	0	100.0	+0.215		10.3	9.3	+0.6	−0.00
2020	MIN	12	43	30	365	5	69.8	+0.646	+0.290+0.122 to +0.459	12.5	8.0	+27.8	+0.45
2022	MIN	8	36	25	182	2	69.4	−0.120	+0.078−0.093 to +0.250	12.9	4.6	−4.3	−0.03
2022 playoffs	MIN	1	2	1	3	1	50.0	+0.100		5.1	1.5	+0.2	+0.02
2023	CIN	10	26	18	115	1	69.2	−0.597	+0.000−0.176 to +0.177	7.4	4.0	−15.5	−0.36
2024 playoffs	HOU	1	1	1	2	0	100.0	−0.360		3.6	2.0	−0.4	−0.00
Career	CIN	44	152	109	973	10	71.7	+0.129		11.0	5.8	+19.6	+0.19

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles
2019	MIN	14	2
2020	MIN	12	1
2022	MIN	8	1
2023	CIN	10	2
Career	CIN	44	6

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2019	MIN	16	597	59.5	–	–
2019 playoffs	MIN	2	71	57.7	–	–
2020	MIN	13	536	64.7	–	–
2022	MIN	8	280	52.6	–	–
2022 playoffs	MIN	1	4	7.0	–	–
2023	CIN	12	329	44.2	–	–
2024	HOU	5	78	27.7	–	–
2024 playoffs	HOU	2	35	25.4	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	36	77.8	1	3.6	7	28.6
2023	26	80.8	2	9.5	2	100.0

Game logs

2024 game log (1 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
P20	2025-01-18	@ KC	L 14–23	1	1	2	0	−0.4

2023 game log (10 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	@ CLE	L 3–24	5	3	17	0	−4.6	0
2	2023-09-17	vs BAL	L 24–27	4	2	10	0	−1.5	0
6	2023-10-15	vs SEA	W 17–13	2	1	5	0	−1.4	0
8	2023-10-29	@ SF	W 31–17	4	4	25	0	−5.0	0
9	2023-11-05	vs BUF	W 24–18	4	3	26	1	+2.1	0
10	2023-11-12	vs HOU	L 27–30	1	1	6	0	+0.5	0
11	2023-11-16	@ BAL	L 20–34	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
12	2023-11-26	vs PIT	L 10–16	2	2	8	0	−1.4	0
13	2023-12-04	@ JAX	W 34–31 OT	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2023-12-16	vs MIN	W 27–24 OT	3	2	18	0	−3.4	1

2022 game log (9 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs GB	W 23–7	2	0	0	0	−0.6	0
2	2022-09-19	@ PHI	L 7–24	8	5	36	1	+0.6	1
3	2022-09-25	vs DET	W 28–24	6	2	32	0	−2.4	0
4	2022-10-02	@ NO	W 28–25	4	3	23	0	−0.9	0
5	2022-10-09	vs CHI	W 29–22	5	4	42	0	+0.4	0
6	2022-10-16	@ MIA	W 24–16	4	4	7	1	−2.1	0
8	2022-10-30	vs ARI	W 34–26	4	4	28	0	+0.7	0
18	2023-01-08	@ CHI	W 29–13	3	3	14	0	+0.0	0
P19	2023-01-15	vs NYG	L 24–31	2	1	3	1	+0.2	0

2020 game log (12 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	vs GB	L 34–43	1	1	11	0	+2.1	0
2	2020-09-20	@ IND	L 11–28	4	1	3	0	−1.1	0
4	2020-10-04	@ HOU	W 31–23	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
5	2020-10-11	@ SEA	L 26–27	5	4	64	0	+6.0	0
6	2020-10-18	vs ATL	L 23–40	5	4	55	0	+4.1	1
8	2020-11-01	@ GB	W 28–22	1	1	16	0	+1.4	0
9	2020-11-08	vs DET	W 34–20	4	2	10	2	+1.5	0
11	2020-11-22	vs DAL	L 28–31	2	2	23	0	+2.6	0
14	2020-12-13	@ TB	L 14–26	4	4	63	1	+5.5	0
15	2020-12-20	vs CHI	L 27–33	4	3	37	0	+1.3	0
16	2020-12-25	@ NO	L 33–52	9	6	53	2	+5.1	0
17	2021-01-03	@ DET	W 37–35	3	2	30	0	−0.3	0

2019 game log (15 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2019-09-15	@ GB	L 16–21	2	1	-1	0	−1.5	0
3	2019-09-22	vs LV	W 34–14	3	3	60	0	+2.8	0
4	2019-09-29	@ CHI	L 6–16	1	1	5	0	+1.1	1
6	2019-10-13	vs PHI	W 38–20	2	2	29	0	+1.7	1
7	2019-10-20	@ DET	W 42–30	6	5	60	0	+3.2	0
8	2019-10-24	vs WAS	W 19–9	3	3	21	0	+2.5	0
9	2019-11-03	@ KC	L 23–26	6	4	33	0	+2.4	0
10	2019-11-10	@ DAL	W 28–24	6	5	34	0	+0.1	0
11	2019-11-17	vs DEN	W 27–23	3	3	20	1	+3.5	0
13	2019-12-02	@ SEA	L 30–37	3	1	6	0	−2.8	0
14	2019-12-08	vs DET	W 20–7	4	3	21	0	+0.1	0
15	2019-12-15	@ LAC	W 39–10	3	2	8	1	−0.0	0
16	2019-12-23	vs GB	L 10–23	3	2	4	0	−1.3	0
17	2019-12-29	vs CHI	L 19–21	2	1	11	0	+0.0	0
P19	2020-01-11	@ SF	L 10–27	3	3	39	0	+0.6	0