Lee Smith

TE · BUF/LV/ATL · 2011–2021

Born November 21, 1987 · College Marshall; Tennessee · Drafted 2011, round 5, pick 159 (NE) · 6-6, 265 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)
2011	BUF	4	4	4	11	0	100.0	−0.263	+0.087−0.103 to +0.276	2.9	1.8	−1.1	−0.02
2012	BUF	5	4	4	13	2	100.0	+0.519	+0.074−0.115 to +0.264	2.4	2.0	+2.1	+0.06
2013	BUF	7	9	5	78	0	55.6	+0.264	+0.133−0.053 to +0.319	4.1	6.1	+2.4	+0.04
2014	BUF	6	8	7	42	1	87.5	+0.313	+0.098−0.089 to +0.285	3.9	2.8	+2.5	+0.04
2015	LV	10	13	12	70	1	92.3	+0.110	+0.092−0.092 to +0.276	3.4	1.5	+1.4	+0.11
2016	LV	3	6	6	29	0	100.0	−0.033	+0.121−0.067 to +0.309	5.2	-0.5	−0.2	+0.02
2017	LV	8	11	8	76	0	72.7	+0.213	+0.074−0.111 to +0.259	4.2	5.2	+2.3	+0.02
2018	LV	7	11	10	73	3	90.9	+0.821	+0.191+0.006 to +0.376	4.4	1.8	+9.0	+0.27
2019	BUF	7	5	4	31	1	80.0	+0.633	+0.157−0.032 to +0.345	2.3	6.4	+3.2	+0.10
2019 playoffs	BUF	1	1	1	8	0	100.0	+0.794		2.3	1.0	+0.8	+0.01
2020	BUF	5	6	4	35	2	66.7	−0.023	+0.123−0.065 to +0.311	3.6	3.7	−0.1	−0.01
2021	ATL	7	11	9	65	1	81.8	+0.246	+0.108−0.077 to +0.293	4.4	3.5	+2.7	+0.04
Career	ATL	69	88	73	523	11	83.0	+0.276		3.7	3.2	+24.2	+0.68

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
2011	BUF	4	2
2012	BUF	5	1
2013	BUF	7	1
2017	LV	8	3
2018	LV	7	2
2019	BUF	7	2
2021	ATL	7	1
Career	ATL	69	12

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
2016	LV	4	121	45.7	–	–
2017	LV	16	327	32.8	–	–
2018	LV	16	272	26.6	–	–
2019	BUF	16	309	29.5	–	–
2019 playoffs	BUF	1	24	29.3	–	–
2020	BUF	10	155	23.8	–	–
2020 playoffs	BUF	3	17	9.3	–	–
2021	ATL	16	300	30.6	–	–

Game logs

2021 game log (7 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2021-09-19	@ TB	L 25–48	1	1	9	0	+0.8	0
3	2021-09-26	@ NYG	W 17–14	3	3	7	1	+0.2	0
5	2021-10-10	vs NYJ	W 27–20	3	3	30	0	+1.5	0
7	2021-10-24	@ MIA	W 30–28	2	1	7	0	−0.1	0
8	2021-10-31	vs CAR	L 13–19	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2021-12-12	@ CAR	W 29–21	1	1	12	0	+0.8	0
15	2021-12-19	@ SF	L 13–31	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0

2020 game log (5 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
3	2020-09-27	vs LA	W 35–32	1	1	1	1	+2.1
12	2020-11-29	vs LAC	W 27–17	1	1	3	0	−0.3
13	2020-12-07	@ SF	W 34–24	1	0	0	0	−4.2
15	2020-12-19	@ DEN	W 48–19	1	0	0	0	−0.8
16	2020-12-28	@ NE	W 38–9	2	2	31	1	+3.0

2019 game log (8 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	@ NYJ	W 17–16	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2019-09-15	@ NYG	W 28–14	1	1	8	0	+0.8	0
3	2019-09-22	vs CIN	W 21–17	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
4	2019-09-29	vs NE	L 10–16	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2019-10-06	@ TEN	W 14–7	1	1	8	1	+1.9	0
7	2019-10-20	vs MIA	W 31–21	1	1	9	0	+0.7	0
8	2019-10-27	vs PHI	L 13–31	1	1	6	0	+0.3	0
P18	2020-01-04	@ HOU	L 19–22 OT	1	1	8	0	+0.8	0

2018 game log (7 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2018-09-30	vs CLE	W 45–42 OT	4	3	23	0	+0.6	1
11	2018-11-18	@ ARI	W 23–21	2	2	6	0	+0.2	0
12	2018-11-25	@ BAL	L 17–34	2	2	39	0	+5.2	0
13	2018-12-02	vs KC	L 33–40	1	1	1	1	+0.8	0
14	2018-12-09	vs PIT	W 24–21	1	1	3	1	+1.5	0
15	2018-12-16	@ CIN	L 16–30	1	1	1	1	+0.7	0
17	2018-12-30	@ KC	L 3–35	0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2017 game log (8 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2017-09-17	vs NYJ	W 45–20	1	1	9	+0.7	0
3	2017-09-24	@ WAS	L 10–27	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2017-10-01	@ DEN	L 10–16	2	2	15	+0.8	0
8	2017-10-29	@ BUF	L 14–34	3	1	21	+1.0	0
12	2017-11-26	vs DEN	W 21–14	1	1	12	+0.6	0
15	2017-12-17	vs DAL	L 17–20	1	1	3	−0.2	0
16	2017-12-25	@ PHI	L 10–19	3	2	16	−0.6	1
17	2017-12-31	@ LAC	L 10–30	0	0	0	0.0	1

2016 game log (3 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
2	2016-09-18	vs ATL	L 28–35	4	4	24	+0.4
3	2016-09-25	@ TEN	W 17–10	1	1	4	−0.2
4	2016-10-02	@ BAL	W 28–27	1	1	1	−0.5

2015 game log (10 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2015-09-20	vs BAL	W 37–33	1	1	6	0	+0.3
3	2015-09-27	@ CLE	W 27–20	1	1	8	0	+0.0
4	2015-10-04	@ CHI	L 20–22	2	2	14	0	+2.0
7	2015-10-25	@ LAC	W 37–29	2	2	1	0	−1.9
8	2015-11-01	vs NYJ	W 34–20	1	1	6	0	+0.2
9	2015-11-08	@ PIT	L 35–38	2	1	10	0	−0.3
10	2015-11-15	vs MIN	L 14–30	1	1	1	0	−1.5
12	2015-11-29	@ TEN	W 24–21	1	1	2	0	−0.3
13	2015-12-06	vs KC	L 20–34	1	1	5	1	+1.6
16	2015-12-24	vs LAC	W 23–20 OT	1	1	17	0	+1.2

2014 game log (6 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
8	2014-10-26	@ NYJ	W 43–23	2	2	5	1	+1.1
10	2014-11-09	vs KC	L 13–17	1	0	0	0	−0.5
12	2014-11-24	vs NYJ	W 38–3	1	1	12	0	+0.8
14	2014-12-07	@ DEN	L 17–24	1	1	6	0	+0.3
15	2014-12-14	vs GB	W 21–13	2	2	1	0	−1.0
17	2014-12-28	@ NE	W 17–9	1	1	18	0	+1.8

2013 game log (7 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2013-09-29	vs BAL	W 23–20	2	1	28	+1.4	1
5	2013-10-03	@ CLE	L 24–37	1	0	0	−0.7	0
7	2013-10-20	@ MIA	W 23–21	1	1	18	+1.3	0
10	2013-11-10	@ PIT	L 10–23	1	0	0	−0.5	0
11	2013-11-17	vs NYJ	W 37–14	2	1	1	−2.5	0
14	2013-12-08	@ TB	L 6–27	1	1	7	+1.1	0
16	2013-12-22	vs MIA	W 19–0	1	1	24	+2.3	0

2012 game log (5 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	@ NYJ	L 28–48	1	1	5	0	+0.5	0
10	2012-11-11	@ NE	L 31–37	1	1	5	0	−0.4	0
12	2012-11-25	@ IND	L 13–20	1	1	1	1	+0.9	0
14	2012-12-09	vs LA	L 12–15	1	1	2	1	+1.0	0
17	2012-12-30	vs NYJ	W 28–9	0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2011 game log (4 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2011-10-09	vs PHI	W 31–24	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2011-10-16	@ NYG	L 24–27	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2011-12-04	vs TEN	L 17–23	3	3	11	−0.6	0
14	2011-12-11	@ LAC	L 10–37	1	1	0	−0.5	0