Jalen Smith
Minnesota Golden Gophers
77
Solid

Jalen Smith

Minnesota Golden GophersAverage
WR-XOffenseSolid
Projected Starter

Is Jalen Smith starting?

Jalen Smith is the projected starter at WR-X for Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Redshirt sophomore · #8 · 6'1", 210 lbs

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Depth at WR-X · Minnesota Golden Gophers

  1. 1877Jalen SmithStarter
  2. 2771Bradley Martino

Minnesota Starting Lineup

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Top wide receivers in the Big Ten

Jeremiah SmithOhio State · WR-XTanook HinesUSC · WR-XNick MarshIndiana · WR-X

Up next for Minnesota

Minnesota plays UCLA at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Mankato West, ranked #801 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 28 catches, 419 yards, 4 TD. That's 17% of the team's production at his spot and 83th-percentile production nationally — good for a 77 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #801 NatlTeam Share17%Percentile83th
Mankato, MN
Jersey
#8
Class
RS SO
Height
6'1"
Weight
210 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
2025284194

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8739
National Rank
#801
High School
Mankato West
Hometown
Mankato, MN

Why this rating?

On a 74-rated offense; 83th-percentile production (×0.94 for competition level) put them +3 vs unit starters → 77.

Team offense (SP+)
74
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 83% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LIUYDS 14
REC
2
YDS
14
AVG
7.0
TD
0

Final L 23-16 OT

Oct 24WIOWAYDS 39
REC
1
YDS
39
AVG
39.0
TD
0

Final W 13-10

Oct 11LPURYDS 89
REC
3
YDS
89
AVG
29.7
TD
1

Final L 41-13

Sep 27WWASHYDS 17
REC
2
YDS
17
AVG
8.5
TD
1

Final W 27-24

Sep 19WAKRYDS 27
REC
2
YDS
27
AVG
13.5
TD
1

Final W 41-7

Sep 12LMSSTYDS 51
REC
5
YDS
51
AVG
10.2
TD
0

Final L 38-13

Sep 4WEIUYDS 26
REC
3
YDS
26
AVG
8.7
TD
0

Final W 59-7

Jalen Smith's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

28 rec · 419 yds · 4 TD
Usage / Involvement94%
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