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WR · New York Jets · week 7 vs New England Patriots · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET

Arian Smith

  • ROLE a backup
  • CLASS 2025 · R4 P110
  • EXP 1 season
  • AGE under 25
  • DEPTH KR3

As of week 7, Arian Smith was a WR for NYJ, age 24.9, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 6 he had played 2 games on 2% of snaps; his line was 0 receiving yards a game, 0.5 targets a game and a 2.2% target share. Before 2026 he played 16 games (postseason included) over 1 season. No injury episode was on file.

The full read

In short

Arian Smith is a backup at kick returner for NYJ — 3% of the snaps in his best week of 2. He has a not stated injury. His team has not listed him on the final report.

His team's own announcement

This is the TEAM'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His team filed him on the injury report and we are restating it so the record is complete. There is nothing early about repeating an announcement — what we say ahead of one is on the week's page. Source: his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended).

No dated practice report for him this week

The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.

Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range

  • Rec yds / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

    wk 1–2 · 2 games · below most of his peers

  • Targets / game0.5 range 0.0–1.0

    wk 1–2 · 2 games

  • Target share2.2% range 0–4

    wk 1–2 · 2 games

  • Snap share2.0% range 1–3

    wk 1–2 · 2 games

Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share

  1. 3%wk 1
  2. 1%wk 2

Our past calls vs what happened

Wk 6not ourshis club's word, restated; did not play

Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. Graded by the record: right or a miss against whether he played. A week we did not call, or his club's own word, is not graded.

The rest of his team's report this week

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Joseph OssaiDEDNPteam's wordOut
Marcelino McCrary-BallLBUNKteam's word—
Max MitchellTDNPteam's wordOut
Francisco MauigoaLBDNPteam's wordOut
Tyler BaronDEUNKteam's word—
Anez CooperGUNKteam's word—
VJ PayneSAFUNKteam's word—

The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.

The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show

Profile — as of week 7

RoleWR7 · 2% snaps
Season2026 · 2 games through wk 6
Per game0 receiving yards · 0.5 targets · 2.2% target share
Career1 season · 16 games before 2026
Injuriesnone on file
Bioage 24.9 · 1 season' experience · drafted round 4

Where the profile comes from

Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea backup at kick returner — 3% of the snaps in his best week of 2
Listed on the depth chartthird at kick returner
Last weekHe did not dress last week
Snaps played2% a week on average over 2 weeks, 3% at his highest, 37% on special teams
Build6 ft 0 in · 179 lb
CollegeGeorgia
Drafted2025, round 4 pick 110, by NYJ
Ageunder 25 at the season's start
Experience1 season

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. PublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
  2. KickoffKickoff.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
6UNK—his team's wordhis team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)no

A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.

What this page does not show

his previous injuries; the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.