DeVonta Smith is on pace to leave Alabama as the Crimson Tide’s best WR ever

Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith is a relatively quiet member of a loud and in your face offense. However, he may leave the program as…

Yardage.

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Career:

Smith currently ranks No. 2 in career receiving yards while at Alabama with 3,183.

The leader, which should be no surprise by now, is Amari Cooper with 3,463.

However, if Smith continues on the path he’s on now, he could become the new leader by the end of the season.

He is averaging 134.25 yards per game in 2020, meaning he could end his career with 3,854 total receiving yards.

In fact, Smith is on pace to pass Cooper by the end of the 2020 regular season.

Single season:

Smith ranks No. 3 with 1,256 yards from his 2019 season, but his 2020 total ranks No. 6 with 1,074 yards.

Cooper, once again, is on top with 1,727 yards.

With the pace Smith is moving at so far in 2020, he’s projected to finish above Cooper by a narrow margin with 1,745 yards in 2020.

Single game:

Smith not only already has the record for the most amount of receving yards in a single game, as he did in 2019 against Ole Miss with 274 yards, but he makes two more apperances inside the top 10: No. 6 (213) and No. 9 (203).

Could he contribute anymore to this list? Potentially, but he’s already established himslf as a high-volume receiver in each game he plays in.

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