← 2025 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R3 · #97 OVERALL · CB

Jaylin Smith

Drafted by HOU · GM Nick Caserio · USC

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow Jaylin Smith across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played4
Games started0
Weighted career AV0
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons1

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2025 · Round 3 · #97

HOU draft credit

GM Nick Caserio

Team games4
Team starts0
On-team AV0
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Average-0.18 contribution31st of 41 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

An Average pick

Jaylin Smith was Nick Caserio's 31st-best of 41 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -0.18. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Nick Caserio's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
4
on drafting team
Games started
0
on drafting team
Snap-z
-0.9
1 modeled season
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
0
modeled; full weighted AV 0
AV / 1k snaps
0.0
109 snaps in rate base
AV-rate z
-0.4
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Nick Caserio's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Nick Caserio pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Jaylin Smith totals -0.18. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-10+1+2+3+43. Jr.#3 · Derek Stingley Jr. · aggregate +4.75Jr. +4.889. Collins#89 · Nico Collins · aggregate +3.06Collins +3.178. Bullock#78 · Calen Bullock · aggregate +2.15Bullock +2.142. Lassiter#42 · Kamari Lassiter · aggregate +1.74167. To'oTo'o#167 · Henry To'oTo'o · aggregate +1.533. Anderson#3 · Will Anderson · aggregate +1.28195. Lopez#195 · Roy Lopez · aggregate +1.2769. Dell#69 · Tank Dell · aggregate +1.0737. Pitre#37 · Jalen Pitre · aggregate +1.00197. Mertz#197 · Graham Mertz · aggregate +0.69201. Patterson#201 · Jarrett Patterson · aggregate +0.60238. Byrd#238 · Solomon Byrd · aggregate +0.6059. Fisher#59 · Blake Fisher · aggregate +0.59255. Lachey#255 · Luke Lachey · aggregate +0.56116. Marks#116 · Woody Marks · aggregate +0.48224. Hamilton#224 · Kyonte Hamilton · aggregate +0.42187. Reed#187 · Jaylen Reed · aggregate +0.39205. Hutchinson#205 · Xavier Hutchinson · aggregate +0.392. Stroud#2 · C.J. Stroud · aggregate +0.35107. Pierce#107 · Dameon Pierce · aggregate +0.3475. Harris#75 · Christian Harris · aggregate +0.3067. Mills#67 · Davis Mills · aggregate +0.23147. Jordan#147 · Brevin Jordan · aggregate +0.23247. Harris#247 · Marcus Harris · aggregate +0.19188. Hill#188 · Jamal Hill · aggregate +0.17123. Stover#123 · Cade Stover · aggregate +0.11205. Jordan#205 · Jawhar Jordan · aggregate +0.05249. Henderson#249 · LaDarius Henderson · aggregate +0.0179. Noel#79 · Jaylin Noel · aggregate -0.04248. Hill#248 · Brandon Hill · aggregate -0.1397. Smith#97 · Jaylin Smith · aggregate -0.18Smith -0.2170. Quitoriano#170 · Teagan Quitoriano · aggregate -0.26150. Booker#150 · Thomas Booker · aggregate -0.31109. Horton#109 · Dylan Horton · aggregate -0.34170. Wallow#170 · Garret Wallow · aggregate -0.47205. Deculus#205 · Austin Deculus · aggregate -0.5034. Higgins#34 · Jayden Higgins · aggregate -0.5548. Ersery#48 · Aireontae Ersery · aggregate -0.6462. Scruggs#62 · Juice Scruggs · aggregate -0.7215. Green#15 · Kenyon Green · aggregate -1.1444. Metchie#44 · John Metchie · aggregate -1.36

Incremental contribution by season

-4-20+2+4+6+8+10+12+14+16+18+20+222021 · Brevin Jordan · incremental +0.082021 · Davis Mills · incremental +0.592021 · Nico Collins · incremental +0.762021 · Roy Lopez · incremental +1.402021 · Garret Wallow · incremental -0.472022 · Brevin Jordan · incremental +0.172022 · Nico Collins · incremental +0.632022 · Derek Stingley Jr. · incremental +0.642022 · Jalen Pitre · incremental +0.682022 · Davis Mills · incremental +0.912022 · Dameon Pierce · incremental +1.432022 · Roy Lopez · incremental +1.632022 · Teagan Quitoriano · incremental -0.062022 · Christian Harris · incremental -0.142022 · Austin Deculus · incremental -0.232022 · Garret Wallow · incremental -0.382022 · Thomas Booker · incremental -0.642022 · John Metchie · incremental -0.922022 · Kenyon Green · incremental -1.652023 · Xavier Hutchinson · incremental +0.142023 · C.J. Stroud · incremental +0.232023 · Brevin Jordan · incremental +0.342023 · Dameon Pierce · incremental +0.472023 · Jarrett Patterson · incremental +0.542023 · Will Anderson · incremental +0.592023 · Jalen Pitre · incremental +0.712023 · Derek Stingley Jr. · incremental +0.752023 · Henry To'oTo'o · incremental +0.942023 · Tank Dell · incremental +0.992023 · Nico Collins · incremental +1.182023 · Christian Harris · incremental -0.092023 · Dylan Horton · incremental -0.102023 · Teagan Quitoriano · incremental -0.272023 · Brandon Hill · incremental -0.282023 · Garret Wallow · incremental -0.322023 · Juice Scruggs · incremental -0.352023 · Davis Mills · incremental -0.392023 · Austin Deculus · incremental -0.722023 · John Metchie · incremental -1.082024 · Jawhar Jordan · incremental +0.082024 · Jamal Hill · incremental +0.122024 · Marcus Harris · incremental +0.242024 · Cade Stover · incremental +0.322024 · Jarrett Patterson · incremental +0.342024 · C.J. Stroud · incremental +0.432024 · Christian Harris · incremental +0.442024 · Xavier Hutchinson · incremental +0.462024 · Jalen Pitre · incremental +0.512024 · Blake Fisher · incremental +0.522024 · Will Anderson · incremental +0.802024 · Kamari Lassiter · incremental +1.162024 · Solomon Byrd · incremental +1.332024 · Tank Dell · incremental +1.362024 · Henry To'oTo'o · incremental +1.462024 · Calen Bullock · incremental +1.832024 · Nico Collins · incremental +1.882024 · Derek Stingley Jr. · incremental +4.142024 · LaDarius Henderson · incremental -0.072024 · Brandon Hill · incremental -0.112024 · Austin Deculus · incremental -0.132024 · Brevin Jordan · incremental -0.172024 · Dylan Horton · incremental -0.192024 · Teagan Quitoriano · incremental -0.292024 · Dameon Pierce · incremental -0.322024 · Davis Mills · incremental -0.402024 · Kenyon Green · incremental -0.922024 · Juice Scruggs · incremental -0.932024 · John Metchie · incremental -1.282025 · Marcus Harris · incremental +0.052025 · LaDarius Henderson · incremental +0.112025 · Cade Stover · incremental +0.112025 · Jamal Hill · incremental +0.262025 · C.J. Stroud · incremental +0.352025 · Christian Harris · incremental +0.422025 · Blake Fisher · incremental +0.592025 · Jalen Pitre · incremental +0.612025 · Jarrett Patterson · incremental +0.772025 · Jaylen Reed · incremental +0.772025 · Xavier Hutchinson · incremental +0.862025 · Kyonte Hamilton · incremental +0.872025 · Luke Lachey · incremental +0.892025 · Will Anderson · incremental +1.012025 · Woody Marks · incremental +1.232025 · Henry To'oTo'o · incremental +1.502025 · Graham Mertz · incremental +1.562025 · Nico Collins · incremental +2.352025 · Kamari Lassiter · incremental +2.562025 · Calen Bullock · incremental +2.962025 · Derek Stingley Jr. · incremental +4.042025 · Jaylin Noel · incremental -0.042025 · Davis Mills · incremental -0.062025 · Jawhar Jordan · incremental -0.092025 · Brandon Hill · incremental -0.102025 · Juice Scruggs · incremental -0.162025 · Dylan Horton · incremental -0.322025 · Jaylin Smith · incremental -0.502025 · Dameon Pierce · incremental -0.842025 · Jayden Higgins · incremental -1.222025 · Aireontae Ersery · incremental -1.26Lopez +1.6Green -1.6Bullock +1.8Collins +1.9Jr. +4.1Mertz +1.6Collins +2.4Lassiter +2.6Bullock +3.0Jr. +4.0Smith -0.520215 players202214 players202320 players202429 players202531 players
Above expectationBelow expectationJaylin SmithGM total +17.9Jaylin Smith by season -0.5

How much retained production did Jaylin Smith return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: CBs drafted within ±5 picks of Jaylin Smith since 2010 (11 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-0.50+0.5Model value above slot94. DeanJamel Dean · model value +0.597. TankersleyCordrea Tankersley · model value 097. SmithJaylin Smith · model value 00102. BlackmonMekhi Blackmon · model value -0.192. LewisJourdan Lewis · model value -0.192. WilliamsBrandon Williams · model value -0.294. SuttonCameron Sutton · model value -0.3100. StoutUpton Stout · model value -0.3101. LangleyBrendan Langley · model value -0.398. NelsonSteven Nelson · model value -0.599. DouglasRasul Douglas · model value -0.699. YiadomIsaac Yiadom · model value -0.6
Jaylin SmithSlot-similar peers (11)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'250123401Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (1 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2025HOU44109-0.900.0

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