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Stone Smartt New Orleans Saints · #85

Tight End · 6' 4", 226 lbs · Sacramento, CA · Age 28

Stone Smartt is a Tight End for the New Orleans Saints, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he caught 7 passes for 52 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Tight EndUndrafted4-yr veteran
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New Orleans Saints · #85 · Tight End
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Season avg7 rec · 52 yds · 0 td
Career avg38 rec · 432 yds · 1 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
7rec
52yds
0td
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Scouting report

Stone Smartt — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Tight End · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Stone Smartt is a Tight End for the New Orleans Saints, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he caught 7 passes for 52 yards and 0 touchdowns.
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Receiving
C
Big-play
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Scoring
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Receiving yards
Solid · offense
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Volume
Average · offense
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Scoring
Solid · offense
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Big-play
Solid · offense
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Target share
Average · offense
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Act II

Where Stone Smartt stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1275 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
41Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Stone Smartt — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Receiving
52 YDS
drill in ↓
A+
Volume
7 REC
drill in ↓
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Big-play
7.4 Y/R
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Scoring
0 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Stone Smartt

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026  modeled
10
rec
7–14
118
rec yds
55–180
0
td
0–1
14
targets
9–19
15
games
14–16
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 4-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 7 → projected 10 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
+3.7
Age curve
-0.3
Net vs last season+3.3 rec
Everything it reads
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4 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 28 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 16 / 15 / 15
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Stone Smartt career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
20227417054.3
2023161115512114.1
2024151620801913.0
202515752097.4
Career5338432154
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the New Orleans Saints built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

12–5proj record
82off index
98def index
+46net
95%playoff odds
66roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades B+ (82), defense A+ (98) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 71, pass rush 99, coverage 97.
How his role moves
Projected 12–5 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Stone Smartt

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1998-10-04

The beginning

Stone Smartt is a Tight End for the New Orleans Saints, in his 5th NFL season.

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Stone Smartt is a New Orleans Saints tight end, an undrafted find.

Chapter

Across 4 seasons (2022–2025) he has caught 38 passes for 432 yards and 1 touchdown.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 7 passes for 52 yards and 0 touchdowns in 2025.

Where things stand

Where Smartt goes from here.

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Smartt's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 4"
Weight
226 lbs
Born
Sacramento, CA
Age
28
Jersey
#85
Background

Stone Smartt is from Sacramento, CA and is 28 years old. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent and plays tight end at 6' 4", 226 lbs.

Over 4 seasons (2022–2025) he has caught 38 passes for 432 yards and 1 touchdowns. Smartt is currently on the New Orleans Saints roster.

The person

Stone Smartt is a blocking and depth tight end who has caught 38 passes for 432 yards and 1 touchdowns across 4 seasons (2022–2025).

Receiving38 career receptions for 432 yards and 1 touchdowns.
Best season16 catches for 208 yards in 2024.
UndraftedEarned a roster spot after going undrafted.
Durability53 career games played.
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FAQ

Stone Smartt — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Stone Smartt, answered.

What position does Stone Smartt play?
Stone Smartt is a Tight End for the New Orleans Saints.
When was Stone Smartt drafted?
Stone Smartt entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.
How many seasons has Stone Smartt played?
4 (2022–2025).
What are Stone Smartt's career stats?
He has caught 38 passes for 432 yards and 1 touchdown.
Stone Smartt career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
TE6
behind the starter

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
@ DET
Week 1 · Smash
Season outlook
59
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
3 / 5
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
77
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 @ DETW2 @ BALW3 vs LVW4 vs ATLW5 vs MINW6 @ NYGW7 vs PITW8 · BYEW9 vs CLEW10 vs CARW11 @ CHIW12 @ CINW13 vs GBW14 @ CARW15 @ TBW16 vs ARIW17 @ ATLW18 vs TB

Each week grades Stone Smartt's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
5
since 2023
Games missed
1
listed Out
Lower-body
2
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
1
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk15 · Concussion2025 Wk10 · Quadricep2025 Wk8 · Quadricep (Out)2024 Wk11 · Ankle2024 Wk10 · Ankle (Questionable)2024 Wk9 · Ankle (Doubtful)

Home surface: sportturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 3 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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Stone Smartt head-to-head

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