Usage / Role
60%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2007-2009Iowa State
James Smith
DB • 5'8" • Council Bluffs, IA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
James Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Player Story
James Smith built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a defensive back from Council Bluffs, IA wearing No. 2, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of James Smith's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- UAB
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2004
James Smith, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Iowa State. James Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Quick Answers
James Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2007 Regular Season · Iowa State
- Top game
- Texas Tech
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Birmingham · UAB
- High school pipeline
- Birmingham · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Class 2009
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Iowa State | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2009 Regular Season | Iowa State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 56.7 |
Related Context
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James Smith is listed as a DB for Iowa State. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season
Iowa State paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · Iowa State
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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All Games1 · Games = 1
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
20 vs Kent State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/19 | @ Kent State | W 34-14 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
James Smith story
James Smith built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a defensive back from Council Bluffs, IA wearing No. 2, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of James Smith's career was his defensive production: 3 interceptions across 3 career games in the available record. That gives James Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Iowa State
2007-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Iowa State | 2 | 20 | — | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | — | — | -2 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Iowa State | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas Tech
Week 6 · L 17-42 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs Kent State
Week 1 · L 14-23
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ Kent State
Week 3 · W 34-14
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2007 Regular Season · Iowa State
2 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2009 Regular Season · Iowa State
56.7
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · Iowa State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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