Player Dossier

2009-2010

USC

Malcolm Smith

LB • 6'1" • Northridge, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Malcolm Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

76%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

65

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Player Story

Malcolm Smith built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a linebacker from Northridge, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Malcolm Smith's career was his defensive production: 2...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8

St. John Bosco · Bellflower, CA

Committed To
Idaho State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2011
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 39
Overall
No. 242
NFL Team
Seattle Seahawks

Malcolm Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · USC. Malcolm Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Malcolm Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · LB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 2 games
Best season
2009 Regular Season · USC
Top game
UCLA
Recruit profile
3-star · St. John Bosco · Idaho State
High school pipeline
St. John Bosco · 96 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
NFL Draft
2011 · Round 7 · Pick 39 · Seattle Seahawks
Latest roster
No. 6 · Class 2010

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonUSC10-0--173.3
2010 Regular SeasonUSC10-0--173.3

Related Context

Malcolm Smith played LB for USC. Across 2 tracked seasons, Malcolm Smith recorded 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season

USC paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona 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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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2010 Regular Season · USC

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona State

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Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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All Games1 · Games = 1

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arizona State

Best efficiency game

20 vs Arizona State

Result
Sun 11/7vs Arizona StateW 34-331

Player Story

Malcolm Smith story

Malcolm Smith built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a linebacker from Northridge, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Malcolm Smith's career was his defensive production: 2 interceptions across 2 career games in the available record. That gives Malcolm Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    USC

    2009-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonUSC120
2010 Regular SeasonUSC1200

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UCLA

Week 13 · W 28-7 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

vs Arizona State

Week 10 · W 34-33 · Conference game

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

2009 Regular Season · USC

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2010 Regular Season · USC

73.3

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games