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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Miami
Mike Smith
LB • 6'1" • 236 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mike Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Miami
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Miami
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Mike Smith built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Miami, FL wearing No. 35, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Mike Smith's career was his defensive production: 73 tackles,...
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- Committed To
- Miami
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Mike Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Miami. Mike Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 73
- TFL
- 8.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
Quick Answers
Mike Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Miami · LB
- Career Tackles
- 73
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Miami
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Northwestern · Miami
- High school pipeline
- Northwestern · 93 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 35 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 41 tackles · LB 358th (top 31%) · ACC 111th (top 18%) · National 926th (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Miami | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Miami | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Miami | 5 | 11 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15.9 |
| 2017 Postseason | Miami | 10 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Miami | 10 | 19 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8 |
| 2018 Postseason | Miami | 9 | 10 | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 53.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Miami | 9 | 31 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.7 |
Related Context
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Mike Smith played LB for Miami. Across 5 tracked seasons, Mike Smith recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Miami.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Miami paired 9 primary output with 29 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 29 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · Miami
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
29
Usage
6.5
Consistency
31.5
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 3. LSU: 0.5. Savannah St: 0. Toledo: 1. Florida International: 0.5. North Carolina: 2.5. Florida State: 1. Duke: 0.5. Virginia Tech: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 10 by 71.7. LSU: 3 by 17.5. Savannah St: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 6 by 35. Florida International: 4 by 21.7. North Carolina: 4 by 41.7. Florida State: 3 by 22.5. Duke: 5 by 25.8. Virginia Tech: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 6 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
71.7 vs Wisconsin
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/27 | @ Wisconsin10+ tackles · Splash game | L 3-35 | 10 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | @ Virginia Tech | W 38-14 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Duke | L 12-20 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Florida State | W 28-27 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/28 | vs North CarolinaSplash game | W 47-10 | 4 | 2 | — | 2.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Florida International | W 31-17 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Toledo | W 49-24 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Savannah St | W 77-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/2 | @ LSU | L 17-33 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Mike Smith story
Mike Smith built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Miami, FL wearing No. 35, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Mike Smith's career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Mike Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Miami
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162017201720182018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Miami | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Miami | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Miami | 1.5 | 12.2 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
| 2017 Postseason | Miami | 0.5 | 9.3 | 1.7 | -1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Miami | 0.5 | 9.3 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Miami | 9 | 29 | 6.5 | 8.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Miami | 9 | 29 | 6.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Wisconsin
Week 1 · L 3-35 · Postseason
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#2
vs North Carolina
Week 5 · W 47-10 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#3
@ App State
Week 3 · W 45-10
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Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Georgia Tech
Week 7 · W 25-24 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
45.8 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Toledo
Week 3 · W 49-24
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Havoc Plays
44.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Miami
9 primary output · 29 efficiency · 6.5 usage
53.7
#2
2018 Regular Season · Miami
53.7
9 primary · 29 efficiency · 6.5 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Miami
15.9
1.5 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 2.6 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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