Player Dossier

2014-2018

Georgia State

Jerome Smith

CB • 5'10" • 180 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jerome Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

62

Solid production for a corner

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Reliability

82

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Georgia State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Georgia State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: App State

Player Story

Jerome Smith built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a cornerback from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 16, spending time with Georgia State. The clearest part of Jerome Smith's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7433

Mays · Atlanta, GA

Committed To
Georgia State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Jerome Smith, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Georgia State. Jerome Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
87
TFL
4
Sacks
2
Passes defended
7
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Jerome Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia State · CB
Career Tackles
87
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Georgia State
Top game
App State
Recruit profile
2-star · Mays · Georgia State
High school pipeline
Mays · 29 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 16 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
9 tackles · CB 234th (top 61%) · Sun Belt 226th (top 49%) · National 2,750th (top 48%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia State10-0--043.7
2016 Regular SeasonGeorgia State104032-1262.2
2017 PostseasonGeorgia State110-0--034.5
2017 Regular SeasonGeorgia State113810-4034.5
2018 Regular SeasonGeorgia State29-0-2043.4

Related Context

Jerome Smith played CB for Georgia State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jerome Smith recorded 87 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Georgia State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Georgia State paired 9 primary output with 25.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 28.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Georgia State

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

28.8

Usage

2.7

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

NC State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kennesaw State: 1. NC State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

35 vs NC State

Result
Sat 9/8@ NC StateL 7-4164001
Thu 8/30vs Kennesaw StateW 24-2033001

Player Story

Jerome Smith story

Jerome Smith built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a cornerback from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 16, spending time with Georgia State. The clearest part of Jerome Smith's career was his defensive production: 87 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Jerome Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Georgia State

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia State0
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia State1201
2016 Regular SeasonGeorgia State925.710.58
2017 PostseasonGeorgia State620.84.2-3
2017 Regular SeasonGeorgia State620.84.20
2018 Regular SeasonGeorgia State228.82.7-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ App State

Week 5 · L 3-17 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Idaho

Week 14 · L 12-37 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Georgia Southern

Week 12 · W 30-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Ball State

Week 1 · L 21-31

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#5

vs South Alabama

Week 9 · W 21-13 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

61.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Georgia State

9 primary output · 25.7 efficiency · 10.5 usage

62.2

#2

2015 Regular Season · Georgia State

43.7

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Georgia State

43.4

2 primary · 28.8 efficiency · 2.7 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games