Player Dossier

2014-2017

Bowling Green

Shannon Smith

DL • 6'0" • 280 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Shannon Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

24%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

58

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

51

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

69

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Bowling Green
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Dakota

Player Story

Shannon Smith built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Chicago, IL wearing No. 93, spending time with Bowling Green. The clearest part of Shannon Smith's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8133

Marist · Chicago, IL

Committed To
Bowling Green
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Shannon Smith, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green. Shannon Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
36
TFL
4.5
Sacks
3
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Shannon Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Bowling Green · DL
Career Tackles
36
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green
Top game
South Dakota
Recruit profile
3-star · Marist · Bowling Green
High school pipeline
Marist · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 93 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
22 tackles · DL 253rd (top 36%) · Mid-American 170th (top 32%) · National 1,857th (top 33%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonBowling Green30-0--050
2015 Regular SeasonBowling Green00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonBowling Green814211-031.2
2017 Regular SeasonBowling Green7222.52-1050.4

Related Context

Shannon Smith played DL for Bowling Green. Across 4 tracked seasons, Shannon Smith recorded 36 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Bowling Green.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Bowling Green paired 5.5 primary output with 20.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Dakota

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

20.9

Usage

5.4

Consistency

35.5

Best Game by takeover score

South Dakota

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 2. Northwestern: 2. Middle Tennessee: 0. Akron: 0.5. Miami (OH): 1. Ohio: 0. Northern Illinois: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 5 by 40.8. Northwestern: 2 by 28.3. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 3 by 17.5. Miami (OH): 3 by 22.5. Ohio: 6 by 25. Northern Illinois: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Dakota

Best efficiency game

40.8 vs South Dakota

Result
Sat 10/21vs Northern IllinoisL 17-4822000
Sat 10/14vs OhioL 30-4863000
Sat 10/7@ Miami (OH)W 37-2931001
Sat 9/30vs AkronL 23-34300.5000
Sat 9/23@ Middle TennesseeL 13-2411000
Sat 9/16@ NorthwesternSplash gameL 7-4921110
Sat 9/9vs South DakotaSplash gameL 27-3551110

Player Story

Shannon Smith story

Shannon Smith built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Chicago, IL wearing No. 93, spending time with Bowling Green. The clearest part of Shannon Smith's career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 29 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Shannon Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Bowling Green

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonBowling Green00
2015 Regular SeasonBowling Green00
2016 Regular SeasonBowling Green412.33.34
2017 Regular SeasonBowling Green5.520.95.41.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs South Dakota

Week 2 · L 27-35

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Northwestern

Week 3 · L 7-49

2

Havoc Plays

74.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Buffalo

Week 13 · W 27-19 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

60.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.

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@ Ohio

Week 6 · L 24-30 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

48.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Miami (OH)

Week 8 · L 26-40 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

38.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green

5.5 primary output · 20.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage

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#2

2014 Regular Season · Bowling Green

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Bowling Green

31.2

4 primary · 12.3 efficiency · 3.3 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games