Usage / Role
88%
Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012SMU
Ryan Smith
DB • 5'11" • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ryan Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
lowelite
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stephen F. Austin
Player Story
Ryan Smith built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 20, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Ryan Smith's career was his defensive production: 4...
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- Committed To
- SMU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
Ryan Smith, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · SMU. Ryan Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Ryan Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · DB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- Stephen F. Austin
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Lamar · SMU
- High school pipeline
- Lamar · 39 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Class 2012
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | SMU | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2011 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | SMU | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 56.7 |
Related Context
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Ryan Smith is listed as a DB for SMU. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
SMU paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stephen F. Austin
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · SMU
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Stephen F. Austin
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Game by game trend chart. Stephen F. Austin: 2. Texas A&M: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 1 · +2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -2 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
Stephen F. Austin
Best efficiency game
40 vs Stephen F. Austin
Player Story
Ryan Smith story
Ryan Smith built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 20, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Ryan Smith's career was his defensive production: 4 interceptions across 4 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ryan Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
SMU
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | SMU | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2011 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | -2 |
| 2012 Regular Season | SMU | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Stephen F. Austin
Week 2 · W 52-0
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
vs TCU
Week 4 · L 24-41
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs UAB
Week 2 · W 28-7 · 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.
#4
vs Texas A&M
Week 3 · L 3-48
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · SMU
2 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2012 Regular Season · SMU
56.7
2 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · SMU
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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