Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2016Kansas
Fish Smithson
S • 5'11" • Baltimore, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Fish Smithson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
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Reliability
77
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: 2016 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Player Story
Fish Smithson built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a safety from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 9, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Fish Smithson's career was his defensive production: 93...
Read the storyFish Smithson, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Kansas. Fish Smithson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 93
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Fish Smithson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · S
- Career Tackles
- 93
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Texas
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 93 tackles · S 11th (top 3%) · Big 12 7th (top 2%) · National 117th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.9 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas | 12 | 93 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 6 | 0 | 68 |
Related Context
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Fish Smithson played S for Kansas. Across 3 tracked seasons, Fish Smithson recorded 93 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Kansas paired 13.5 primary output with 42.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 42.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
42.2
Usage
8.8
Consistency
56.7
Best Game by takeover score
Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rhode Island: 1. Ohio: 3. Memphis: 0. Texas Tech: 1.5. TCU: 1. Baylor: 0. Oklahoma State: 2. Oklahoma: 0. West Virginia: 0. Iowa State: 2. Texas: 2. Kansas State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rhode Island: 4 by 26.7. Ohio: 5 by 50.8. Memphis: 4 by 16.7. Texas Tech: 5 by 35.8. TCU: 6 by 35. Baylor: 8 by 33.3. Oklahoma State: 16 by 70. Oklahoma: 9 by 37.5. West Virginia: 7 by 29.2. Iowa State: 6 by 45. Texas: 12 by 70. Kansas State: 11 by 55.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 2 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 10 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas
Best efficiency game
70 vs Texas
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Kansas State10+ tackles | L 19-34 | 11 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Texas10+ tackles · Splash game | W 24-21 | 12 | 10 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Iowa StateSplash game | L 24-31 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ West Virginia | L 21-48 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Oklahoma | L 3-56 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Oklahoma State10+ tackles · Splash game | L 20-44 | 16 | 14 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Baylor | L 7-49 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs TCU | L 23-24 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/30 | @ Texas Tech | L 19-55 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Memphis | L 7-43 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs OhioSplash game | L 21-37 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Rhode Island | W 55-6 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Fish Smithson story
Fish Smithson built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a safety from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 9, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Fish Smithson's career was his defensive production: 93 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 6 interceptions across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Fish Smithson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kansas
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas | 13.5 | 42.2 | 8.8 | 11.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Texas
Week 12 · W 24-21 · Conference game
Win 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
vs Oklahoma State
Week 8 · L 20-44 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Iowa State
Week 11 · L 24-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Ohio
Week 2 · L 21-37
3
Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#5
@ TCU
Week 11 · L 17-23 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Kansas
13.5 primary output · 42.2 efficiency · 8.8 usage
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#2
2015 Regular Season · Kansas
44.9
2 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Kansas
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
4
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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