Player Dossier

2015-2017

North Carolina

Andre Smith

LB • 6'1" • 240 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Andre Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 56.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

29

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · North Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
North Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California

Player Story

Andre Smith built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 10, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Andre Smith's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8117

Brooke Point · Stafford, VA

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2018
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 16
Overall
No. 234
NFL Team
Carolina Panthers

Andre Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · North Carolina. Andre Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 56.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
134
TFL
6.5
Sacks
1
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Andre Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
North Carolina · LB
Career Tackles
134
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 16 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · North Carolina
Top game
California
Recruit profile
3-star · Brooke Point
High school pipeline
Brooke Point · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2018 · Round 7 · Pick 16 · Carolina Panthers
Latest roster
No. 10 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
21 tackles · LB 519th (top 48%) · ACC 203rd (top 34%) · National 1,866th (top 33%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina10-0--043.3
2016 PostseasonNorth Carolina133-0--068
2016 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1311061-3068
2017 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina2210.50-1055.1

Related Context

Andre Smith played LB for North Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Andre Smith recorded 134 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with North Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

North Carolina paired 10 primary output with 41.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 41.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · North Carolina

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

41.7

Usage

9.5

Consistency

51.3

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 0. Georgia: 1. Illinois: 2. James Madison: 1. Pittsburgh: 1. Florida State: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Miami: 0. Virginia: 3. Georgia Tech: 1. Duke: 1. The Citadel: 0. NC State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stanford: 3 by 12.5. Georgia: 7 by 39.2. Illinois: 14 by 70. James Madison: 5 by 30.8. Pittsburgh: 11 by 55.8. Florida State: 6 by 25. Virginia Tech: 15 by 50. Miami: 6 by 25. Virginia: 4 by 46.7. Georgia Tech: 12 by 60. Duke: 9 by 47.5. The Citadel: 7 by 29.2. NC State: 14 by 50

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 8 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Virginia

Best efficiency game

70 vs Illinois

Result
Fri 12/30vs StanfordL 23-2531000
Fri 11/25vs NC State10+ tacklesL 21-28149000
Sat 11/19vs The CitadelW 41-773000
Fri 11/11@ DukeL 27-2895100
Sat 11/5vs Georgia Tech10+ tacklesW 48-20126100
Sat 10/22@ VirginiaSplash gameW 35-1442111
Sat 10/15@ MiamiW 20-1365000
Sat 10/8vs Virginia Tech10+ tacklesL 3-34154000
Sat 10/1@ Florida StateW 37-3563000
Sat 9/24vs Pittsburgh10+ tacklesW 37-36114100
Sat 9/17vs James MadisonW 56-2852001
Sat 9/10@ Illinois10+ tackles · Splash gameW 48-23148101
Sat 9/3vs GeorgiaL 24-3374100

Player Story

Andre Smith story

Andre Smith built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 10, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Andre Smith's career was his defensive production: 134 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Andre Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    North Carolina

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina120
2016 PostseasonNorth Carolina1041.79.59
2016 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1041.79.50
2017 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina2.556.310.7-7.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs California

Week 1 · L 30-35

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Virginia

Week 8 · W 35-14 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Illinois

Week 2 · W 48-23

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Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Georgia Tech

Week 10 · W 48-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Pittsburgh

Week 4 · W 37-36 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

63 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · North Carolina

10 primary output · 41.7 efficiency · 9.5 usage

68

#2

2016 Regular Season · North Carolina

68

10 primary · 41.7 efficiency · 9.5 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · North Carolina

55.1

2.5 primary · 56.3 efficiency · 10.7 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

3

Splash games

7

10+ tackle games