Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Georgia
Roquan Smith
ILB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Montezuma, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Roquan Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
91
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Georgia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Georgia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Player Story
Roquan Smith built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as an inside linebacker from Montezuma, GA wearing No. 3, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of Roquan Smith's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Georgia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 8
- Overall
- No. 8
- NFL Team
- Chicago Bears
Roquan Smith, ILB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Georgia. Roquan Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 220
- TFL
- 17.5
- Sacks
- 6.5
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 3
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Roquan Smith Georgia Highlights
2017 · Georgia · Player Highlight
Roquan Smith college highlights at Georgia.
- Season
- 2017
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Roquan Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia · ILB
- Career Tackles
- 220
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Georgia
- Top game
- Auburn
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Macon County · Georgia
- High school pipeline
- Macon County · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 1 · Pick 8 · Chicago Bears
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 125 tackles · ILB 2nd (top 5%) · SEC 2nd (top 1%) · National 17th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Georgia | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Georgia | 13 | 13 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Georgia | 13 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2017 Postseason | Georgia | 14 | 24 | 3.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 74.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Georgia | 14 | 101 | 9 | 5.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 74.4 |
Related Context
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Roquan Smith played ILB for Georgia. Across 3 tracked seasons, Roquan Smith recorded 220 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Georgia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
Georgia paired 24 primary output with 53.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 35.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · Georgia
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
35.2
Usage
9.2
Consistency
15.4
Best Game by takeover score
North Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. TCU: 0. North Carolina: 2. Nicholls: 0. Missouri: 0. Ole Miss: 1. Tennessee: 0. South Carolina: 0. Vanderbilt: 1.5. Florida: 1. Kentucky: 0. Auburn: 0. Louisiana: 0.5. Georgia Tech: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. TCU: 13 by 50. North Carolina: 6 by 45. Nicholls: 4 by 16.7. Missouri: 4 by 16.7. Ole Miss: 3 by 22.5. Tennessee: 5 by 20.8. South Carolina: 11 by 45.8. Vanderbilt: 6 by 40. Florida: 9 by 47.5. Kentucky: 7 by 29.2. Auburn: 7 by 29.2. Louisiana: 7 by 34.2. Georgia Tech: 13 by 60
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 8 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · 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
North Carolina
Best efficiency game
60 vs Georgia Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/30 | @ TCU10+ tackles | W 31-23 | 13 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/26 | vs Georgia Tech10+ tackles | L 27-28 | 13 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Louisiana | W 35-21 | 7 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Auburn | W 13-7 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Kentucky | W 27-24 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Florida | L 10-24 | 9 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Vanderbilt | L 16-17 | 6 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/9 | @ South Carolina10+ tackles | W 28-14 | 11 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Tennessee | L 31-34 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Ole Miss | L 14-45 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Missouri | W 28-27 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Nicholls | W 26-24 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ North CarolinaSplash game | W 33-24 | 6 | 5 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Roquan Smith story
Roquan Smith built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as an inside linebacker from Montezuma, GA wearing No. 3, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of Roquan Smith's career was his defensive production: 220 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Georgia. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Roquan Smith's production has multiple signals. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia.
The arc is straightforward: Roquan Smith moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Georgia
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016201620172017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Georgia | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | Georgia | 7 | 35.2 | 9.2 | 7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Georgia | 7 | 35.2 | 9.2 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Georgia | 24 | 53.7 | 15.1 | 17 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Georgia | 24 | 53.7 | 15.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Auburn
Week 14 · W 28-7 · Conference game
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
100 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.
#2
@ Georgia Tech
Week 13 · W 38-7
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Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Alabama
Week 1 · L 23-26 · Postseason · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#4
@ North Carolina
Week 1 · W 33-24
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Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#5
vs South Carolina
Week 10 · W 24-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · Georgia
24 primary output · 53.7 efficiency · 15.1 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Georgia
74.4
24 primary · 53.7 efficiency · 15.1 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · Georgia
39.1
7 primary · 35.2 efficiency · 9.2 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
7
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
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