Player Dossier

2015-2018

Boston College

Ray Smith

DT • 6'1" • 305 lbs • Carlsbad, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ray Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.8

Efficiency

22.4

Consistency

50

Season Value

22.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Boston College

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Boston College
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Ray Smith, DT. Best season Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Boston College. Ray Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Boston College paired 6 primary output with 22.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2018 Regular Season · Boston College

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

22.4

Usage

4.8

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Syracuse

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Massachusetts: 1. Unknown: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Purdue: 1. Temple: 0. NC State: 1. Louisville: 1. Miami: 1. Virginia Tech: 0. Clemson: 1. Florida State: 0. Syracuse: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Massachusetts: 6 by 35. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 5 by 30.8. Temple: 6 by 25. NC State: 8 by 43.3. Louisville: 1 by 14.2. Miami: 6 by 35. Virginia Tech: 4 by 16.7. Clemson: 4 by 26.7. Florida State: 1 by 4.2. Syracuse: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

Wins0.5 · n=6 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · n=5 · +0.1 vs Wins
First Half0.5 · n=6 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · n=6 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

43.3 vs NC State

Result
Sat 11/24vs SyracuseL 21-4250000
Sat 11/17@ Florida StateL 21-2210000
Sun 11/11vs ClemsonL 7-2742100
Sat 11/3@ Virginia TechW 31-2141000
Fri 10/26vs MiamiW 27-1461001
Sat 10/13vs LouisvilleW 38-2010001
Sat 10/6@ NC StateL 23-2883100
Sat 9/29vs TempleW 45-3562000
Sat 9/22@ PurdueL 13-3053100
Thu 9/13@ Wake ForestW 41-3421000
Sat 9/8vs Unknown21000
Sat 9/1vs MassachusettsW 55-21640010

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Boston College

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201520162016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonBoston College0
2016 PostseasonBoston College6163.56
2016 Regular SeasonBoston College6163.50
2017 PostseasonBoston College524.74.3-1
2017 Regular SeasonBoston College524.74.30
2018 Regular SeasonBoston College622.44.81

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Wake Forest

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#2

NC State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.8 takeover score.

#3

Iowa

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.6 takeover score.

#4

Central Michigan

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.

#5

NC State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2018 Regular Season · Boston College

6 primary output · 22.4 efficiency · 4.8 usage

22.2

#2

2016 Postseason · Boston College

15.4

6 primary · 16 efficiency · 3.5 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Boston College

15.4

6 primary · 16 efficiency · 3.5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9031

IMG Academy · Bradenton, FL

Committed To
Nebraska
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

133

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 34 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Ray Smith quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
DT
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
133