Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Mississippi State
Maurice Smitherman
CB • 5'10" • 195 lbs • Adamsville, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Maurice Smitherman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
24
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Player Story
Maurice Smitherman built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a cornerback from Adamsville, AL wearing No. 8, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Maurice Smitherman's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Kent State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Maurice Smitherman, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Mississippi State. Maurice Smitherman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 46
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Maurice Smitherman quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · CB
- Career Tackles
- 46
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Auburn
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lapeer · Kent State
- High school pipeline
- Lapeer · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 14 tackles · CB 200th (top 56%) · SEC 267th (top 42%) · National 2,359th (top 40%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 11.8 |
| 2017 Postseason | Mississippi State | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 11 | 21 | - | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 35.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 6 | 14 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 16 |
Related Context
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Maurice Smitherman played CB for Mississippi State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Maurice Smitherman recorded 46 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
Mississippi State paired 0 primary output with 5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
11.4
Usage
2.7
Consistency
5.6
Best Game by takeover score
Auburn
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Kansas State: 0. Kentucky: 0. Auburn: 1. Tennessee: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana: 1 by 4.2. Southern Miss: 3 by 12.5. Kansas State: 2 by 8.3. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Auburn: 2 by 18.3. Tennessee: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Auburn
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs Tennessee
Player Story
Maurice Smitherman story
Maurice Smitherman built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a cornerback from Adamsville, AL wearing No. 8, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Maurice Smitherman's career was his defensive production: 46 tackles, 2 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Maurice Smitherman's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Mississippi State
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 1 | 6.2 | 1.1 | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Mississippi State | 0 | 5 | 0.9 | -1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 5 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 4 | 12.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 1 | 11.4 | 2.7 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Auburn
Week 5 · L 23-56 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
59.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Ole Miss
Week 13 · W 35-3 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
#3
@ LSU
Week 8 · L 3-19 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Samford
Week 9 · W 56-41
1
Havoc Plays
46.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Auburn
Week 6 · W 23-9 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
45.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · Mississippi State
0 primary output · 5 efficiency · 0.9 usage
37.5
#2
2017 Regular Season · Mississippi State
37.5
0 primary · 5 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Mississippi State
35.4
4 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 2 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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