Player Dossier

2015-2018

Texas A&M

Deshawn Capers-Smith

DB • 6'0" • 200 lbs • New Orleans, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Deshawn Capers-Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Texas A&M

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Texas A&M
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Player Story

Deshawn Capers-Smith built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive back from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 26, spending time with Texas A&M. The clearest part of Deshawn Capers-Smith's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8753

Warren Easton · New Orleans, LA

Committed To
Texas A&M
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Deshawn Capers-Smith, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Texas A&M. Deshawn Capers-Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
108
TFL
9.5
Sacks
1.5
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Deshawn Capers-Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas A&M · DB
Career Tackles
108
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 31 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Texas A&M
Top game
NC State
Recruit profile
3-star · Warren Easton · Texas A&M
High school pipeline
McKinney · 26 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 26 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
52 tackles · DB 120th (top 14%) · SEC 57th (top 9%) · National 582nd (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonTexas A&M00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonTexas A&M91-0--017
2016 Regular SeasonTexas A&M926-0-3017
2017 PostseasonTexas A&M12211--023.6
2017 Regular SeasonTexas A&M12270.50.5-2023.6
2018 PostseasonTexas A&M10930--064.1
2018 Regular SeasonTexas A&M104350-3064.1

Related Context

Deshawn Capers-Smith played DB for Texas A&M. Across 4 tracked seasons, Deshawn Capers-Smith recorded 108 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Texas A&M.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Texas A&M paired 12 primary output with 33.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 33.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

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

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2018 Postseason · Texas A&M

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

33.7

Usage

8.1

Consistency

55.2

Best Game by takeover score

NC State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. NC State: 3. Clemson: 1. UL Monroe: 0. Alabama: 1. Arkansas: 2.5. Kentucky: 0. South Carolina: 1. Mississippi State: 0. UAB: 1. LSU: 2.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 9 by 67.5. Clemson: 4 by 26.7. UL Monroe: 3 by 12.5. Alabama: 8 by 43.3. Arkansas: 7 by 54.2. Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. South Carolina: 5 by 30.8. Mississippi State: 4 by 16.7. UAB: 2 by 18.3. LSU: 8 by 58.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.4 · Games = 7 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

67.5 vs NC State

Result
Tue 1/1vs NC StateSplash gameW 52-1397300
Sun 11/25vs LSUSplash gameW 74-72841.5001
Sun 11/18vs UABW 41-20210010
Sat 10/27@ Mississippi StateL 13-2843000
Sat 10/13@ South CarolinaW 26-2353001
Sat 10/6vs KentuckyW 20-1420000
Sat 9/29vs ArkansasSplash gameW 24-17751.5001
Sat 9/22@ AlabamaL 23-4584100
Sat 9/15vs UL MonroeW 48-1031000
Sat 9/8vs ClemsonL 26-2843100

Player Story

Deshawn Capers-Smith story

Deshawn Capers-Smith built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive back from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 26, spending time with Texas A&M. The clearest part of Deshawn Capers-Smith's career was his defensive production: 108 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 22 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Deshawn Capers-Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    Texas A&M

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonTexas A&M0
2016 PostseasonTexas A&M315.81.93
2016 Regular SeasonTexas A&M315.81.90
2017 PostseasonTexas A&M514.23.32
2017 Regular SeasonTexas A&M514.23.30
2018 PostseasonTexas A&M1233.78.17
2018 Regular SeasonTexas A&M1233.78.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs NC State

Week 1 · W 52-13 · Postseason

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Arkansas

Week 5 · W 24-17 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Wake Forest

Week 1 · L 52-55 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#4

vs LSU

Week 13 · W 74-72 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Mississippi State

Week 10 · L 28-35 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

61.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Texas A&M

12 primary output · 33.7 efficiency · 8.1 usage

64.1

#2

2018 Regular Season · Texas A&M

64.1

12 primary · 33.7 efficiency · 8.1 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Texas A&M

23.6

5 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 3.3 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games