Player Dossier

2013-2019

Texas State

Jalen Smith

DB • 5'11" • 188 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jalen Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.7

Efficiency

23.4

Consistency

6.1

Season Value

9.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Fresno State • Texas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: SMU

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.

Jalen Smith, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Fresno State. Jalen Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.4 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Fresno State paired 0 primary output with 8.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Fresno State, Texas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: SMU

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

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2019 Regular Season · Texas State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

23.4

Usage

4.7

Consistency

6.1

Best Game by takeover score

Coastal Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 0. Wyoming: 0. SMU: 1. Georgia State: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Arkansas State: 0. Louisiana: 1. South Alabama: 0. Troy: 0. App State: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 6 by 25. Wyoming: 7 by 29.2. SMU: 8 by 43.3. Georgia State: 6 by 25. UL Monroe: 5 by 20.8. Arkansas State: 3 by 12.5. Louisiana: 4 by 26.7. South Alabama: 3 by 12.5. Troy: 6 by 25. App State: 4 by 16.7. Coastal Carolina: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 9 · +0.2 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.0 vs Second Half
Second Half0.2 · Games = 5 · +0.0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

SMU

Best efficiency game

43.3 vs SMU

Result
Sat 11/30@ Coastal CarolinaL 21-2452000
Sat 11/23@ App StateL 13-3544000
Sat 11/16vs TroyL 27-6364000
Sat 11/9vs South AlabamaW 30-2833000
Sat 11/2@ LouisianaL 3-3143001
Sat 10/26@ Arkansas StateL 14-3831000
Fri 10/11vs UL MonroeL 14-2454000
Sat 9/21vs Georgia StateW 37-3462000
Sat 9/14@ SMUL 17-47850010
Sat 9/7vs WyomingL 14-2372000
Fri 8/30@ Texas A&ML 7-4161000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Fresno State

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas State

    2018-2019

    Final stop

Season Progression

201320142015201620182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonFresno State0
2014 Regular SeasonFresno State00
2015 Regular SeasonFresno State00
2016 Regular SeasonFresno State08.41.20
2018 Regular SeasonTexas State311.82.43
2019 Regular SeasonTexas State223.44.7-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

SMU

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.5 takeover score.

#2

App State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.6 takeover score.

#3

Louisiana

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.1 takeover score.

#4

New Mexico State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.5 takeover score.

#5

Wyoming

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2016 Regular Season · Fresno State

0 primary output · 8.4 efficiency · 1.2 usage

36.5

#2

2019 Regular Season · Texas State

9.4

2 primary · 23.4 efficiency · 4.7 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Texas State

6.5

3 primary · 11.8 efficiency · 2.4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7936

St. Pius X · Houston, TX

Committed To
Fresno State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Career Facts

2

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

82

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 23 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Recruiting profile

2-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
82