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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Northern Illinois
Sutton Smith
DE • 6'1" • 237 lbs • Saint Charles, MO, USA
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Sutton Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
79
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Player Story
Sutton Smith built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive end from Saint Charles, MO wearing No. 15, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Sutton Smith's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2019
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 2
- Overall
- No. 175
- NFL Team
- Pittsburgh Steelers
Sutton Smith, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Northern Illinois. Sutton Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.7 disruption score.
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Sutton Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · DE
- Career Tackles
- 123
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Kent State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Francis Howell · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Francis Howell · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2019 · Round 6 · Pick 2 · Pittsburgh Steelers
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Junior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 45 tackles · DE 43rd (top 13%) · Mid-American 69th (top 13%) · National 790th (top 14%)
Sutton Smith played DE for Northern Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Sutton Smith recorded 29 passing yards, -1 rushing yards, and 123 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Northern Illinois.
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