Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2020Maryland
Shaq Smith
LB • 6'2" • 245 lbs • Baltimore, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Shaq Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
54
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
42
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Clemson • Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Player Story
Shaq Smith built his college career from 2015 through 2020 as a linebacker from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 1, spending time with Clemson and Maryland. The clearest part of Shaq Smith's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Clemson
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Shaq Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Maryland. Shaq Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 52
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Shaq Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · LB
- Career Tackles
- 52
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Maryland
- Top game
- Rutgers
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Dominion · Clemson
- High school pipeline
- Dominion · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Clemson | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 29.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Clemson | 6 | 12 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 11.1 |
| 2018 Postseason | Clemson | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 17.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Clemson | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 17.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Maryland | 10 | 24 | 3.5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 52.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Shaq Smith played LB for Clemson and Maryland. Across 6 tracked seasons, Shaq Smith recorded 52 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Maryland paired 10.5 primary output with 20.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Clemson, Maryland.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Win with 3.5 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 · Maryland
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
20.5
Usage
4.3
Consistency
51.7
Best Game by takeover score
Rutgers
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Howard: 2. Temple: 0. Penn State: 1. Rutgers: 3.5. Purdue: 0. Minnesota: 0. Michigan: 0. Ohio State: 1. Nebraska: 2. Michigan State: 1
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. Howard: 3 by 32.5. Temple: 3 by 12.5. Penn State: 4 by 26.7. Rutgers: 7 by 64.2. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 2 by 18.3. Nebraska: 1 by 24.2. Michigan State: 0 by 10
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.8 · Games = 2 · +2.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 8 · -2.1 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
Rutgers
Best efficiency game
64.2 vs Rutgers
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Michigan State | L 16-19 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs NebraskaSplash game | L 7-54 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Ohio State | L 14-73 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Michigan | L 7-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Minnesota | L 10-52 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Purdue | L 14-40 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ RutgersSplash game | W 48-7 | 7 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Penn State | L 0-59 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Temple | L 17-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs HowardSplash game | W 79-0 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Shaq Smith story
Shaq Smith built his college career from 2015 through 2020 as a linebacker from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 1, spending time with Clemson and Maryland. The clearest part of Shaq Smith's career was his defensive production: 52 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Shaq 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.
- 1
Clemson
2015-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Maryland
2019-2020
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Clemson | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Clemson | 1 | 10 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Clemson | 3.5 | 10.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Clemson | 3.5 | 10.2 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Maryland | 10.5 | 20.5 | 4.3 | 7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | — | — | -10.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Rutgers
Week 6 · W 48-7 · Conference game
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
#2
vs The Citadel
Week 12 · W 61-3
1
Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Notre Dame
Week 1 · W 30-3 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Furman
Week 1 · W 48-7
1.5
Havoc Plays
53.6 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Ohio State
Week 11 · L 14-73 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
46.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Maryland
10.5 primary output · 20.5 efficiency · 4.3 usage
52.1
#2
2016 Regular Season · Clemson
29.9
1 primary · 10 efficiency · 0 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Clemson
17.1
3.5 primary · 10.2 efficiency · 2.2 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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