Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Purdue
Simeon Smiley
CB • 6'0" • 210 lbs • Pensacola, FL, USA
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Simeon Smiley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
20
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: TCU
Player Story
Simeon Smiley built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a cornerback from Pensacola, FL wearing No. 29, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Simeon Smiley's career was his defensive production: 74...
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- Committed To
- Purdue
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Simeon Smiley, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Purdue. Simeon Smiley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 74
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 11
Quick Answers
Simeon Smiley quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · CB
- Career Tackles
- 74
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- TCU
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Pensacola Catholic · Purdue
- High school pipeline
- Pensacola Catholic · 23 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 29 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 10 tackles · CB 168th (top 53%) · Big Ten 221st (top 41%) · National 2,206th (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Purdue | 9 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Purdue | 9 | 13 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 8.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Purdue | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 51.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Purdue | 12 | 27 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Purdue | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.9 |
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Simeon Smiley played CB for Purdue. Across 4 tracked seasons, Simeon Smiley recorded 74 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Purdue paired 10 primary output with 18.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
12.9
Usage
2.9
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 0. Northwestern: 1. Rutgers: 0. Nebraska: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois: 4 by 16.7. Northwestern: 2 by 18.3. Rutgers: 2 by 8.3. Nebraska: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
18.3 vs Northwestern
Player Story
Simeon Smiley story
Simeon Smiley built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a cornerback from Pensacola, FL wearing No. 29, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Simeon Smiley's career was his defensive production: 74 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Purdue. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Simeon Smiley's production has multiple signals. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Purdue.
The arc is straightforward: Simeon Smiley moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Purdue
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Purdue | 1 | 9 | 1.4 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Purdue | 1 | 9 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Purdue | 10 | 18.3 | 3.5 | 9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Purdue | 6.5 | 14.8 | 3.5 | -3.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Purdue | 1 | 12.9 | 2.9 | -5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs TCU
Week 3 · L 13-34
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Michigan State
Week 9 · L 13-23 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Northwestern
Week 11 · L 20-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Nebraska
Week 5 · W 42-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
54.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Ohio State
Week 8 · W 49-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
46.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Purdue
10 primary output · 18.3 efficiency · 3.5 usage
51.9
#2
2019 Regular Season · Purdue
30
6.5 primary · 14.8 efficiency · 3.5 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Purdue
13.9
1 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 2.9 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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