Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019South Carolina
Kobe Smith
DL • 6'2" • 300 lbs • Lawrenceville, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kobe Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
38
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
54
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- South Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Player Story
Kobe Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Lawrenceville, GA wearing No. 95, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Kobe Smith's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- South Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Kobe Smith, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · South Carolina. Kobe Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 79
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 7
Quick Answers
Kobe Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Carolina · DL
- Career Tackles
- 79
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · South Carolina
- Top game
- Akron
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Archer · South Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Archer · 19 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 95 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 28 tackles · DL 188th (top 22%) · SEC 161st (top 25%) · National 1,521st (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | South Carolina | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.4 |
| 2017 Postseason | South Carolina | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Carolina | 10 | 12 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 16.6 |
| 2018 Postseason | South Carolina | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Carolina | 11 | 29 | 2 | 1.5 | 4 | - | 0 | 44.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 10 | 28 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 37.2 |
Related Context
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Kobe Smith played DL for South Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kobe Smith recorded 79 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
South Carolina paired 8.5 primary output with 20.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · South Carolina
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
16.7
Usage
4.8
Consistency
33.3
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 0. Alabama: 0. Missouri: 0. Kentucky: 1. Georgia: 1.5. Florida: 0.5. Tennessee: 1. Vanderbilt: 1. App State: 0. Texas A&M: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 4 by 16.7. Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Missouri: 3 by 12.5. Kentucky: 1 by 14.2. Georgia: 6 by 40. Florida: 2 by 13.3. Tennessee: 2 by 18.3. Vanderbilt: 2 by 18.3. App State: 5 by 20.8. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.2 · Games = 3 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 7 · -1.0 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
Georgia
Best efficiency game
40 vs Georgia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/17 | @ Texas A&M | L 6-30 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | vs App State | L 15-20 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Vanderbilt | W 24-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Tennessee | L 21-41 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Florida | L 27-38 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Georgia | W 20-17 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Kentucky | W 24-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Missouri | L 14-34 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Alabama | L 23-47 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ North Carolina | L 20-24 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kobe Smith story
Kobe Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Lawrenceville, GA wearing No. 95, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Kobe Smith's career was his defensive production: 79 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Kobe Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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South Carolina
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620172017201820182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | South Carolina | 0 | 5.6 | 0.8 | — |
| 2017 Postseason | South Carolina | 2.5 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Carolina | 2.5 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | South Carolina | 8.5 | 20.6 | 4.9 | 6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Carolina | 8.5 | 20.6 | 4.9 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 5 | 16.7 | 4.8 | -3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Akron
Week 14 · W 28-3
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
79.7 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Georgia
Week 7 · W 20-17 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
79.7 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas A&M
Week 5 · L 17-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Vanderbilt
Week 10 · W 24-7 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Tennessee
Week 9 · L 21-41 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · South Carolina
8.5 primary output · 20.6 efficiency · 4.9 usage
44.1
#2
2018 Regular Season · South Carolina
44.1
8.5 primary · 20.6 efficiency · 4.9 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · South Carolina
37.4
0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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