Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Houston
Ka'Darian Smith
CB • 6'1" • 186 lbs • Spring, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ka'Darian Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
8
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
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- Committed To
- Houston
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Ka'Darian Smith, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Houston. Ka'Darian Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 22
Quick Answers
Ka'Darian Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · CB
- Career Tackles
- 22
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Houston
- Top game
- Oklahoma
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Spring High · Houston
- High school pipeline
- Spring High · 17 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 9 tackles · CB 230th (top 65%) · American Athletic 268th (top 48%) · National 2,773rd (top 47%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Houston | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 2 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 4 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Houston | 4 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.4 |
Related Context
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Ka'Darian Smith played CB for Houston. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ka'Darian Smith recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Houston paired 0 primary output with 10.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Houston
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
9.4
Usage
1.8
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma: 0. Prairie View A&M: 0. Washington State: 0. North Texas: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma: 4 by 16.7. Prairie View A&M: 1 by 4.2. Washington State: 2 by 8.3. North Texas: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma
Best efficiency game
16.7 vs Oklahoma
Career Arc
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- 1
Houston
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 8.3 | 1.7 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 10.4 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 9.4 | 1.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oklahoma
Week 1 · L 31-49
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
14.2 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.2 takeover score.
#2
vs East Carolina
Week 10 · W 52-27 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
8.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas State
Week 4 · W 64-3
0
Havoc Plays
7.5 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Rice
Week 3 · W 38-3
0
Havoc Plays
7.5 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Washington State
Week 3 · L 24-31
0
Havoc Plays
7.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Houston
0 primary output · 10.4 efficiency · 1.7 usage
41.5
#2
2019 Regular Season · Houston
41.4
0 primary · 9.4 efficiency · 1.8 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Houston
40.8
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.7 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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