Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Florida Atlantic
Korel Smith
CB • 5'10" • 170 lbs • Miramar, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Korel Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33 disruption score.
Impact Production
95
Top-tier box-score impact for a corner
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Reliability
75
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Florida Atlantic
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern
Player Story
Korel Smith built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a cornerback from Miramar, FL wearing No. 29, spending time with Florida Atlantic. The clearest part of Korel Smith's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Florida Atlantic
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Korel Smith, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic. Korel Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 106
- TFL
- 8.5
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Korel Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida Atlantic · CB
- Career Tackles
- 106
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
- Top game
- Georgia Southern
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Miramar · Florida Atlantic
- High school pipeline
- Miramar · 45 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 29 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 44 tackles · CB 41st (top 11%) · Conference USA 91st (top 14%) · National 797th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 7.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 18 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 7.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 18 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.8 |
| 2020 Postseason | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 27.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 16 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 64.5 |
Related Context
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Korel Smith played CB for Florida Atlantic. Across 5 tracked seasons, Korel Smith recorded 106 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Florida Atlantic.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Florida Atlantic paired 18 primary output with 33 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
33
Usage
9.9
Consistency
42.4
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Southern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida: 1. Georgia Southern: 4. Fordham: 1. Air Force: 1. Florida International: 2. Charlotte: 3. UTEP: 1. Marshall: 1. Old Dominion: 0. Western Kentucky: 1. Middle Tennessee: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida: 9 by 47.5. Georgia Southern: 4 by 56.7. Fordham: 1 by 14.2. Air Force: 7 by 39.2. Florida International: 4 by 36.7. Charlotte: 0 by 30. UTEP: 1 by 14.2. Marshall: 2 by 18.3. Old Dominion: 5 by 20.8. Western Kentucky: 4 by 26.7. Middle Tennessee: 7 by 59.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.2 · Games = 5 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 6 · -1.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Georgia Southern
Best efficiency game
59.2 vs Middle Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/28 | vs Middle TennesseeSplash game | L 17-27 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | @ Western Kentucky | L 17-52 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | @ Old Dominion | L 16-30 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | vs Marshall | L 13-28 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs UTEP | W 28-25 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Thu 10/21 | @ CharlotteSplash game | W 38-9 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Florida InternationalSplash game | W 58-21 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/26 | @ Air Force | L 7-31 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Fordham | W 45-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Georgia SouthernSplash game | W 38-6 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Florida | L 14-35 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Korel Smith story
Korel Smith built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a cornerback from Miramar, FL wearing No. 29, spending time with Florida Atlantic. The clearest part of Korel Smith's career was his defensive production: 106 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 39 career games in the available record. That gives Korel Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Florida Atlantic
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201720182019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 8.1 | 1.8 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 8.1 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 6.5 | 17.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 0 | 12.5 | 1.9 | -6.5 |
| 2020 Postseason | Florida Atlantic | 4.5 | 17.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 4.5 | 17.1 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 18 | 33 | 9.9 | 13.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia Southern
Week 2 · W 38-6
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 13 · L 17-27 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Florida International
Week 10 · W 49-14 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 5 · W 38-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
68.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Florida International
Week 11 · W 38-19 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
18 primary output · 33 efficiency · 9.9 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
42.8
0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 1.9 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
29
6.5 primary · 17.5 efficiency · 4.7 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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