Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2020Oregon State
Shemar Smith
LB • 6'1" • 237 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Shemar Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
71
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
60
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Oregon State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Oregon State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Player Story
Shemar Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a linebacker from Miami, FL wearing No. 41, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Shemar Smith's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Oregon State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Shemar Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Oregon State. Shemar Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 141
- TFL
- 10.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Shemar Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 141
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Oregon State
- Top game
- UCLA
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Miami Jackson · Oregon State
- High school pipeline
- Miami Jackson · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Oregon State | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oregon State | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 26.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Oregon State | 12 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 68 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oregon State | 7 | 39 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 48.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oregon State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Shemar Smith played LB for Oregon State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Shemar Smith recorded 141 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Oregon State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Oregon State paired 12 primary output with 39.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 31 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: UCLA
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2019 Regular Season · Oregon State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
31
Usage
7
Consistency
58.3
Best Game by takeover score
UCLA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma State: 1. Hawai'i: 0. Cal Poly: 1. Stanford: 0. UCLA: 2. Utah: 1. California: 0.5
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. Oklahoma State: 5 by 30.8. Hawai'i: 2 by 8.3. Cal Poly: 5 by 30.8. Stanford: 5 by 20.8. UCLA: 12 by 70. Utah: 8 by 43.3. California: 2 by 13.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UCLA
Best efficiency game
70 vs UCLA
Player Story
Shemar Smith story
Shemar Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a linebacker from Miami, FL wearing No. 41, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Shemar Smith's career was his defensive production: 141 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 30 career games in the available record. His career also includes 15 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Shemar Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Oregon State
2016-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Oregon State | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oregon State | 5 | 12.1 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Oregon State | 12 | 39.5 | 9.6 | 7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oregon State | 5.5 | 31 | 7 | -6.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oregon State | 0 | — | — | -5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UCLA
Week 6 · W 48-31 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#2
@ Stanford
Week 11 · L 17-48 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Washington State
Week 3 · L 23-52 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Washington
Week 12 · L 23-42 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Oregon
Week 13 · L 15-55 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
64.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Oregon State
12 primary output · 39.5 efficiency · 9.6 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Oregon State
48.3
5.5 primary · 31 efficiency · 7 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Oregon State
38.2
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
6
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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