Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Texas Tech
Desmon Smith
DB • 6'2" • 195 lbs • Odessa, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Desmon Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
37
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Texas Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Texas Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Player Story
Desmon Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive back from Odessa, TX wearing No. 4, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Desmon Smith's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Colorado State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Desmon Smith, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Texas Tech. Desmon Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 80
- TFL
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
Desmon Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas Tech · DB
- Career Tackles
- 80
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Texas Tech
- Top game
- West Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lehi · Colorado State
- High school pipeline
- Lehi · 18 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 8 tackles · DB 573rd (top 64%) · Big 12 216th (top 48%) · National 2,861st (top 48%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 4 | 15 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 45.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 9 | 30 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 34.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 10 | 27 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 52.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 5 | 8 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 10.4 |
Related Context
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Desmon Smith played DB for Texas Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Desmon Smith recorded 80 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Texas Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Texas Tech paired 6.5 primary output with 17.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.4 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: West Virginia
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
19.4
Usage
3.5
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
West Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Washington: 0. Houston: 1. Kansas: 0. West Virginia: 2. Iowa State: 0. Oklahoma: 2. Kansas State: 0. Baylor: 0. Texas: 0
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Washington: 2 by 8.3. Houston: 5 by 30.8. Kansas: 6 by 25. West Virginia: 3 by 32.5. Iowa State: 4 by 16.7. Oklahoma: 4 by 36.7. Kansas State: 3 by 12.5. Baylor: 1 by 4.2. Texas: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
West Virginia
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Oklahoma
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Texas | W 27-23 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Baylor | W 38-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Kansas State | L 35-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/29 | @ OklahomaSplash game | L 27-49 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Iowa State | L 13-31 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ West VirginiaSplash game | L 35-46 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Kansas | W 65-19 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Houston | W 27-24 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Eastern Washington | W 56-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Desmon Smith story
Desmon Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive back from Odessa, TX wearing No. 4, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Desmon Smith's career was his defensive production: 80 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 8 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Desmon Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Texas Tech
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | 15.6 | 2.5 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 5 | 19.4 | 3.5 | 5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 6.5 | 17.8 | 5.1 | 1.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 1 | 8.7 | 1.3 | -5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ West Virginia
Week 7 · L 35-46 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
66.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Kansas
Week 8 · W 48-16 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
64.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Oklahoma
Week 10 · L 46-51 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Oklahoma
Week 9 · L 27-49 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
52.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Houston
Week 4 · W 27-24
1
Havoc Plays
46.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Texas Tech
6.5 primary output · 17.8 efficiency · 5.1 usage
52.9
#2
2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech
45.5
0 primary · 15.6 efficiency · 2.5 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech
34.1
5 primary · 19.4 efficiency · 3.5 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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