Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Southern Miss
Demarrio Smith
DL • 6'2" • 264 lbs • Canton, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Demarrio Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Jackson State
Player Story
Demarrio Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Canton, MS wearing No. 55, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Demarrio Smith's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Southern Miss
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Demarrio Smith, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Southern Miss. Demarrio Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 49
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Demarrio Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · DL
- Career Tackles
- 49
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Southern Miss
- Top game
- Jackson State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Canton · Southern Miss
- High school pipeline
- Canton · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 55 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · DL 281st (top 33%) · Conference USA 197th (top 32%) · National 1,873rd (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 4 | 5 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 31.2 |
| 2017 Postseason | Southern Miss | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 25.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 5 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 25.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35.8 |
| 2019 Postseason | Southern Miss | 11 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 38.9 |
Related Context
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Demarrio Smith played DL for Southern Miss. Across 4 tracked seasons, Demarrio Smith recorded 49 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Southern Miss paired 4.5 primary output with 12 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 12 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: UAB
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 Postseason · Southern Miss
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
12
Usage
3.4
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
UAB
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tulane: 0. Mississippi State: 0.5. Troy: 0. Alabama: 0. UTEP: 0. North Texas: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0. UAB: 1.5. UTSA: 1. Western Kentucky: 0.5. Florida Atlantic: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulane: 1 by 4.2. Mississippi State: 3 by 17.5. Troy: 1 by 4.2. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. North Texas: 2 by 18.3. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 2 by 23.3. UTSA: 4 by 26.7. Western Kentucky: 2 by 13.3. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 5 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.5 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
UAB
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs UTSA
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/4 | @ Tulane | L 13-30 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 17-34 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Western Kentucky | L 10-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ UTSA | W 36-17 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs UAB | W 37-2 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 30-45 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs North Texas | W 45-27 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs UTEP | W 31-13 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Alabama | L 7-49 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Troy | W 47-42 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Mississippi State | L 15-38 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Demarrio Smith story
Demarrio Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Canton, MS wearing No. 55, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Demarrio Smith's career was his defensive production: 49 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Demarrio Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Southern Miss
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620172017201820192019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 2.5 | 11.5 | 3.3 | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Southern Miss | 2 | 9 | 4.4 | -0.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 2 | 9 | 4.4 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 4 | 13.9 | 3.9 | 2 |
| 2019 Postseason | Southern Miss | 4.5 | 12 | 3.4 | 0.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 4.5 | 12 | 3.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Jackson State
Week 1 · W 55-7
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Florida State
Week 1 · L 13-42 · Postseason
1
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#3
vs Savannah St
Week 2 · W 56-0
2
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#4
@ North Texas
Week 7 · L 7-30 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
59.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.
#5
vs UAB
Week 11 · W 37-2 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Southern Miss
4.5 primary output · 12 efficiency · 3.4 usage
38.9
#2
2019 Regular Season · Southern Miss
38.9
4.5 primary · 12 efficiency · 3.4 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Southern Miss
35.8
4 primary · 13.9 efficiency · 3.9 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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