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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Middle Tennessee
Cody Smith
LB • 6'2" • 211 lbs • Stuart, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cody Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Middle Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Player Story
Cody Smith built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Stuart, FL wearing No. 42, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Cody Smith's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Middle Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Cody Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. Cody Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 104
- TFL
- 12
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Cody Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Middle Tennessee · LB
- Career Tackles
- 104
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
- Top game
- Troy
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Martin County · Middle Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Martin County · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 42 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · LB 512th (top 41%) · Conference USA 177th (top 27%) · National 1,545th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 20 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | 55.1 |
| 2021 Postseason | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 34.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 26 | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 34.1 |
Related Context
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Cody Smith played LB for Middle Tennessee. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cody Smith recorded 104 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Middle Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Middle Tennessee paired 12 primary output with 29.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 18.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · Middle Tennessee
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
18.8
Usage
3.7
Consistency
24.4
Best Game by takeover score
UTSA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 0. Monmouth: 0. Virginia Tech: 1. UTSA: 3. Charlotte: 2. Marshall: 0. Liberty: 1. UConn: 0. Florida International: 0. Florida Atlantic: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 1 by 4.2. Monmouth: 2 by 8.3. Virginia Tech: 1 by 14.2. UTSA: 9 by 67.5. Charlotte: 3 by 32.5. Marshall: 4 by 16.7. Liberty: 3 by 22.5. UConn: 2 by 8.3. Florida International: 1 by 4.2. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 9.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.1 · Games = 6 · -1.7 vs Losses
Losses1.8 · Games = 4 · +1.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UTSA
Best efficiency game
67.5 vs UTSA
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/17 | @ Toledo | W 31-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/28 | @ Florida Atlantic | W 27-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Florida International | W 50-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/22 | @ UConn | W 44-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Liberty | L 13-41 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Marshall | W 34-28 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/24 | @ CharlotteSplash game | L 39-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ UTSASplash game | L 13-27 | 9 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | @ Virginia Tech | L 14-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Monmouth | W 50-15 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cody Smith story
Cody Smith built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Stuart, FL wearing No. 42, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Cody Smith's career was his defensive production: 104 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Cody Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Middle Tennessee
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201820182019202020212021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 11.3 | 1.9 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 11.3 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 3.5 | 11.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 29.5 | 8.1 | 8.5 |
| 2021 Postseason | Middle Tennessee | 7.5 | 18.8 | 3.7 | -4.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 7.5 | 18.8 | 3.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Troy
Week 3 · L 14-47
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5
Havoc Plays
94.2 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.2 takeover score.
#2
@ UTSA
Week 3 · L 13-27 · 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
@ Rice
Week 8 · W 40-34 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
86 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86 takeover score.
#4
vs North Texas
Week 7 · L 35-52 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
59 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59 takeover score.
#5
vs Tennessee State
Week 2 · W 45-26
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Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
12 primary output · 29.5 efficiency · 8.1 usage
55.1
#2
2021 Postseason · Middle Tennessee
34.1
7.5 primary · 18.8 efficiency · 3.7 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
34.1
7.5 primary · 18.8 efficiency · 3.7 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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