Usage / Role
84%
Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018UTEP
Kahani Smith
DB • 6'1" • 190 lbs • Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kahani Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41 disruption score.
Impact Production
89
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
80
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UTEP
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UTEP
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Player Story
Kahani Smith built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive back from Los Angeles, CA wearing No. 24, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Kahani Smith's career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyKahani Smith, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UTEP. Kahani Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 127
- TFL
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 13
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Kahani Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTEP · DB
- Career Tackles
- 127
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · UTEP
- Top game
- Western Kentucky
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 81 tackles · DB 24th (top 3%) · Conference USA 17th (top 3%) · National 176th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | UTEP | 10 | 46 | - | 0 | - | 3 | 2 | 39.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UTEP | 12 | 81 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 61.7 |
Related Context
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Kahani Smith played DB for UTEP. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kahani Smith recorded 127 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UTEP.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
UTEP paired 15.5 primary output with 41 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 41 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · UTEP
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
41
Usage
7.6
Consistency
42.6
Best Game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northern Arizona: 2. UNLV: 1. Tennessee: 1. New Mexico State: 1.5. UTSA: 0. North Texas: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0. UAB: 1.5. Rice: 0.5. Middle Tennessee: 0. Western Kentucky: 4. Southern Miss: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Arizona: 8 by 53.3. UNLV: 10 by 51.7. Tennessee: 8 by 43.3. New Mexico State: 6 by 40. UTSA: 2 by 8.3. North Texas: 5 by 30.8. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 29.2. UAB: 4 by 31.7. Rice: 8 by 38.3. Middle Tennessee: 7 by 29.2. Western Kentucky: 6 by 65. Southern Miss: 10 by 71.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 1 · -0.9 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 11 · +0.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
Best efficiency game
71.7 vs Southern Miss
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | vs Southern Miss10+ tackles · Splash game | L 7-39 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 11/18 | @ Western KentuckySplash game | L 16-40 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | vs Middle Tennessee | L 32-48 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Rice | W 34-26 | 8 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs UAB | L 0-19 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 24-31 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | vs North Texas | L 24-27 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | @ UTSA | L 21-30 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs New Mexico State | L 20-27 | 6 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Tennessee | L 0-24 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/9 | @ UNLV10+ tackles | L 24-52 | 10 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Northern ArizonaSplash game | L 10-30 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Kahani Smith story
Kahani Smith built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive back from Los Angeles, CA wearing No. 24, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Kahani Smith's career was his defensive production: 127 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 13 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Kahani Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UTEP
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UTEP | 5 | 24.2 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UTEP | 15.5 | 41 | 7.6 | 10.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Western Kentucky
Week 12 · L 16-40 · Conference game
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
81.9 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Southern Miss
Week 13 · L 7-39 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Southern Miss
Week 7 · L 0-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Army
Week 5 · L 21-35
1
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#5
vs Northern Arizona
Week 1 · L 10-30
2
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Loss 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
2018 Regular Season · UTEP
15.5 primary output · 41 efficiency · 7.6 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · UTEP
39.7
5 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 6.3 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · UTEP
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
3
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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