Player Dossier

2015-2018

UTEP

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.

Usage Score

7.6

Efficiency

41

Consistency

42.6

Season Value

47.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UTEP

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
UTEP
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky

Scouting Read

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Kahani 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.

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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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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

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

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 11/24vs Southern Miss10+ tackles · Splash gameL 7-39104102
Sun 11/18@ Western KentuckySplash gameL 16-4065103
Sat 11/10vs Middle TennesseeL 32-4875000
Sat 11/3@ RiceW 34-26850.5000
Sat 10/27vs UABL 0-19410.5001
Sat 10/20@ Louisiana TechL 24-3174000
Sat 10/6vs North TexasL 24-2754001
Sat 9/29@ UTSAL 21-3022000
Sat 9/22vs New Mexico StateL 20-27641.5000
Sat 9/15@ TennesseeL 0-2487001
Sun 9/9@ UNLV10+ tacklesL 24-52108001
Sat 9/1vs Northern ArizonaSplash gameL 10-3083001

Career Arc

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    UTEP

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonUTEP0
2016 Regular SeasonUTEP00
2017 Regular SeasonUTEP524.26.35
2018 Regular SeasonUTEP15.5417.610.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Western Kentucky

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 58.2 takeover score.

#2

Southern Miss

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.

#3

Southern Miss

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.5 takeover score.

#4

UAB

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.2 takeover score.

#5

Louisiana Tech

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · UTEP

15.5 primary output · 41 efficiency · 7.6 usage

47.8

#2

2017 Regular Season · UTEP

28.2

5 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 6.3 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · UTEP

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

3

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

127

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 22 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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