Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019North Carolina
Jonathan Smith
LB • 6'0" • 228 lbs • Laurinburg, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jonathan Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
9
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
28
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · North Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- North Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Carolina
Player Story
Jonathan Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Laurinburg, NC wearing No. 7, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Jonathan Smith's career was his defensive...
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Jonathan Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · North Carolina. Jonathan Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 71
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Jonathan Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 71
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · North Carolina
- Top game
- Western Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Highland Springs
- High school pipeline
- Highland Springs · 29 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 3 tackles · LB 1,022nd (top 81%) · ACC 409th (top 64%) · National 3,857th (top 65%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Carolina | 8 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | North Carolina | 7 | 28 | 3.5 | 1.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 45.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | North Carolina | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 29.2 |
Related Context
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Jonathan Smith played LB for North Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jonathan Smith recorded 71 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with North Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
North Carolina paired 6 primary output with 28.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.3 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: Wake Forest
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · North Carolina
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
11.3
Usage
4.7
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Wake Forest
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 1. App State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wake Forest
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs Wake Forest
Player Story
Jonathan Smith story
Jonathan Smith built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Laurinburg, NC wearing No. 7, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Jonathan Smith's career was his defensive production: 71 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 17 career games in the available record. That gives Jonathan Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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North Carolina
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Carolina | 6 | 28.3 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | North Carolina | 6 | 25.2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | North Carolina | 1 | 11.3 | 4.7 | -5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Carolina
Week 12 · W 65-10
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
91.9 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.
#2
@ California
Week 1 · L 17-24
4
Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#3
@ NC State
Week 13 · L 21-33 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Wake Forest
Week 3 · L 18-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Notre Dame
Week 6 · L 10-33
1
Havoc Plays
38.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · North Carolina
6 primary output · 28.3 efficiency · 6.2 usage
48.2
#2
2018 Regular Season · North Carolina
45.2
6 primary · 25.2 efficiency · 5 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · North Carolina
29.2
1 primary · 11.3 efficiency · 4.7 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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