Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2020Houston
Willie Smith III
DL • 6'1" • 245 lbs • Spring, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Willie Smith III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
12
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
11
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
20
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
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- Committed To
- Houston
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Willie Smith III, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Houston. Willie Smith III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 14
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Willie Smith III quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · DL
- Career Tackles
- 14
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Houston
- Top game
- Tulane
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Spring High · Houston
- High school pipeline
- Spring High · 17 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Sophomore
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Houston | 4 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 4 | 6 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 36.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Houston | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Willie Smith III played DL for Houston. Across 3 tracked seasons, Willie Smith III recorded 14 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Houston paired 0 primary output with 6.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 6.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Navy
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Houston
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
6.9
Usage
1.2
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Navy
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. SMU: 0. Memphis: 0. Navy: 0
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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. SMU: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 2 by 8.3. Navy: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Navy
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Navy
Career Arc
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Houston
2018-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2018201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Houston | 1 | 11.9 | 3 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 1 | 11.9 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 6.9 | 1.2 | -1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tulane
Week 12 · W 48-17 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
57.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Memphis
Week 13 · L 31-52 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
12.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Army
Week 1 · L 14-70 · Postseason
0
Havoc Plays
10 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10 takeover score.
#4
vs Navy
Week 14 · L 41-56 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
7.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Memphis
Week 12 · L 27-45 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Houston
0 primary output · 6.9 efficiency · 1.2 usage
39.1
#2
2018 Postseason · Houston
36.3
1 primary · 11.9 efficiency · 3 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Houston
36.3
1 primary · 11.9 efficiency · 3 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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