Usage Score
5.1
Player Dossier
2019-2025UConn
Ben Smiley III
DL • 6'4" • 245 lbs • Norfolk, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ben Smiley III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.2 disruption score.
Efficiency
18.2
Consistency
57.4
Season Value
32
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 7
- Program Path
- Virginia • UConn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Richmond
Scouting Read
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Ben Smiley III, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Virginia. Ben Smiley III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.2 disruption score.
Ben Smiley III played DL for Virginia and UConn. Across 7 tracked seasons, Ben Smiley III recorded 71 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UConn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Virginia paired 8.5 primary output with 15 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Virginia, UConn.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · UConn
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
18.2
Usage
5.1
Consistency
57.4
Best Game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Central Connecticut: 0.5. Syracuse: 0.5. Ball State: 0. Buffalo: 0. Florida International: 1. Air Force: 0.5. Florida Atlantic: 1.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Connecticut: 2 by 13.3. Syracuse: 3 by 17.5. Ball State: 4 by 16.7. Buffalo: 4 by 16.7. Florida International: 3 by 22.5. Air Force: 2 by 13.3. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 27.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.6 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 1 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
Best efficiency game
27.5 vs Florida Atlantic
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Virginia
2019-2024
Opening stop
- 2
UConn
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 6.3 | 1.1 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 3 | 11.8 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia | 3 | 10.5 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia | 7.5 | 19.6 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia | 8.5 | 15 | 7.3 | 1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UConn | 4 | 18.2 | 5.1 | -4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Richmond
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.9 takeover score.
#2
Clemson
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.
#3
Georgia Tech
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.5 takeover score.
#4
North Carolina
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.
#5
Florida Atlantic
1.5
Primary metric
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Virginia
8.5 primary output · 15 efficiency · 7.3 usage
46.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · Virginia
45.3
7.5 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 6.3 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Virginia
35.8
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2025 · Rating 0.881
Lawrence North · Indianapolis, IN
- Committed To
- Indiana
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Career Facts
2
Career teams
7
Seasons tracked
71
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 38 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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