Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2025UConn
Ben Smiley
DL • 6'4" • 245 lbs • Norfolk, VA, USA
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Ben Smiley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
60
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
54
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 7
- Program Path
- Virginia • UConn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Richmond
Player Story
Ben Smiley built his college career from 2019 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Norfolk, VA wearing No. 1, spending time with UConn and Virginia. The clearest part of Ben Smiley's career was his defensive...
Read the storyBen Smiley, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Virginia. Ben Smiley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.2 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- UConn · DL
- Career Tackles
- 71
- Tracked sample
- 7 unique seasons · 7 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Virginia
- Top game
- Richmond
- High school pipeline
- Lawrence North · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · DL 327th (top 31%) · FBS Independents 30th (top 33%) · National 1,944th (top 32%)
Ben Smiley played DL for Virginia and UConn. Across 7 tracked seasons, Ben Smiley recorded 71 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UConn.
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