Usage Score
4.4
Player Dossier
2020-2025UCLA
Gary Smith III
DL • 6'2" • 340 lbs • Shelbyville, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Gary Smith III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.
Efficiency
18.7
Consistency
3.3
Season Value
7.8
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Duke
202122232425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 6
- Program Path
- Duke • UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Scouting Read
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Gary Smith III, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Duke. Gary Smith III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.
Gary Smith III played DL for Duke and UCLA. Across 6 tracked seasons, Gary Smith III recorded 112 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Duke paired 0 primary output with 5.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Duke, UCLA.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Loss with 2 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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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
18.7
Usage
4.4
Consistency
3.3
Best Game by takeover score
USC
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah: 0. UNLV: 0. New Mexico: 0. Northwestern: 2. Michigan State: 0. Indiana: 0. Nebraska: 0. Ohio State: 0. Washington: 0. USC: 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. Utah: 5 by 20.8. UNLV: 5 by 20.8. New Mexico: 5 by 20.8. Northwestern: 7 by 49.2. Michigan State: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 2 by 8.3. Nebraska: 6 by 25. Ohio State: 3 by 12.5. Washington: 4 by 16.7. USC: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Losses0.2 · Games = 9
First Half0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs First Half
All Games0.2 · Games = 10
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
49.2 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | @ USC | L 10-29 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | vs Washington | L 14-48 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Ohio State | L 10-48 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Nebraska | L 21-28 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Indiana | L 6-56 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Michigan State | W 38-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Northwestern | L 14-17 | 7 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs New Mexico | L 10-35 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | @ UNLV | L 23-30 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Utah | L 10-43 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Duke
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
UCLA
2022-2025
Final stop
Season Progression
202020212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Duke | 0 | 5.4 | 0.9 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Duke | 4.5 | 18.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCLA | 4.5 | 15 | 4.2 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCLA | 5 | 17.2 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | -5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCLA | 2 | 18.7 | 4.4 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Northwestern
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.1 takeover score.
#2
Stanford
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
#3
Colorado
3
Primary metric
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 49.6 takeover score.
#4
Virginia
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 47 takeover score.
#5
Bowling Green
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2020 Regular Season · Duke
0 primary output · 5.4 efficiency · 0.9 usage
35.4
#2
2021 Regular Season · Duke
16.2
4.5 primary · 18.1 efficiency · 4.3 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · UCLA
11.6
5 primary · 17.2 efficiency · 4.6 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2020 · Rating 0.8411
Central · Shelbyville, TN
- Committed To
- Duke
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Career Facts
2
Career teams
6
Seasons tracked
112
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 41 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.