Clayton Smith

DL • 6'5" • 255 lbs • Queen City, TX, USA

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Clayton Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.5 disruption score.

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Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

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Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Career Arc

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Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Arizona State

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Snapshot

Career Teams: 2
Unique Seasons: 5
Program Path: Oklahoma • Arizona State
Peak Game: Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Player Story

Clayton Smith built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Queen City, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with Arizona State and Oklahoma. The clearest part of Clayton Smith's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9812

Texas High · Texarkana, TX

Committed To: Oklahoma
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2021

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Latest team and position: Arizona State · DL
Career Tackles: 81
Tracked sample: 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
Best season: 2023 Regular Season · Arizona State
Top game: Mississippi State
Recruit profile: 4-star · Texas High · Oklahoma
High school pipeline: Texas High · 29 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster: No. 10 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank: 19 tackles · DL 380th (top 36%) · Big 12 242nd (top 34%) · National 2,100th (top 34%)

Clayton Smith played DL for Oklahoma and Arizona State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Clayton Smith recorded 15 receiving yards and 81 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Arizona State.

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