Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Arizona State
Clayton Smith
DL • 6'5" • 255 lbs • Queen City, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Clayton Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
86
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
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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- Committed To
- Oklahoma
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Clayton Smith, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Arizona State. Clayton Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 81
- TFL
- 19.5
- Sacks
- 11
- QB hurries
- 21
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Clayton Smith quick answers
- 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%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 3 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 7.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 24.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arizona State | 8 | 21 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 69.6 |
| 2024 Postseason | Arizona State | 14 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 61 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arizona State | 14 | 29 | 5.5 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 61 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arizona State | 8 | 19 | 6.5 | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | 45.5 |
Related Context
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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.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Arizona State paired 18 primary output with 33.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33.4 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 Oklahoma, Arizona State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Arizona State
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
2.3
Efficiency
33.4
Usage
13.6
Consistency
71.4
Best Game by takeover score
Colorado
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Utah: 1. Oklahoma State: 1. Colorado: 4. Washington State: 3. Utah: 1. UCLA: 2. Oregon: 3. Arizona: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Utah: 2 by 18.3. Oklahoma State: 1 by 14.2. Colorado: 2 by 48.3. Washington State: 2 by 38.3. Utah: 3 by 22.5. UCLA: 3 by 32.5. Oregon: 4 by 46.7. Arizona: 4 by 46.7
Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 3 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses2.4 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Colorado
Best efficiency game
48.3 vs Colorado
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs ArizonaSplash game | L 23-59 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs OregonSplash game | L 13-49 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/12 | @ UCLASplash game | W 17-7 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Utah | L 3-55 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/29 | vs Washington StateSplash game | W 38-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs ColoradoSplash game | L 24-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | vs Oklahoma State | L 15-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/1 | vs Southern Utah | W 24-21 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Clayton Smith 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 his defensive production: 81 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Arizona State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Clayton Smith's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 15 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona State and Oklahoma.
The arc is straightforward: Clayton Smith moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Oklahoma
2021-2022
Opening stop
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Arizona State
2023-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 0.5 | 5.9 | 1.2 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 1 | 15.5 | 3.3 | 0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arizona State | 18 | 33.4 | 13.6 | 17 |
| 2024 Postseason | Arizona State | 24.5 | 27.3 | 9.3 | 6.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arizona State | 24.5 | 27.3 | 9.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arizona State | 12.5 | 25.5 | 7.3 | -12 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 58 Mississippi State
Week 2 · L 20-24
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Kansas
Week 6 · W 35-31 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas State
Week 3 · W 31-28
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Havoc Plays
83.2 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 83.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Colorado
Week 6 · L 24-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
81.4 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Arizona
Week 13 · L 23-59 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Arizona State
18 primary output · 33.4 efficiency · 13.6 usage
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#2
2024 Postseason · Arizona State
61
24.5 primary · 27.3 efficiency · 9.3 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Arizona State
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24.5 primary · 27.3 efficiency · 9.3 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
14
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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