Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2021Wake Forest
Will Smart
DL • 6'4" • 281 lbs • Milford, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Will Smart shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Wake Forest
19202021
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Wake Forest
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Campbell
Player Story
Will Smart built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Milford, NJ wearing No. 51, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Will Smart's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Wake Forest
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Will Smart, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Wake Forest. Will Smart shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 5
- TFL
- 2
- Sacks
- 1
Quick Answers
Will Smart quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wake Forest · DL
- Career Tackles
- 5
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Wake Forest
- Top game
- Campbell
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Delbarton School · Wake Forest
- High school pipeline
- Delbarton School · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 51 · Freshman
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Postseason | Wake Forest | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 55.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 55.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Will Smart played DL for Wake Forest. Across 3 tracked seasons, Will Smart recorded 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Wake Forest.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Wake Forest paired 3 primary output with 16.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 16.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Campbell
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Postseason · Wake Forest
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
16.9
Usage
5
Consistency
61.7
Best Game by takeover score
Campbell
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 0. Campbell: 2. Louisville: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Campbell: 2 by 28.3. Louisville: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 1 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Campbell
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Campbell
Player Story
Will Smart story
Will Smart built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Milford, NJ wearing No. 51, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Will Smart's career was his defensive production: 5 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 3 career games in the available record. That gives Will Smart's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Wake Forest
2019-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Postseason | Wake Forest | 3 | 16.9 | 5 | 3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 3 | 16.9 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | — | — | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Campbell
Week 5 · W 66-14
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
68 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68 takeover score.
#2
@ Louisville
Week 15 · L 21-45 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
37.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 37.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Wisconsin
Week 1 · L 28-42 · Postseason
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Wake Forest
3 primary output · 16.9 efficiency · 5 usage
55.1
#2
2020 Regular Season · Wake Forest
55.1
3 primary · 16.9 efficiency · 5 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Wake Forest
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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