Player Dossier

2019-2023

Georgia Southern

Kierron Smith

DL • 6'0" • 335 lbs • Fitzgerald, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kierron Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational defensive role

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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

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Georgia Southern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Georgia Southern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State

Player Story

Kierron Smith built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Fitzgerald, GA wearing No. 99, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Kierron Smith's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7798

Fitzgerald · Fitzgerald, GA

Committed To
Georgia Southern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Kierron Smith, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Georgia Southern. Kierron Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
21
TFL
2
Sacks
1

Quick Answers

Kierron Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia Southern · DL
Career Tackles
21
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 15 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Georgia Southern
Top game
Georgia State
Recruit profile
2-star · Fitzgerald · Georgia Southern
High school pipeline
Fitzgerald · 7 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 99 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
5 tackles · DL 715th (top 72%) · Sun Belt 381st (top 58%) · National 3,432nd (top 58%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern22-0--036.3
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern81421--036.7
2023 PostseasonGeorgia Southern51-0--037.1
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern54-0--037.1

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Georgia Southern to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted18.2Dec 18, 2023

Kierron Smith played DL for Georgia Southern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kierron Smith recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Georgia Southern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Georgia Southern paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Postseason · Georgia Southern

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 0. The Citadel: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Ball State: 0. Marshall: 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. Ohio: 1 by 4.2. The Citadel: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 1 by 4.2. Marshall: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Marshall

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Ohio

Result
Sat 12/16@ OhioL 21-4110000
Sun 11/12@ MarshallL 33-3810000
Sat 9/23@ Ball StateW 40-310000
Sat 9/16@ WisconsinL 14-3510000
Sat 9/2vs The CitadelW 34-011000

Player Story

Kierron Smith story

Kierron Smith built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Fitzgerald, GA wearing No. 99, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Kierron Smith's career was his defensive production: 21 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Kierron Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Georgia Southern

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern0
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern04.20.60
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern311.13.33
2023 PostseasonGeorgia Southern04.20.8-3
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern04.20.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Georgia State

Week 6 · L 33-41 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Marshall

Week 12 · L 10-23 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

35.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.8 takeover score.

#3

vs App State

Week 13 · W 51-48 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

13.3 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Louisiana

Week 11 · L 17-36 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

9.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Coastal Carolina

Week 5 · L 30-34 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

6.9 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Georgia Southern

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

37.1

#2

2023 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

37.1

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

36.7

3 primary · 11.1 efficiency · 3.3 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games