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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2021Penn State
Brandon Smith
LB • 6'3" • 244 lbs • Louisa, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brandon Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
46
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Maryland
Player Story
Brandon Smith built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a linebacker from Louisa, VA wearing No. 12, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Brandon Smith's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2022
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 15
- Overall
- No. 120
- NFL Team
- Carolina Panthers
Brandon Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Penn State. Brandon Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.9 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Brandon Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 131
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Maryland
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Louisa County · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Louisa County · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2022 · Round 4 · Pick 15 · Carolina Panthers
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Sophomore
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 81 tackles · LB 124th (top 10%) · Big Ten 20th (top 4%) · National 173rd (top 3%)
Brandon Smith played LB for Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Brandon Smith recorded 131 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Penn State.
Recognition
Honors
- 20202020 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coacheshonorable mention
- 20202020 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention
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