Player Dossier

2021-2025

Miami

Chase Smith

LB • 6'2" • 210 lbs • Palm Bay, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chase Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

27

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

31

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

42

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Miami

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Miami
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bethune-Cookman

Player Story

Chase Smith built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Palm Bay, FL wearing No. 41, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Chase Smith's career was his defensive production: 64...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9059

Melbourne · Melbourne, FL

Committed To
Miami
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Chase Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Miami. Chase Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
64
TFL
3
Sacks
1
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Chase Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Miami · LB
Career Tackles
64
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Miami
Top game
Bethune-Cookman
Recruit profile
4-star · Melbourne · Miami
High school pipeline
Melbourne · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 41 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
31 tackles · LB 468th (top 37%) · ACC 188th (top 24%) · National 1,313th (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonMiami71310-2029.4
2022 Regular SeasonMiami34-0--039.1
2023 Regular SeasonMiami1311--065.2
2024 Regular SeasonMiami71310-1023.6
2025 PostseasonMiami137-01-036.1
2025 Regular SeasonMiami1324-012036.1

Related Context

Chase Smith played LB for Miami. Across 5 tracked seasons, Chase Smith recorded 64 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Miami.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Miami paired 2 primary output with 32.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Miami

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

12

Usage

1.9

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Connecticut: 1. Virginia: 0. NC State: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Florida State: 0. Virginia Tech: 1. Duke: 1

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. Central Connecticut: 2 by 18.3. Virginia: 1 by 4.2. NC State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Florida State: 2 by 8.3. Virginia Tech: 3 by 22.5. Duke: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Duke

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Duke

Result
Sat 11/27@ DukeW 47-1032100
Sun 11/21vs Virginia TechW 38-2632001
Sat 11/13@ Florida StateL 28-3122000
Sat 11/6vs Georgia TechW 33-3011000
Sat 10/23vs NC StateW 31-3010000
Thu 9/30vs VirginiaL 28-3010000
Sat 9/25vs Central ConnecticutW 69-021001

Player Story

Chase Smith story

Chase Smith built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Palm Bay, FL wearing No. 41, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Chase Smith's career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 5 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Chase Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Miami

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202120222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonMiami3121.9
2022 Regular SeasonMiami05.61.4-3
2023 Regular SeasonMiami232.59.42
2024 Regular SeasonMiami210.62.30
2025 PostseasonMiami4132.52
2025 Regular SeasonMiami4132.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Bethune-Cookman

Week 3 · W 48-7

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 115 Syracuse

Week 11 · W 38-10 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

57.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

#3

@ Duke

Week 13 · W 47-10 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

57.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 29 South Florida

Week 3 · W 49-12

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Havoc Plays

54.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 105 Virginia Tech

Week 13 · W 34-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

48.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Miami

2 primary output · 32.5 efficiency · 9.4 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · Miami

39.1

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.4 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Miami

36.1

4 primary · 13 efficiency · 2.5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games