Player Dossier

2021-2025

Michigan State

Isaac Smith

EDGE • 6'6" • 253 lbs • Wagoner, OK, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Isaac Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

20%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

25

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

8

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

47

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Texas Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Texas Tech • Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas

Player Story

Isaac Smith built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as an edge defender from Wagoner, OK wearing No. 13, spending time with Michigan State and Texas Tech. The clearest part of Isaac Smith's career was his...

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Isaac Smith, EDGE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Texas Tech. Isaac Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
66
TFL
5.5
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Isaac Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · EDGE
Career Tackles
66
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Texas Tech
Top game
Arkansas
High school pipeline
Wagoner · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 13 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
25 tackles · EDGE 17th (top 35%) · Big Ten 199th (top 26%) · National 1,691st (top 28%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonTexas Tech4910--013.2
2023 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00-0--0-
2024 PostseasonTexas Tech1131.51.5--042.8
2024 Regular SeasonTexas Tech1129211-042.8
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan State112511--016.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Texas Tech to Michigan StateP4 to P480.7Apr 24, 2025

Isaac Smith played EDGE for Texas Tech and Michigan State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Isaac Smith recorded 66 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Texas Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Texas Tech paired 7 primary output with 18.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas Tech, Michigan State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

11.3

Usage

2.9

Consistency

3

Best Game by takeover score

Minnesota

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. Boston College: 0. USC: 0. Nebraska: 0. UCLA: 0. Indiana: 0. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 2. Penn State: 0. Iowa: 0. Maryland: 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. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Boston College: 1 by 4.2. USC: 2 by 8.3. Nebraska: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 4 by 16.7. Indiana: 2 by 8.3. Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 2 by 28.3. Penn State: 4 by 16.7. Iowa: 1 by 4.2. Maryland: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Minnesota

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs Minnesota

Result
Sun 11/30vs MarylandW 38-2832000
Sat 11/22@ IowaL 17-2010000
Sat 11/15vs Penn StateL 10-2841000
Sat 11/1@ MinnesotaSplash gameL 20-2321110
Sat 10/25vs MichiganL 20-3121000
Sat 10/18@ IndianaL 13-3820000
Sat 10/11vs UCLAL 13-3844000
Sat 10/4@ NebraskaL 27-3822000
Sun 9/21@ USCL 31-4521000
Sat 9/6vs Boston CollegeW 42-4011000
Fri 8/29vs Western MichiganW 23-622000

Player Story

Isaac Smith story

Isaac Smith built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as an edge defender from Wagoner, OK wearing No. 13, spending time with Michigan State and Texas Tech. The clearest part of Isaac Smith's career was his defensive production: 66 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Isaac Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Texas Tech

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Michigan State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonTexas Tech0
2022 Regular SeasonTexas Tech111.92.21
2023 Regular SeasonTexas Tech0-1
2024 PostseasonTexas Tech718.55.27
2024 Regular SeasonTexas Tech718.55.20
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan State211.32.9-5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Arkansas

Week 1 · L 26-39 · Postseason

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 70 Minnesota

Week 10 · L 20-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Washington State

Week 2 · L 16-37

2

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

#4

vs Oklahoma

Week 13 · W 51-48 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

53.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Arizona State

Week 4 · W 30-22 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

41.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Texas Tech

7 primary output · 18.5 efficiency · 5.2 usage

42.8

#2

2024 Regular Season · Texas Tech

42.8

7 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Michigan State

16.7

2 primary · 11.3 efficiency · 2.9 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games