Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Georgia Southern
TJ Smith
DB • 5'9" • 180 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
TJ Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
53
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
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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
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Kansas State • Georgia Southern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: App State
Player Story
TJ Smith built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Georgia Southern and Kansas State. The clearest part of TJ Smith's career was his...
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- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
TJ Smith, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Georgia Southern. TJ Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 147
- TFL
- 2
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
TJ Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia Southern · DB
- Career Tackles
- 147
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Georgia Southern
- Top game
- App State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Klein · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Klein · 17 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 28 tackles · DB 365th (top 38%) · Sun Belt 166th (top 27%) · National 1,546th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas State | 3 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.1 |
| 2021 Postseason | Kansas State | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 27.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas State | 13 | 36 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 27.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 8 | 19 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 11.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Georgia Southern | 13 | 4 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 44.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 13 | 50 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 44.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 6 | 28 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 30.2 |
Related Context
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TJ Smith played DB for Kansas State and Georgia Southern. Across 5 tracked seasons, TJ Smith recorded 147 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Georgia Southern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Georgia Southern paired 7 primary output with 22.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.8 efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kansas State, Georgia Southern.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
22.8
Usage
7
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Ole Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Boise State: 0. Nevada: 0. South Carolina State: 0. Ole Miss: 1. Georgia State: 1. 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. Boise State: 6 by 25. Nevada: 9 by 37.5. South Carolina State: 1 by 4.2. Ole Miss: 6 by 35. Georgia State: 3 by 22.5. Marshall: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Ole Miss
Best efficiency game
37.5 vs Nevada
Player Story
TJ Smith story
TJ Smith built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Georgia Southern and Kansas State. The clearest part of TJ Smith's career was his defensive production: 147 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 6 passes defended across 43 career games in the available record. That gives TJ Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kansas State
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Georgia Southern
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | 9.7 | 1.6 | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Kansas State | 4 | 15.6 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas State | 4 | 15.6 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 1 | 11.2 | 2 | -3 |
| 2023 Postseason | Georgia Southern | 7 | 22.7 | 4.7 | 6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 7 | 22.7 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 2 | 22.8 | 7 | -5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ App State
Week 13 · L 27-55 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
81.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Ole Miss
Week 4 · L 13-52
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Havoc Plays
78.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Georgia State
Week 5 · W 38-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Texas
Week 13 · L 17-22 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Southern Illinois
Week 2 · W 31-23
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Havoc Plays
56.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Georgia Southern
7 primary output · 22.7 efficiency · 4.7 usage
44.4
#2
2023 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
44.4
7 primary · 22.7 efficiency · 4.7 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Kansas State
41.1
0 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 1.6 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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