Player Dossier

2020-2024

Alabama

Tim Smith

DL • 6'4" • 314 lbs • Gifford, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tim Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

94

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Player Story

Tim Smith built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Gifford, FL wearing No. 50, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Tim Smith's career was his defensive production: 121...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.973

Sebastian River · Sebastian, FL

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2025
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 14
Overall
No. 190
NFL Team
Indianapolis Colts

Tim Smith, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Alabama. Tim Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
121
TFL
14
Sacks
5.5
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Tim Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Alabama · DL
Career Tackles
121
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 50 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Alabama
Top game
Michigan
Recruit profile
4-star · Sebastian River · Alabama
High school pipeline
Sebastian River · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2025 · Round 6 · Pick 14 · Indianapolis Colts
Latest roster
No. 50 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
35 tackles · DL 109th (top 11%) · SEC 149th (top 21%) · National 1,170th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 PostseasonAlabama71-0--014.2
2020 Regular SeasonAlabama710101-014.2
2021 Regular SeasonAlabama112550.5-1031.9
2022 Regular SeasonAlabama8192.51--022
2023 PostseasonAlabama121-0--023.9
2023 Regular SeasonAlabama1230221-023.9
2024 PostseasonAlabama12721--050
2024 Regular SeasonAlabama12281.515-050

Related Context

Tim Smith played DL for Alabama. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tim Smith recorded 121 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Alabama paired 10.5 primary output with 20.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 20.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Alabama

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

20.9

Usage

5.2

Consistency

35.7

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 3. Western Kentucky: 0. South Florida: 2.5. Wisconsin: 0. Georgia: 1. Vanderbilt: 0. South Carolina: 2. Tennessee: 0. Missouri: 0. LSU: 1. Oklahoma: 0. Auburn: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan: 7 by 59.2. Western Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. South Florida: 5 by 45.8. Wisconsin: 3 by 12.5. Georgia: 1 by 14.2. Vanderbilt: 3 by 12.5. South Carolina: 4 by 36.7. Tennessee: 3 by 12.5. Missouri: 3 by 12.5. LSU: 0 by 10. Oklahoma: 4 by 16.7. Auburn: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.9 · Games = 8 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Michigan

Best efficiency game

59.2 vs Michigan

Result
Tue 12/31@ MichiganSplash gameL 13-1972210
Sat 11/30vs AuburnW 28-1410000
Sun 11/24@ OklahomaL 3-2441000
Sun 11/10@ LSUW 42-1300000
Sat 10/26vs MissouriW 34-031000
Sat 10/19@ TennesseeL 17-2431000
Sat 10/12vs South CarolinaSplash gameW 27-2541110
Sat 10/5@ VanderbiltL 35-4030000
Sat 9/28vs GeorgiaW 41-3410000
Sat 9/14@ WisconsinW 42-1031000
Sat 9/7vs South FloridaSplash gameW 42-16510.5000
Sat 8/31vs Western KentuckyW 63-010000

Player Story

Tim Smith story

Tim Smith built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Gifford, FL wearing No. 50, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Tim Smith's career was his defensive production: 121 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 50 career games in the available record. That gives Tim Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Alabama

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20202020202120222023202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonAlabama29.42.3
2020 Regular SeasonAlabama29.42.30
2021 Regular SeasonAlabama6.515.44.24.5
2022 Regular SeasonAlabama3.514.33.4-3
2023 PostseasonAlabama514.931.5
2023 Regular SeasonAlabama514.930
2024 PostseasonAlabama10.520.95.25.5
2024 Regular SeasonAlabama10.520.95.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan

Week 1 · L 13-19 · Postseason

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Ole Miss

Week 4 · W 24-10 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

72.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.

#3

vs South Florida

Week 2 · W 42-16

2.5

Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#4

@ LSU

Week 10 · L 31-32 · Conference game

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.

#5

vs New Mexico State

Week 11 · W 59-3

3

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Alabama

10.5 primary output · 20.9 efficiency · 5.2 usage

50

#2

2024 Regular Season · Alabama

50

10.5 primary · 20.9 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Alabama

31.9

6.5 primary · 15.4 efficiency · 4.2 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games