Player Dossier

2022-2025

Missouri

Darris Smith

DE • 6'5" • 232 lbs • Baxley, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darris Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.1 disruption score.

Usage Score

6

Efficiency

16.1

Consistency

13.9

Season Value

30.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Georgia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Georgia • Missouri
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Scouting Read

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Darris Smith, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Georgia. Darris Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.1 disruption score.

Darris Smith played DE for Georgia and Missouri. Across 4 tracked seasons, Darris Smith recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Missouri.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Georgia paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 16.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia, Missouri.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Missouri

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

16.1

Usage

6

Consistency

13.9

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Virginia: 0. Unknown: 0. Kansas: 2. Louisiana: 0. South Carolina: 0. Massachusetts: 2. Alabama: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Texas A&M: 3. Mississippi State: 5. Oklahoma: 0. Arkansas: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia: 1 by 4.2. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Kansas: 1 by 24.2. Louisiana: 0 by 0. South Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Massachusetts: 2 by 28.3. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 0 by 0. Texas A&M: 2 by 38.3. Mississippi State: 4 by 66.7. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.7 · Games = 6 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · -1.1 vs Wins
First Half0.7 · Games = 6 · -0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half1.5 · Games = 6 · +0.8 vs First Half

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Mississippi State

Best efficiency game

66.7 vs Mississippi State

Result
Sun 12/28vs VirginiaL 7-1311000
Sat 11/29@ ArkansasW 31-1700001
Sat 11/22@ OklahomaL 6-1710000
Sun 11/16vs Mississippi State2+ sacks · Splash gameW 49-2744320
Sat 11/8vs Texas A&ML 17-3822111
Sat 10/25@ VanderbiltL 10-1700000
Sat 10/11vs AlabamaL 24-2711000
Sat 9/27vs MassachusettsW 42-621110
Sat 9/20vs South CarolinaW 29-2010000
Sat 9/13vs LouisianaW 52-1000000
Sat 9/6vs KansasW 42-3111110
Thu 8/28vs Unknown20000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Georgia

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Missouri

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia04.21.1
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia213.64.32
2024 Regular SeasonMissouri0-2
2025 PostseasonMissouri1316.1613
2025 Regular SeasonMissouri1316.160

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Mississippi State

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Primary metric

5 disruption/tackle impact with 60.9 takeover score.

#2

UAB

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.

#3

Ball State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#4

Texas A&M

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 38.8 takeover score.

#5

Massachusetts

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 30.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · Georgia

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage

35.1

#2

2025 Postseason · Missouri

30.6

13 primary · 16.1 efficiency · 6 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Missouri

30.6

13 primary · 16.1 efficiency · 6 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.9352

Appling County · Baxley, GA

Committed To
Georgia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

2

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

22

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 17 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.