Player Dossier

2021-2025

Marshall

Cam Smith

DB • 6'2" • 196 lbs • Cleveland, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cam Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Marshall

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Eastern Michigan • Marshall
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee

Player Story

Cam Smith built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Cleveland, OH, spending time with Eastern Michigan and Marshall. The clearest part of Cam Smith's career was his defensive...

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Cam Smith, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Marshall. Cam Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
137
TFL
6
Sacks
2
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
11

Quick Answers

Cam Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Marshall · DB
Career Tackles
137
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 34 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Marshall
Top game
Middle Tennessee
High school pipeline
Euclid · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 0 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
66 tackles · DB 62nd (top 7%) · Sun Belt 38th (top 6%) · National 320th (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan14-0--046.4
2022 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan923-0-109.4
2023 PostseasonEastern Michigan133-0--018.3
2023 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan134110-2018.3
2025 Regular SeasonMarshall11665238069.9

Related Context

Cam Smith played DB for Eastern Michigan and Marshall. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cam Smith recorded 137 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Marshall.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Marshall paired 18 primary output with 41.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 17.2 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on 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 Eastern Michigan, Marshall.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Win 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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2023 Postseason · Eastern Michigan

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

17.2

Usage

3.1

Consistency

7.7

Best Game by takeover score

Massachusetts

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Alabama: 0. Howard: 1. Minnesota: 0. Massachusetts: 2. Jacksonville State: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Ball State: 0. Kent State: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Toledo: 1. Akron: 0. Buffalo: 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. South Alabama: 3 by 12.5. Howard: 4 by 26.7. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Massachusetts: 4 by 36.7. Jacksonville State: 7 by 29.2. Central Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Ball State: 4 by 16.7. Kent State: 3 by 12.5. Northern Illinois: 4 by 16.7. Western Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Toledo: 4 by 26.7. Akron: 2 by 8.3. Buffalo: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 6 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 7 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Massachusetts

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Massachusetts

Result
Sun 12/24vs South AlabamaL 10-5932000
Wed 11/22@ BuffaloW 24-1122000
Wed 11/15vs AkronW 30-2720000
Thu 11/9@ ToledoL 23-49430010
Sat 10/28vs Western MichiganL 21-4531000
Sat 10/21@ Northern IllinoisL 13-2043000
Sat 10/14vs Kent StateW 28-1430000
Sat 10/7vs Ball StateW 24-1042000
Sat 9/30@ Central MichiganL 23-2631000
Sat 9/23@ Jacksonville StateL 0-2174000
Sat 9/16vs MassachusettsSplash gameW 19-1742101
Sat 9/9@ MinnesotaL 6-2510000
Fri 9/1vs HowardW 33-2343001

Player Story

Cam Smith story

Cam Smith built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Cleveland, OH, spending time with Eastern Michigan and Marshall. The clearest part of Cam Smith's career was his defensive production: 137 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Cam Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Eastern Michigan

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Marshall

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320232025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan016.72.7
2022 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan111.821
2023 PostseasonEastern Michigan417.23.13
2023 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan417.23.10
2025 Regular SeasonMarshall1841.49.214

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 127 Middle Tennessee

Week 4 · W 42-28

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 105 Louisiana

Week 5 · L 51-54 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

69.4 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Massachusetts

Week 3 · W 19-17

2

Havoc Plays

59.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 49 Old Dominion

Week 7 · W 48-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

56.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 6 Georgia

Week 1 · L 7-45 · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

54.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Marshall

18 primary output · 41.4 efficiency · 9.2 usage

69.9

#2

2021 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

46.4

0 primary · 16.7 efficiency · 2.7 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Eastern Michigan

18.3

4 primary · 17.2 efficiency · 3.1 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

7

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games