Player Dossier

2009-2010

Northern Illinois

Chris Smith

CB • 5'10" • Palmetto, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chris Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

80

High-end production for a corner

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

lowhigh

Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Player Story

Chris Smith built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a cornerback from Palmetto, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Chris Smith's career was his defensive...

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Chris Smith, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Chris Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Chris Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · CB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 3 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Top game
Central Michigan
Latest roster
No. 5 · Class 2010

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00-0--0-
2010 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois30-0--073.3

Related Context

Chris Smith is listed as a CB for Northern Illinois. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2010 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2010 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Central Michigan

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Temple: 1. Buffalo: 1. Central Michigan: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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First Half1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Central Michigan

Best efficiency game

20 vs Central Michigan

Result
Sat 10/23vs Central MichiganW 33-71
Sat 10/16vs BuffaloW 45-141
Sat 10/9vs TempleW 31-171

Player Story

Chris Smith story

Chris Smith built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a cornerback from Palmetto, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Chris Smith's career was his defensive production: 3 interceptions across 3 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Northern Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Chris Smith's production has multiple signals. With 3 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: Chris Smith moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

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    Northern Illinois

    2009-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0
2010 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois3203

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Central Michigan

Week 8 · W 33-7 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

vs Buffalo

Week 7 · W 45-14 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs Temple

Week 6 · W 31-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

3 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2009 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games