Player Dossier

2022-2025

Minnesota

Anthony Smith

DL • 6'6" • 285 lbs • Shippensburg, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Anthony Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

14.6

Efficiency

38.2

Consistency

54.8

Season Value

51.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Minnesota

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Minnesota
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Anthony Smith, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Minnesota. Anthony Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.2 disruption score.

Anthony Smith played DL for Minnesota. Across 4 tracked seasons, Anthony Smith recorded 80 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Minnesota.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Minnesota paired 33 primary output with 38.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 38.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

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 · Minnesota

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.8

Efficiency

38.2

Usage

14.6

Consistency

54.8

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. New Mexico: 8. Buffalo: 3. Unknown: 3. California: 2. Rutgers: 3.5. Purdue: 0.5. Nebraska: 5. Iowa: 0.5. Michigan State: 3.5. Oregon: 2. Northwestern: 2. Wisconsin: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico: 6 by 75. Buffalo: 2 by 38.3. Unknown: 3 by 42.5. California: 2 by 28.3. Rutgers: 4 by 51.7. Purdue: 2 by 13.3. Nebraska: 5 by 70.8. Iowa: 3 by 17.5. Michigan State: 5 by 55.8. Oregon: 2 by 28.3. Northwestern: 3 by 32.5. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins3.4 · Games = 7 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 4 · -1.7 vs Wins
First Half3.3 · Games = 6 · +1.2 vs Second Half
Second Half2.2 · Games = 6 · -1.2 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

New Mexico

Best efficiency game

75 vs New Mexico

Result
Fri 12/26vs New Mexico2+ sacks · Splash gameW 20-1766422
Sat 11/29vs WisconsinW 17-710000
Sat 11/22@ NorthwesternL 35-3833110
Sat 11/15@ OregonL 13-4221110
Sat 11/1vs Michigan StateSplash gameW 23-205321.500
Sat 10/25@ IowaL 3-41300.5000
Sat 10/18vs Nebraska2+ sacks · Splash gameW 24-6532.502.500
Sat 10/11vs PurdueW 27-20200.5000
Sat 9/27vs RutgersSplash gameW 31-284221.500
Sun 9/14@ CaliforniaL 14-2721110
Sat 9/6vs Unknown311.501.500
Fri 8/29vs BuffaloW 23-10211.500.501

Career Arc

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    Minnesota

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2022202320232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonMinnesota04.21.4
2023 PostseasonMinnesota3113.13
2023 Regular SeasonMinnesota3113.10
2024 PostseasonMinnesota18.524.810.215.5
2024 Regular SeasonMinnesota18.524.810.20
2025 PostseasonMinnesota3338.214.614.5
2025 Regular SeasonMinnesota3338.214.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

New Mexico

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

8

Primary metric

8 disruption/tackle impact with 68.2 takeover score.

#2

UCLA

3.5

Primary metric

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 59 takeover score.

#3

Penn State

3.5

Primary metric

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.9 takeover score.

#4

Illinois

3.5

Primary metric

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.

#5

Nebraska

5

Primary metric

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 50.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Postseason · Minnesota

33 primary output · 38.2 efficiency · 14.6 usage

51.9

#2

2025 Regular Season · Minnesota

51.9

33 primary · 38.2 efficiency · 14.6 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Minnesota

35.4

18.5 primary · 24.8 efficiency · 10.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8996

Shippensburg Area · Shippensburg, PA

Committed To
Minnesota
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

80

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 33 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.