Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Minnesota
Anthony Smith
DL • 6'6" • 285 lbs • Shippensburg, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Anthony Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44 disruption score.
Impact Production
54
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
48
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Minnesota
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico
Player Story
Anthony Smith built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Shippensburg, PA, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Anthony Smith's career was his defensive production: 80...
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- Committed To
- Minnesota
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Anthony Smith, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Minnesota. Anthony Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 80
- TFL
- 31
- Sacks
- 19.5
- QB hurries
- 19
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Anthony Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · DL
- Career Tackles
- 80
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Minnesota
- Top game
- New Mexico
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Shippensburg Area · Minnesota
- High school pipeline
- Shippensburg Area · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 38 tackles · DL 69th (top 7%) · Big Ten 120th (top 16%) · National 981st (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.6 |
| 2023 Postseason | Minnesota | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 28.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Minnesota | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 28.9 |
| 2024 Postseason | Minnesota | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 67.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Minnesota | 12 | 25 | 9.5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 67.4 |
| 2025 Postseason | Minnesota | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | 77.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Minnesota | 12 | 32 | 13.5 | 10.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 77.3 |
Related Context
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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 40 primary output with 44 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 13.5 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: Illinois
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · Minnesota
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
13.5
Usage
5.6
Consistency
43.3
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Bowling Green: 1. North Carolina: 1. Louisiana: 0. Iowa: 0. Michigan State: 0. Illinois: 2. Purdue: 1. Wisconsin: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Bowling Green: 2 by 18.3. North Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Louisiana: 2 by 8.3. Iowa: 3 by 12.5. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 2 by 28.3. Purdue: 1 by 14.2. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/26 | vs Bowling Green | W 30-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | vs Wisconsin | L 14-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Purdue | L 30-49 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs IllinoisSplash game | L 26-27 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Michigan State | W 27-12 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Iowa | W 12-10 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Louisiana | W 35-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ North Carolina | L 13-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Anthony Smith story
Anthony Smith built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Shippensburg, PA, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Anthony Smith's career was his defensive production: 80 tackles, 31 tackles for loss, 19.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. That gives Anthony Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Minnesota
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 4.2 | 1.4 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Minnesota | 5 | 13.5 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Minnesota | 5 | 13.5 | 5.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Minnesota | 28.5 | 33.1 | 12.2 | 23.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Minnesota | 28.5 | 33.1 | 12.2 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Minnesota | 40 | 44 | 15.2 | 11.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Minnesota | 40 | 44 | 15.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 73 New Mexico
Week 1 · W 20-17 · Postseason
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
8
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
8 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Penn State
Week 13 · L 25-26 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Illinois
Week 10 · W 25-17 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Virginia Tech
Week 1 · W 24-10 · Postseason
4
Havoc Plays
79.1 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 79.1 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 46 Nebraska
Week 8 · W 24-6 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Minnesota
40 primary output · 44 efficiency · 15.2 usage
77.3
#2
2025 Regular Season · Minnesota
77.3
40 primary · 44 efficiency · 15.2 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Minnesota
67.4
28.5 primary · 33.1 efficiency · 12.2 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
21
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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