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Player Dossier
2022-2025Nevada
Chris Smalley
DE • 6'5" • 221 lbs • Minden, NV, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Chris Smalley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5 disruption score.
Impact Production
22
Developing production for an edge defender
lowelite
Reliability
13
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
34
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Nevada
22232425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Nevada
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Boise State
3★
- Committed To
- Nevada
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Chris Smalley, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Nevada. Chris Smalley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 35
- TFL
- 1
- QB hurries
- 3
Quick Answers
Chris Smalley quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nevada · DE
- Career Tackles
- 35
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Nevada
- Top game
- Boise State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Douglas County · Nevada
- High school pipeline
- Douglas County · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 45 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 6 tackles · DE 191st (top 68%) · Mountain West 283rd (top 54%) · National 3,414th (top 56%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Nevada | 5 | 11 | - | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 41.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nevada | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nevada | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nevada | 5 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.6 |
Related Context
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Chris Smalley played DE for Nevada. Across 4 tracked seasons, Chris Smalley recorded 35 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Nevada.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Nevada paired 2 primary output with 13.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10.6 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: USC
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Nevada
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
10.6
Usage
4.2
Consistency
9.5
Best Game by takeover score
USC
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. USC: 1. Idaho: 0. Fresno State: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Utah State: 0. Colorado State: 1. Wyoming: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 2 by 18.3. Idaho: 3 by 12.5. Fresno State: 1 by 4.2. Hawai'i: 1 by 4.2. Utah State: 3 by 12.5. Colorado State: 1 by 14.2. Wyoming: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs First Half
Game Log
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7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
USC
Best efficiency game
18.3 vs USC
Career Arc
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Nevada
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Nevada | 2 | 13.2 | 4.8 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nevada | 2 | 10.6 | 4.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nevada | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | -2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nevada | 0 | 5 | 0.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Boise State
Week 11 · L 3-41 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
#2
@ USC
Week 1 · L 14-66
1
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Colorado State
Week 6 · L 14-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Colorado State
Week 12 · L 20-30 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Idaho
Week 2 · L 6-33
0
Havoc Plays
11.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Nevada
2 primary output · 13.2 efficiency · 4.8 usage
41.5
#2
2023 Regular Season · Nevada
38.8
2 primary · 10.6 efficiency · 4.2 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Nevada
37.6
0 primary · 5 efficiency · 0.9 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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