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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Alabama
James Smith
DL • 6'3" • 297 lbs • Montgomery, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
James Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
30
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
Player Story
James Smith built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Montgomery, AL wearing No. 23, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of James Smith's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
James Smith, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Alabama. James Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 48
- TFL
- 10
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
James Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Alabama · DL
- Career Tackles
- 48
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Alabama
- Top game
- Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Carver · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Carver · 27 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 26 tackles · DL 238th (top 23%) · SEC 199th (top 27%) · National 1,649th (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Alabama | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.7 |
| 2024 Postseason | Alabama | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 52.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Alabama | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 52.4 |
| 2025 Postseason | Alabama | 11 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 58.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Alabama | 11 | 26 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 58.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Alabama to Ohio State | P4 to P4 | 90 | Jan 13, 2026 |
James Smith played DL for Alabama. Across 3 tracked seasons, James Smith recorded 48 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Alabama paired 12 primary output with 20.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 20.8 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: UL Monroe
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Alabama
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
20.8
Usage
6.9
Consistency
54.7
Best Game by takeover score
UL Monroe
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma: 1. Florida State: 0. UL Monroe: 3. Vanderbilt: 0. Missouri: 0. Tennessee: 2. South Carolina: 1. LSU: 1. Oklahoma: 0. Auburn: 2. Georgia: 2
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. Oklahoma: 0 by 10. Florida State: 3 by 12.5. UL Monroe: 4 by 46.7. Vanderbilt: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Tennessee: 7 by 49.2. South Carolina: 2 by 18.3. LSU: 1 by 14.2. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2. Auburn: 5 by 40.8. Georgia: 1 by 24.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 8 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UL Monroe
Best efficiency game
49.2 vs Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/20 | @ Oklahoma | W 34-24 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 12/6 | vs GeorgiaSplash game | L 7-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | @ AuburnSplash game | W 27-20 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Oklahoma | L 21-23 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs LSU | W 20-9 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ South Carolina | W 29-22 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs TennesseeSplash game | W 37-20 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Missouri | W 27-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Vanderbilt | W 30-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs UL MonroeSplash game | W 73-0 | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Florida State | L 17-31 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
James Smith story
James Smith built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Montgomery, AL wearing No. 23, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of James Smith's career was his defensive production: 48 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 25 career games in the available record. That gives James Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Alabama
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | 2.8 | 0.5 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Alabama | 11.5 | 18 | 5.5 | 11.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Alabama | 11.5 | 18 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Alabama | 12 | 20.8 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Alabama | 12 | 20.8 | 6.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Michigan
Week 1 · L 13-19 · Postseason
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 131 UL Monroe
Week 2 · W 73-0
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 19 Tennessee
Week 8 · W 37-20 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
2
Havoc Plays
72 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 29 Auburn
Week 14 · W 27-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Western Kentucky
Week 1 · W 63-0
3
Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Alabama
12 primary output · 20.8 efficiency · 6.9 usage
58.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · Alabama
58.2
12 primary · 20.8 efficiency · 6.9 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Alabama
52.4
11.5 primary · 18 efficiency · 5.5 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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