Player Dossier

2023-2025

Mississippi State

Isaac Smith

S • 6'0" • 220 lbs • Fulton, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Isaac Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

72%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

94

Top-tier box-score impact for a safety

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Reliability

86

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

88

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Player Story

Isaac Smith built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Fulton, MS wearing No. 2, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Isaac Smith's career was his defensive production: 206...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9399

Itawamba Agricultural · Fulton, MS

Committed To
Mississippi State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Isaac Smith, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State. Isaac Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
206
TFL
2.5
Sacks
1
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Isaac Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Mississippi State · S
Career Tackles
206
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 29 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Top game
Ole Miss
Recruit profile
4-star · Itawamba Agricultural · Mississippi State
High school pipeline
Itawamba Agricultural · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
64 tackles · S 63rd (top 12%) · SEC 44th (top 6%) · National 346th (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonMississippi State815-0--039.2
2024 Regular SeasonMississippi State111271.50-3049
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State106411-3057.7

Related Context

Isaac Smith played S for Mississippi State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Isaac Smith recorded 206 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Mississippi State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Mississippi State paired 6 primary output with 32.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 45.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

45.4

Usage

7.6

Consistency

12.1

Best Game by takeover score

Ole Miss

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Kentucky: 1. Arizona State: 0. Toledo: 0. Florida: 0. Georgia: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Arkansas: 1. Massachusetts: 0. Tennessee: 0.5. Missouri: 0. Ole Miss: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Kentucky: 11 by 55.8. Arizona State: 17 by 50. Toledo: 15 by 50. Florida: 8 by 33.3. Georgia: 5 by 20.8. Texas A&M: 12 by 50. Arkansas: 6 by 35. Massachusetts: 7 by 29.2. Tennessee: 20 by 55. Missouri: 14 by 50. Ole Miss: 12 by 70

Split Comparison

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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 9 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ole Miss

Best efficiency game

70 vs Ole Miss

Result
Fri 11/29@ Ole Miss10+ tackles · Splash gameL 14-26124101
Sat 11/23vs Missouri10+ tacklesL 20-39140000
Sun 11/10@ Tennessee10+ tacklesL 14-332090.5000
Sat 11/2vs MassachusettsW 45-2072000
Sat 10/26vs ArkansasL 25-5862001
Sat 10/19vs Texas A&M10+ tacklesL 24-34125000
Sat 10/12@ GeorgiaL 31-4155000
Sat 9/21vs FloridaL 28-4582000
Sat 9/14vs Toledo10+ tacklesL 17-41155000
Sun 9/8@ Arizona State10+ tacklesL 23-30177000
Sat 8/31vs Eastern Kentucky10+ tacklesW 56-7115001

Player Story

Isaac Smith story

Isaac Smith built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Fulton, MS wearing No. 2, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Isaac Smith's career was his defensive production: 206 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Mississippi State. 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 Isaac Smith's production has multiple signals. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Mississippi State.

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

Career Arc

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    Mississippi State

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonMississippi State07.81.2
2024 Regular SeasonMississippi State4.545.47.64.5
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State632.36.51.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ole Miss

Week 14 · L 14-26 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 63 Florida

Week 8 · L 21-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Tennessee

Week 11 · L 14-33 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 128 Northern Illinois

Week 4 · W 38-10

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Havoc Plays

55.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 53 Arkansas

Week 10 · W 38-35 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

53.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State

6 primary output · 32.3 efficiency · 6.5 usage

57.7

#2

2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State

49

4.5 primary · 45.4 efficiency · 7.6 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State

39.2

0 primary · 7.8 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

9

10+ tackle games