Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Auburn
Sylvester Smith
S • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Munford, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Sylvester Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
31
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
52
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Auburn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Auburn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Player Story
Sylvester Smith built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Munford, AL wearing No. 19, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of Sylvester Smith's career was his defensive production: 60...
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- Committed To
- Auburn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Sylvester Smith, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Auburn. Sylvester Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 60
- TFL
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
Sylvester Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Auburn · S
- Career Tackles
- 60
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Auburn
- Top game
- Alabama
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Munford · Auburn
- High school pipeline
- Munford · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 28 tackles · S 216th (top 39%) · SEC 179th (top 24%) · National 1,535th (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Auburn | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 37.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Auburn | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 37.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Auburn | 10 | 28 | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Auburn | 11 | 28 | 2 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 38 |
Related Context
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Sylvester Smith played S for Auburn. Across 3 tracked seasons, Sylvester Smith recorded 60 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Auburn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Auburn paired 5 primary output with 15.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.2 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: Ball State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Auburn
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
15.2
Usage
3
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Ball State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 0. Ball State: 1. South Alabama: 0. Oklahoma: 1. Georgia: 0. Missouri: 0. Arkansas: 0. Kentucky: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Mercer: 1. Alabama: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Baylor: 3 by 12.5. Ball State: 6 by 35. South Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma: 3 by 22.5. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas: 1 by 4.2. Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. Vanderbilt: 3 by 12.5. Mercer: 2 by 18.3. Alabama: 3 by 32.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 6 · +0.1 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
Ball State
Best efficiency game
35 vs Ball State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs AlabamaSplash game | L 20-27 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Mercer | W 62-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Vanderbilt | L 38-45 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Kentucky | L 3-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Arkansas | W 33-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Missouri | L 17-23 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Georgia | L 10-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Oklahoma | L 17-24 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs South Alabama | W 31-15 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Ball State | W 42-3 | 6 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Baylor | W 38-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Sylvester Smith story
Sylvester Smith built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Munford, AL wearing No. 19, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of Sylvester Smith's career was his defensive production: 60 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 8 passes defended across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Sylvester Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Auburn
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Auburn | 3 | 15.6 | 1.5 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Auburn | 3 | 15.6 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Auburn | 4 | 15.7 | 3.4 | 1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Auburn | 5 | 15.2 | 3 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Alabama
Week 14 · L 14-28 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 132 Ball State
Week 2 · W 42-3
1
Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 20 Alabama
Week 14 · L 20-27 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
2
Havoc Plays
51.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.
#4
vs UL Monroe
Week 12 · W 48-14
1
Havoc Plays
48.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Arkansas
Week 4 · L 14-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
47.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Auburn
5 primary output · 15.2 efficiency · 3 usage
38
#2
2023 Postseason · Auburn
37.4
3 primary · 15.6 efficiency · 1.5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Auburn
37.4
3 primary · 15.6 efficiency · 1.5 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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