Player Dossier

2021-2024

TCU

Cam Smith

S • 6'0" • 180 lbs • Whiteville, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cam Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

41%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a safety

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Memphis

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Memphis • TCU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Player Story

Cam Smith built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a safety from Whiteville, NC wearing No. 29, spending time with Memphis and TCU. The clearest part of Cam Smith's career was his defensive production: 103...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.85

Ed White · Jacksonville, FL

Committed To
Bowling Green
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Cam Smith, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Memphis. Cam Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
103
TFL
1.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Cam Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
TCU · S
Career Tackles
103
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Memphis
Top game
Tulane
Recruit profile
3-star · Ed White · Bowling Green
High school pipeline
Ed White · 24 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 29 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
24 tackles · S 221st (top 41%) · Big 12 191st (top 27%) · National 1,713th (top 29%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonMemphis35-0--039.2
2022 Regular SeasonMemphis617-0-1010.8
2023 Regular SeasonMemphis1157-026065
2024 PostseasonTCU820.50--022.9
2024 Regular SeasonTCU82210-1022.9

Related Context

Cam Smith played S for Memphis and TCU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cam Smith recorded 103 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Memphis.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Memphis paired 11 primary output with 31.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 16.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Memphis, TCU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 87.5th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · TCU

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

16.9

Usage

3.6

Consistency

12.5

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 1.5. Houston: 0. Utah: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Baylor: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Arizona: 1. Cincinnati: 1

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. Louisiana: 2 by 23.3. Houston: 4 by 16.7. Utah: 2 by 8.3. Texas Tech: 1 by 4.2. Baylor: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma State: 3 by 12.5. Arizona: 6 by 35. Cincinnati: 4 by 26.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.6 · Games = 6 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.6 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

Arizona

Best efficiency game

35 vs Arizona

Result
Sat 12/28vs LouisianaW 34-3200.50010
Sat 11/30@ CincinnatiW 20-1342001
Sat 11/23vs ArizonaW 49-2864100
Sun 11/10vs Oklahoma StateW 38-1332000
Sun 11/3@ BaylorL 34-3722000
Sat 10/26vs Texas TechW 35-3411000
Sun 10/20@ UtahW 13-721000
Fri 10/4vs HoustonL 19-3043000

Player Story

Cam Smith story

Cam Smith built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a safety from Whiteville, NC wearing No. 29, spending time with Memphis and TCU. The clearest part of Cam Smith's career was his defensive production: 103 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 8 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Memphis. 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 Cam Smith's production has multiple signals. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Memphis and TCU.

The arc is straightforward: Cam 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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  1. 1

    Memphis

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    TCU

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonMemphis06.91.3
2022 Regular SeasonMemphis113.51.81
2023 Regular SeasonMemphis1131.66.610
2024 PostseasonTCU3.516.93.6-7.5
2024 Regular SeasonTCU3.516.93.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tulane

Week 7 · L 21-31 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Arizona

Week 13 · W 49-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

62.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Charlotte

Week 11 · W 44-38 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

62.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.

#4

@ UAB

Week 8 · W 45-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

62.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Louisiana

Week 1 · W 34-3 · Postseason

1.5

Havoc Plays

60.3 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Memphis

11 primary output · 31.6 efficiency · 6.6 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · Memphis

39.2

0 primary · 6.9 efficiency · 1.3 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · TCU

22.9

3.5 primary · 16.9 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

2

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games