Player Dossier

2021-2024

North Texas

Jaylen Smith

LB • 5'11" • 230 lbs • Hamilton, ON, Canada

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jaylen Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 49.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

13.4

Efficiency

49.6

Consistency

51.3

Season Value

53.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · North Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
North Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stephen F. Austin

Scouting Read

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Jaylen Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · North Texas. Jaylen Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 49.6 disruption score.

Jaylen Smith played LB for North Texas. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jaylen Smith recorded 157 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with North Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

North Texas paired 22.5 primary output with 49.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 49.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Stephen F. Austin

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2024 Postseason · North Texas

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.7

Efficiency

49.6

Usage

13.4

Consistency

51.3

Best Game by takeover score

Stephen F. Austin

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 1. South Alabama: 1. Stephen F. Austin: 5.5. Texas Tech: 1.5. Wyoming: 0. Tulsa: 3.5. Florida Atlantic: 2.5. Memphis: 0. Tulane: 2. Army: 1. UTSA: 2. East Carolina: 0. Temple: 2.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas State: 9 by 47.5. South Alabama: 4 by 26.7. Stephen F. Austin: 8 by 83.3. Texas Tech: 9 by 52.5. Wyoming: 5 by 20.8. Tulsa: 5 by 55.8. Florida Atlantic: 8 by 58.3. Memphis: 6 by 25. Tulane: 10 by 61.7. Army: 10 by 51.7. UTSA: 9 by 57.5. East Carolina: 16 by 50. Temple: 7 by 54.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.5 · Games = 6 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 7 · -1.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Stephen F. Austin

Best efficiency game

83.3 vs Stephen F. Austin

Result
Fri 1/3@ Texas StateL 28-3093000
Sat 11/30@ TempleSplash gameW 24-17731.5000
Sat 11/23vs East Carolina10+ tacklesL 28-401610000
Sat 11/16@ UTSASplash gameL 27-4893000
Sat 11/9vs Army10+ tacklesL 3-14104000
Sat 10/26vs Tulane10+ tackles · Splash gameL 37-451031010
Sat 10/19@ MemphisL 44-5264000
Sat 10/12@ Florida AtlanticSplash gameW 41-37831.5001
Sat 9/28vs TulsaSplash gameW 52-20521.5001
Sat 9/21vs WyomingW 44-1751000
Sat 9/14@ Texas TechL 21-66951.5000
Sat 9/7vs Stephen F. AustinSplash gameW 35-20830.5000
Sat 8/31@ South AlabamaW 52-3840000

Career Arc

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    North Texas

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 PostseasonNorth Texas06.51.2
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Texas06.51.20
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Texas210.32.72
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Texas4.516.33.52.5
2024 PostseasonNorth Texas22.549.613.418
2024 Regular SeasonNorth Texas22.549.613.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Stephen F. Austin

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5

Primary metric

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.2 takeover score.

#2

California

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

#3

Florida International

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.8 takeover score.

#4

Tulsa

3.5

Primary metric

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 44.1 takeover score.

#5

Tulane

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · North Texas

22.5 primary output · 49.6 efficiency · 13.4 usage

53.6

#2

2024 Regular Season · North Texas

53.6

22.5 primary · 49.6 efficiency · 13.4 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · North Texas

35.9

0 primary · 6.5 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

7

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

157

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 39 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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