Usage Score
2.6
Player Dossier
2025-2025California
Zae Smith
DL • 6'1" • 310 lbs • League City, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zae Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.7 disruption score.
Efficiency
7.7
Consistency
8.3
Season Value
8.8
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · California
25
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 1
- Program Path
- California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Scouting Read
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Zae Smith, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · California. Zae Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.7 disruption score.
Zae Smith played DL for California. Across 1 tracked season, Zae Smith recorded 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
California paired 1 primary output with 7.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 7.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · California
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
7.7
Usage
2.6
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 1. Duke: 0. North Carolina: 0. Virginia Tech: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 1 by 14.2. Duke: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 0 by 0. Virginia Tech: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Losses0 · Games = 2
First Half0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs First Half
All Games0.3 · Games = 4
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Unknown
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs Unknown
Career Arc
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- 1
California
2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
2025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | California | 1 | 7.7 | 2.6 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Texas State
Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.4 takeover score.
#2
Unknown
1
Primary metric
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.7 takeover score.
#3
Western Kentucky
0
Primary metric
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.
#4
SMU
0
Primary metric
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.
#5
Duke
0
Primary metric
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2025 Regular Season · California
1 primary output · 7.7 efficiency · 2.6 usage
8.8
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2024 · Rating 0.855
Centennial · Corona, CA
- Committed To
- Houston Christian
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Career Facts
1
Career teams
1
Seasons tracked
5
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 1 tracked seasons, 8 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.