Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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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 12.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
40
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · California
25
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
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- Committed To
- Houston Christian
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Zae Smith, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · California. Zae Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.7 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- California · DL
- Career Tackles
- 5
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · California
- Top game
- Texas State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Centennial · Houston Christian
- High school pipeline
- Centennial · 59 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 5 tackles · DL 804th (top 75%) · ACC 475th (top 60%) · National 3,741st (top 61%)
Zae Smith played DL for California. Across 1 tracked season, Zae Smith recorded 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with California.
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