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Player Dossier
2023-2025Mississippi State
Jalen Smith
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Grayson, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jalen Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
84
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Tennessee • Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Player Story
Jalen Smith built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Grayson, GA wearing No. 10, spending time with Mississippi State and Tennessee. The clearest part of Jalen Smith's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Jalen Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Mississippi State. Jalen Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 95
- TFL
- 3
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Jalen Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 95
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
- Top game
- UTEP
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Grayson · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Grayson · 80 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 57 tackles · LB 233rd (top 19%) · SEC 59th (top 8%) · National 458th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Tennessee | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tennessee | 4 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tennessee | 11 | 34 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Mississippi State | 12 | 12 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 12 | 45 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tennessee to Mississippi State | P4 to P4 | 81.2 | Dec 19, 2024 |
Jalen Smith played LB for Tennessee and Mississippi State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jalen Smith recorded 95 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Mississippi State paired 4.5 primary output with 23.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 23.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 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 Tennessee, Mississippi State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
23.6
Usage
4.3
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Arizona State: 0.5. Alcorn State: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Tennessee: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Texas: 1. Arkansas: 2. Georgia: 0. Missouri: 1. Ole Miss: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 12 by 50. Southern Miss: 7 by 29.2. Arizona State: 5 by 25.8. Alcorn State: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 4 by 16.7. Tennessee: 4 by 16.7. Texas A&M: 7 by 29.2. Texas: 4 by 26.7. Arkansas: 3 by 32.5. Georgia: 4 by 16.7. Missouri: 5 by 30.8. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas
Best efficiency game
50 vs Wake Forest
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/3 | vs Wake Forest10+ tackles | L 29-43 | 12 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | vs Ole Miss | L 19-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Missouri | L 27-49 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Georgia | L 21-41 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ ArkansasSplash game | W 38-35 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Texas | L 38-45 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Texas A&M | L 9-31 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Tennessee | L 34-41 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Northern Illinois | W 38-10 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Alcorn State | W 63-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Arizona State | W 24-20 | 5 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Southern Miss | W 34-17 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jalen Smith story
Jalen Smith built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Grayson, GA wearing No. 10, spending time with Mississippi State and Tennessee. The clearest part of Jalen Smith's career was his defensive production: 95 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Jalen Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Tennessee
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Mississippi State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20232023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Tennessee | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tennessee | 1.5 | 14.3 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Mississippi State | 4.5 | 23.6 | 4.3 | 3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 4.5 | 23.6 | 4.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UTEP
Week 13 · W 56-0
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
64.7 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 53 Arkansas
Week 10 · W 38-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
57.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 21 Missouri
Week 12 · L 27-49 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
54.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 52 Wake Forest
Week 1 · L 29-43 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
43.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 17 Texas
Week 9 · L 38-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
40 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
4.5 primary output · 23.6 efficiency · 4.3 usage
42.6
#2
2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State
42.6
4.5 primary · 23.6 efficiency · 4.3 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Tennessee
36.9
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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