Player Dossier

2023-2025

UAB

Eamon Smalls

DT • 6'2" • 310 lbs • Lady's Island, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Eamon Smalls shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

45%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

52

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

48

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

70

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UAB

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
UAB
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Player Story

Eamon Smalls built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Lady's Island, SC wearing No. 99, spending time with UAB. The clearest part of Eamon Smalls' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.835

Beaufort · Ladys Island, SC

Committed To
UAB
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Eamon Smalls, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UAB. Eamon Smalls shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
70
TFL
4.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Eamon Smalls quick answers

Latest team and position
UAB · DT
Career Tackles
70
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 21 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · UAB
Top game
UConn
Recruit profile
3-star · Beaufort · UAB
High school pipeline
Beaufort · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 99 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
50 tackles · DT 9th (top 4%) · American Athletic 67th (top 11%) · National 609th (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonUAB3410--014.6
2024 Regular SeasonUAB716-0--042
2025 Regular SeasonUAB11503.511-047.4

Related Context

Eamon Smalls played DT for UAB. Across 3 tracked seasons, Eamon Smalls recorded 70 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UAB.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

UAB paired 5.5 primary output with 23.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · UAB

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

23.9

Usage

6.4

Consistency

12.1

Best Game by takeover score

UConn

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama State: 0. Navy: 0. Akron: 2. Tennessee: 0. Army: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0.5. Memphis: 0. UConn: 2. Rice: 1. North Texas: 0. South Florida: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama State: 4 by 16.7. Navy: 6 by 25. Akron: 5 by 40.8. Tennessee: 7 by 29.2. Army: 6 by 25. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 17.5. Memphis: 2 by 8.3. UConn: 6 by 45. Rice: 5 by 30.8. North Texas: 3 by 12.5. South Florida: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 8 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UConn

Best efficiency game

45 vs UConn

Result
Sat 11/22vs South FloridaL 18-4831000
Sat 11/15vs North TexasL 24-5333000
Sat 11/8@ RiceL 17-2454100
Sat 11/1@ UConnSplash gameL 19-3864110
Sat 10/18vs MemphisW 31-2422000
Sat 10/11@ Florida AtlanticL 33-53310.5000
Sat 10/4vs ArmyL 13-3161000
Sat 9/20@ TennesseeL 24-5673000
Sun 9/14vs AkronSplash gameW 31-2854100
Sat 9/6@ NavyL 24-3861000
Fri 8/29vs Alabama StateW 52-4240000

Player Story

Eamon Smalls story

Eamon Smalls built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Lady's Island, SC wearing No. 99, spending time with UAB. The clearest part of Eamon Smalls' career was his defensive production: 70 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with UAB. 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 Eamon Smalls' production has multiple signals. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UAB.

The arc is straightforward: Eamon Smalls 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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    UAB

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonUAB18.92.4
2024 Regular SeasonUAB09.52-1
2025 Regular SeasonUAB5.523.96.45.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 53 UConn

Week 10 · L 19-38

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 117 Akron

Week 3 · W 31-28

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Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

#3

vs South Florida

Week 6 · W 56-35 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

55.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.5 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 120 Rice

Week 11 · L 17-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

50 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 98 Florida Atlantic

Week 7 · L 33-53 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

38.1 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 38.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · UAB

5.5 primary output · 23.9 efficiency · 6.4 usage

47.4

#2

2024 Regular Season · UAB

42

0 primary · 9.5 efficiency · 2 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · UAB

14.6

1 primary · 8.9 efficiency · 2.4 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games