Player Dossier

2009-2011

Notre Dame

Harrison Smith

S • 6'2" • Knoxville, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Harrison Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a safety

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

93

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Player Story

Harrison Smith built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a safety from Knoxville, TN wearing No. 22, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Harrison Smith's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.7956

Cranford Sr · Cranford, NJ

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2012
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 29
Overall
No. 29
NFL Team
Minnesota Vikings

Harrison Smith, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Notre Dame. Harrison Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Quick Answers

Harrison Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · S
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 5 games
Best season
2010 Postseason · Notre Dame
Top game
Miami
Recruit profile
2-star · Cranford Sr
High school pipeline
Cranford Sr · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2012 · Round 1 · Pick 29 · Minnesota Vikings
Latest roster
No. 22 · Class 2011

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00-0--0-
2010 PostseasonNotre Dame50-0--057.6
2010 Regular SeasonNotre Dame50-0--057.6
2011 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00-0--0-

Related Context

Harrison Smith is listed as a S for Notre Dame. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Postseason

Notre Dame paired 7 primary output with 28 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 28 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2010 Postseason · Notre Dame

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

28

Usage

Consistency

44.8

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami: 3. Boston College: 1. Pittsburgh: 1. Utah: 1. USC: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half1.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 2 · -0.7 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami

Best efficiency game

60 vs Miami

Result
Fri 12/31@ MiamiSplash gameW 33-173
Sun 11/28@ USCW 20-161
Sat 11/13vs UtahW 28-31
Sat 10/9vs PittsburghW 23-171
Sun 10/3@ Boston CollegeW 31-131

Player Story

Harrison Smith story

Harrison Smith built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a safety from Knoxville, TN wearing No. 22, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Harrison Smith's career was his defensive production: 7 interceptions across 5 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Notre Dame. 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 Harrison Smith's production has multiple signals. With 5 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Notre Dame.

The arc is straightforward: Harrison Smith 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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    Notre Dame

    2009-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2009201020102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0
2010 PostseasonNotre Dame7287
2010 Regular SeasonNotre Dame7280
2011 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0-7

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Miami

Week 1 · W 33-17 · Postseason

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

80 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

#2

@ USC

Week 13 · W 20-16

1

Havoc Plays

26.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Utah

Week 11 · W 28-3

1

Havoc Plays

26.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Pittsburgh

Week 6 · W 23-17

1

Havoc Plays

26.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Boston College

Week 5 · W 31-13

1

Havoc Plays

26.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Postseason · Notre Dame

7 primary output · 28 efficiency · usage

57.6

#2

2010 Regular Season · Notre Dame

57.6

7 primary · 28 efficiency · usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Notre Dame

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games