Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Kentucky
Jerod Smith II
DL • 6'4" • 275 lbs • Corbin, KY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jerod Smith II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
33
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Player Story
Jerod Smith II built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Corbin, KY wearing No. 95, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Jerod Smith II's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Jerod Smith II, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky. Jerod Smith II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 34
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 1
Quick Answers
Jerod Smith II quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · DL
- Career Tackles
- 34
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
- Top game
- Vanderbilt
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Corbin · Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Corbin · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 95 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · DL 222nd (top 21%) · SEC 191st (top 26%) · National 1,583rd (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 6 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 7.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 11 | 27 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 43.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kentucky to Louisville | P4 to P4 | 81.4 | Jan 7, 2026 |
Jerod Smith II played DL for Kentucky. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jerod Smith II recorded 34 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Kentucky paired 6 primary output with 15.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.7 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: Vanderbilt
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 · Kentucky
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
15.7
Usage
5
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. South Carolina: 0. Georgia: 1. Tennessee: 1. Auburn: 1. Florida: 0. Tennessee Tech: 0. Vanderbilt: 2. Louisville: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 4 by 16.7. Ole Miss: 2 by 8.3. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. South Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Georgia: 2 by 18.3. Tennessee: 2 by 18.3. Auburn: 2 by 18.3. Florida: 2 by 8.3. Tennessee Tech: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 2 by 28.3. Louisville: 7 by 39.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
39.2 vs Louisville
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Louisville | L 0-41 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ VanderbiltSplash game | L 17-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Tennessee Tech | W 42-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Florida | W 38-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Auburn | W 10-3 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Tennessee | L 34-56 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Georgia | L 14-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ South Carolina | L 13-35 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 48-23 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Ole Miss | L 23-30 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Toledo | W 24-16 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jerod Smith II story
Jerod Smith II built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Corbin, KY wearing No. 95, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Jerod Smith II's career was his defensive production: 34 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 17 career games in the available record. That gives Jerod Smith II's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kentucky
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0.5 | 5.7 | 1.2 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 6 | 15.7 | 5 | 5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 11 Vanderbilt
Week 13 · L 17-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
68 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 19 Tennessee
Week 9 · L 34-56 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 25 Louisville
Week 14 · L 0-41 · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 6 Georgia
Week 6 · L 14-35 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
50 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 29 Auburn
Week 10 · W 10-3 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
31.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 31.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
6 primary output · 15.7 efficiency · 5 usage
43.2
#2
2024 Regular Season · Kentucky
7.3
0.5 primary · 5.7 efficiency · 1.2 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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