Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025South Carolina
DQ Smith
DB • 6'1" • 219 lbs • Columbia, SC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DQ Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
59
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- South Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Player Story
DQ Smith built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Columbia, SC wearing No. 1, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of DQ Smith's career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyDQ Smith, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · South Carolina. DQ Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 223
- TFL
- 4.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 12
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
DQ Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Carolina · DB
- Career Tackles
- 223
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2022 Postseason · South Carolina
- Top game
- Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Destiny Christian Academy · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 64 tackles · DB 70th (top 8%) · SEC 43rd (top 6%) · National 344th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Postseason | South Carolina | 13 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 2 | 46.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | South Carolina | 13 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 46.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Carolina | 12 | 73 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | 2 | 0 | 35 |
| 2024 Postseason | South Carolina | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Carolina | 11 | 35 | - | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Carolina | 11 | 64 | 2 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 32 |
Related Context
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DQ Smith played DB for South Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, DQ Smith recorded 223 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason
South Carolina paired 12 primary output with 24.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.9 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: LSU
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · South Carolina
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
27.9
Usage
6.5
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
LSU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 0. South Carolina State: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Kentucky: 0. LSU: 1.5. Oklahoma: 0. Alabama: 1. Ole Miss: 1. Texas A&M: 0.5. Coastal Carolina: 0. Clemson: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia Tech: 6 by 25. South Carolina State: 6 by 25. Vanderbilt: 6 by 25. Kentucky: 6 by 25. LSU: 8 by 48.3. Oklahoma: 6 by 25. Alabama: 5 by 30.8. Ole Miss: 8 by 43.3. Texas A&M: 2 by 13.3. Coastal Carolina: 7 by 29.2. Clemson: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · +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
LSU
Best efficiency game
48.3 vs LSU
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Clemson | L 14-28 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Coastal Carolina | W 51-7 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Texas A&M | L 30-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Ole Miss | L 14-30 | 8 | 8 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Alabama | L 22-29 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Oklahoma | L 7-26 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ LSU | L 10-20 | 8 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Kentucky | W 35-13 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Vanderbilt | L 7-31 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs South Carolina State | W 38-10 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Virginia Tech | W 24-11 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
DQ Smith story
DQ Smith built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Columbia, SC wearing No. 1, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of DQ Smith's career was his defensive production: 223 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 47 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with South Carolina. 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 DQ Smith's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 26 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 47 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: DQ 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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South Carolina
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Postseason | South Carolina | 12 | 24.9 | 5.4 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | South Carolina | 12 | 24.9 | 5.4 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Carolina | 5 | 29.5 | 6.6 | -7 |
| 2024 Postseason | South Carolina | 4 | 17.7 | 3.3 | -1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Carolina | 4 | 17.7 | 3.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Carolina | 4 | 27.9 | 6.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Tennessee
Week 5 · L 20-41 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
86.7 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Vanderbilt
Week 10 · W 38-27 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 32 LSU
Week 7 · L 10-20 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#4
@ North Carolina
Week 1 · L 17-31
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Havoc Plays
71.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 7 Ole Miss
Week 10 · L 14-30 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Postseason · South Carolina
12 primary output · 24.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage
46.4
#2
2022 Regular Season · South Carolina
46.4
12 primary · 24.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · South Carolina
35
5 primary · 29.5 efficiency · 6.6 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
5
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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