Usage / Role
32%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2023Baylor
Mike Smith Jr.
LB • 6'1" • 240 lbs • Flora, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mike Smith Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32 disruption score.
Impact Production
81
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Liberty
2223
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Liberty • Baylor
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Gardner-Webb
Player Story
Mike Smith Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a linebacker from Flora, MS wearing No. 40, spending time with Baylor and Liberty. The clearest part of Mike Smith Jr.'s career was his defensive...
Read the storyMike Smith Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Liberty. Mike Smith Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 83
- TFL
- 8.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Mike Smith Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Baylor · LB
- Career Tackles
- 83
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Liberty
- Top game
- Gardner-Webb
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Graduate
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 24 tackles · LB 513th (top 42%) · Big 12 168th (top 27%) · National 1,726th (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Liberty | 11 | 59 | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 59.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Baylor | 5 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56.3 |
Related Context
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Mike Smith Jr. played LB for Liberty and Baylor. Across 2 tracked seasons, Mike Smith Jr. recorded 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Liberty.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Liberty paired 12.5 primary output with 33.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 32 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 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 Liberty, Baylor.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Baylor
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
32
Usage
9.4
Consistency
67
Best Game by takeover score
Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 1. Utah: 2. Long Island University: 1. Texas: 2. UCF: 0
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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas State: 5 by 30.8. Utah: 8 by 53.3. Long Island University: 2 by 18.3. Texas: 5 by 40.8. UCF: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 3 · +1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas
Best efficiency game
53.3 vs Utah
Player Story
Mike Smith Jr. story
Mike Smith Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a linebacker from Flora, MS wearing No. 40, spending time with Baylor and Liberty. The clearest part of Mike Smith Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 83 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Liberty. 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 Mike Smith Jr.'s production has multiple signals. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Baylor and Liberty.
The arc is straightforward: Mike Smith Jr. 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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- 1
Liberty
2022
Opening stop
- 2
Baylor
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Liberty | 12.5 | 33.7 | 6.8 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Baylor | 6 | 32 | 9.4 | -6.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Gardner-Webb
Week 7 · W 21-20
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
89.7 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Texas
Week 4 · L 6-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Utah
Week 2 · L 13-20
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#4
vs BYU
Week 8 · W 41-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Texas State
Week 1 · L 31-42
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Havoc Plays
56.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Liberty
12.5 primary output · 33.7 efficiency · 6.8 usage
59.5
#2
2023 Regular Season · Baylor
56.3
6 primary · 32 efficiency · 9.4 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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