Player Dossier

2022-2023

North Texas

Patrick Smith

S • 5'9" • 184 lbs • Sugar Land, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Patrick Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

46%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

52

Solid production for a safety

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Reliability

69

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

51

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · North Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
North Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UAB

Player Story

Patrick Smith built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a safety from Sugar Land, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Patrick Smith's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8156

Clements · Sugar Land, TX

Committed To
North Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Patrick Smith, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · North Texas. Patrick Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
72
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Patrick Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
North Texas · S
Career Tackles
72
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · North Texas
Top game
UAB
Recruit profile
3-star · Clements · North Texas
High school pipeline
Clements · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 11 · Freshman
2023 Tackles rank
70 tackles · S 40th (top 8%) · American Athletic 20th (top 4%) · National 235th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Texas22-0--036.7
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Texas1070-0-1044.4

Related Context

Patrick Smith played S for North Texas. Across 2 tracked seasons, Patrick Smith recorded 72 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with North Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

North Texas paired 1 primary output with 30.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 30.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UAB

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · North Texas

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

30.2

Usage

5.3

Consistency

3.3

Best Game by takeover score

UAB

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. California: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Abilene Christian: 0. Temple: 0. Tulane: 0. Memphis: 0. UTSA: 0. SMU: 0. Tulsa: 0. UAB: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. California: 7 by 29.2. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 29.2. Abilene Christian: 3 by 12.5. Temple: 7 by 29.2. Tulane: 9 by 37.5. Memphis: 5 by 20.8. UTSA: 8 by 33.3. SMU: 8 by 33.3. Tulsa: 10 by 41.7. UAB: 6 by 35

Split Comparison

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Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UAB

Best efficiency game

41.7 vs Tulsa

Result
Sat 11/25vs UABW 45-4265001
Sat 11/18@ Tulsa10+ tacklesW 35-28107000
Sat 11/11@ SMUL 21-4586000
Sat 11/4vs UTSAL 29-3786000
Sat 10/28vs MemphisL 42-4554000
Sat 10/21@ TulaneL 28-3596000
Sat 10/14vs TempleW 45-1474000
Sat 9/30vs Abilene ChristianW 45-3132000
Sat 9/16@ Louisiana TechW 40-3772000
Sat 9/2vs CaliforniaL 21-5874000

Player Story

Patrick Smith story

Patrick Smith built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a safety from Sugar Land, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Patrick Smith's career was his defensive production: 72 tackles and 1 pass defended across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with North Texas. 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 Patrick Smith's production has multiple signals. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Texas.

The arc is straightforward: Patrick 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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    North Texas

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Texas04.20.7
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Texas130.25.31

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UAB

Week 13 · W 45-42 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

61.4 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Tulsa

Week 12 · W 35-28 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

35 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.

#3

@ Tulane

Week 8 · L 28-35 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

33.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 33.1 takeover score.

#4

@ SMU

Week 11 · L 21-45 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

28 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 28 takeover score.

#5

vs UTSA

Week 10 · L 29-37 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

26.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 26.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · North Texas

1 primary output · 30.2 efficiency · 5.3 usage

44.4

#2

2022 Regular Season · North Texas

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games