Player Career

Avery Smith Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Avery Smith story

Avery Smith built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a cornerback from East Point, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of Avery Smith's career was his defensive production: 126 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 25 passes defended across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Toledo. 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 Avery Smith's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 8 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Toledo.

The arc is straightforward: Avery 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Toledo

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonToledo216.54.8
2023 PostseasonToledo191.2-1
2023 Regular SeasonToledo191.20
2024 PostseasonToledo16.531.33.615.5
2024 Regular SeasonToledo16.531.33.60
2025 PostseasonToledo1630.54.7-0.5
2025 Regular SeasonToledo1630.54.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Massachusetts

Week 2 · W 55-10

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 82 Miami (OH)

Week 12 · W 24-3 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

68.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 132 Ball State

Week 13 · W 38-9 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

60.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Bowling Green

Week 9 · L 26-41 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 78 Western Michigan

Week 4 · L 13-14 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

55 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Toledo

16.5 primary output · 31.3 efficiency · 3.6 usage

53.2

#2

2024 Regular Season · Toledo

53.2

16.5 primary · 31.3 efficiency · 3.6 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Toledo

52.9

16 primary · 30.5 efficiency · 4.7 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games