Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025UL Monroe
James Smith
DL • 6'3" • 275 lbs • Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
James Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UL Monroe
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UL Monroe
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Lamar
Player Story
James Smith built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Virginia Beach, VA wearing No. 92, spending time with UL Monroe. The clearest part of James Smith's career was his defensive...
Read the storyJames Smith, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UL Monroe. James Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 31
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
James Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UL Monroe · DL
- Career Tackles
- 31
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · UL Monroe
- Top game
- Lamar
- High school pipeline
- American Heritage · 80 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 92 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 14 tackles · DL 515th (top 48%) · Sun Belt 277th (top 44%) · National 2,525th (top 41%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 52.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 8 | 11 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 43.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 3 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 18.5 |
Related Context
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James Smith played DL for UL Monroe. Across 4 tracked seasons, James Smith recorded 31 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UL Monroe.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
UL Monroe paired 2 primary output with 24.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.6 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: Arkansas State
Win 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 · UL Monroe
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
12.6
Usage
2.2
Consistency
9.5
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. Arkansas State: 2. Coastal Carolina: 0. Troy: 1. Southern Miss: 0. South Alabama: 0. Texas State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Arkansas State: 2 by 28.3. Coastal Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Troy: 0 by 10. Southern Miss: 1 by 4.2. South Alabama: 3 by 12.5. Texas State: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 1 · +1.8 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · -1.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Arkansas State
Player Story
James Smith story
James Smith built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Virginia Beach, VA wearing No. 92, spending time with UL Monroe. The clearest part of James Smith's career was his defensive production: 31 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 19 career games in the available record. That gives James Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UL Monroe
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 2 | 24.2 | 7.7 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 9 | 14.5 | 5.6 | 7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 0.5 | 8.6 | 1.7 | -8.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 3 | 12.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Lamar
Week 2 · W 24-14
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
7
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Georgia State
Week 11 · W 31-28 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
62.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 100 Arkansas State
Week 5 · W 28-16 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
61.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.
#4
vs James Madison
Week 6 · W 21-19 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
29.7 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 29.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Texas A&M
Week 3 · L 3-47
1
Havoc Plays
22 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 22 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · UL Monroe
2 primary output · 24.2 efficiency · 7.7 usage
52.7
#2
2023 Regular Season · UL Monroe
43.5
9 primary · 14.5 efficiency · 5.6 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · UL Monroe
18.5
3 primary · 12.6 efficiency · 2.2 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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