Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Maryland
Carlton Smith
LB • 6'1" • 222 lbs • Norfolk, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Carlton Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
53
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
43
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
Carlton Smith built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Norfolk, VA wearing No. 32, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Carlton Smith's career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 1.5...
Read the storyCarlton Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Maryland. Carlton Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 64
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 4
Quick Answers
Carlton Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · LB
- Career Tackles
- 64
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Maryland
- Top game
- Illinois
- Latest roster
- No. 32 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 64 tackles · LB 199th (top 16%) · Big Ten 49th (top 7%) · National 341st (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Maryland | 12 | 64 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 4 | - | 0 | 47.6 |
Related Context
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Carlton Smith played LB for Maryland. Across 1 tracked season, Carlton Smith recorded 64 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Maryland paired 6 primary output with 27.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Loss 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 · Maryland
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
27.2
Usage
6.3
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida Atlantic: 0. Northern Illinois: 1. Towson: 2. Wisconsin: 0. Washington: 1. Nebraska: 0. UCLA: 0. Indiana: 0. Rutgers: 0. Illinois: 2. Michigan: 0. Michigan State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida Atlantic: 8 by 33.3. Northern Illinois: 1 by 14.2. Towson: 6 by 45. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3. Washington: 11 by 55.8. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 5 by 20.8. Indiana: 4 by 16.7. Rutgers: 8 by 33.3. Illinois: 10 by 61.7. Michigan: 5 by 20.8. Michigan State: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 8 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
61.7 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | @ Michigan State | L 28-38 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Michigan | L 20-45 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Illinois10+ tackles · Splash game | L 6-24 | 10 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Rutgers | L 20-35 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Indiana | L 10-55 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ UCLA | L 17-20 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Nebraska | L 31-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Washington10+ tackles | L 20-24 | 11 | 8 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Wisconsin | W 27-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs TowsonSplash game | W 44-17 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/5 | vs Northern Illinois | W 20-9 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Florida Atlantic | W 39-7 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Carlton Smith story
Carlton Smith built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Norfolk, VA wearing No. 32, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Carlton Smith's career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 0.5 sacks across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Maryland. 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 Carlton 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 Maryland.
The arc is straightforward: Carlton 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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Maryland
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Maryland | 6 | 27.2 | 6.3 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 24 Illinois
Week 12 · L 6-24 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Towson
Week 3 · W 44-17
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 13 Washington
Week 6 · L 20-24 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 128 Northern Illinois
Week 2 · W 20-9
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Havoc Plays
33.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 33.1 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 98 Florida Atlantic
Week 1 · W 39-7
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Havoc Plays
25 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 25 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Maryland
6 primary output · 27.2 efficiency · 6.3 usage
47.6
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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