Usage / Role
52%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2011-2015North Carolina
Sam Smiley
S • 5'11" • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Sam Smiley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a safety
lowelite
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
lowhigh
Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · North Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- North Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Clemson
Player Story
Sam Smiley built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a safety from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Sam Smiley's career was his defensive production: 2...
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- Committed To
- North Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
Sam Smiley, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · North Carolina. Sam Smiley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Sam Smiley quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Carolina · S
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 2 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · North Carolina
- Top game
- Clemson
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Raines · North Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Raines · 27 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Class 2015
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | North Carolina | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2015 Regular Season | North Carolina | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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Sam Smiley is listed as a S for North Carolina. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
North Carolina paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · North Carolina
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia
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All Games1 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Virginia
Best efficiency game
20 vs Virginia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/24 | vs Virginia | W 26-13 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Sam Smiley story
Sam Smiley built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a safety from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Sam Smiley's career was his defensive production: 2 interceptions across 2 career games in the available record. That gives Sam Smiley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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North Carolina
2011-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20112012201320142015
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | North Carolina | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | North Carolina | 1 | 20 | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Clemson
Week 5 · L 35-50 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs Virginia
Week 8 · W 26-13 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · North Carolina
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2015 Regular Season · North Carolina
73.3
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2011 Regular Season · North Carolina
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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