Player Dossier

2024-2025

Illinois

Carter Smith

LB • 6'3" • 215 lbs • Rolling Meadows, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Carter Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

0.9

Efficiency

4.2

Consistency

100

Season Value

35

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Carter Smith, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Illinois. Carter Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Illinois paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 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: Wisconsin

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Wisconsin

Not enough games exist for the full explorer. The summary cards stay available so the season still reads clearly.

Game-by-Game Trend

Not enough games are available for a full trend line yet.

Volume vs Efficiency

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

Game Log

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

1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wisconsin

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Wisconsin

Result
Sun 11/23@ WisconsinL 10-2710000

Career Arc

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

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    Illinois

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2025 Regular SeasonIllinois04.20.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Wisconsin

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Primary metric

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

35

#2

2024 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8658

Ocoee · Ocoee, FL

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

1

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 1 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Carter Smith quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
2
Career tackles
1