Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Middle Tennessee
Korey Smith
LB • 5'11" • 225 lbs • Murfreesboro, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Korey Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
43
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
37
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Middle Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Austin Peay
Player Story
Korey Smith built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Murfreesboro, TN wearing No. 58, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Korey Smith's career was his defensive...
Read the storyKorey Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. Korey Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 42
- TFL
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Korey Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Middle Tennessee · LB
- Career Tackles
- 42
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
- Top game
- Austin Peay
- High school pipeline
- Oakland · 28 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 58 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 38 tackles · LB 391st (top 31%) · Conference USA 84th (top 16%) · National 1,001st (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 31.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 38 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 40.4 |
Related Context
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Korey Smith played LB for Middle Tennessee. Across 2 tracked seasons, Korey Smith recorded 42 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Middle Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Middle Tennessee paired 3.5 primary output with 19.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.3 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: Austin Peay
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
19.3
Usage
3.9
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Austin Peay
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Austin Peay: 1.5. Wisconsin: 0. Nevada: 0. Marshall: 0. Kennesaw State: 0. Missouri State: 0. Florida International: 1. Western Kentucky: 0. Sam Houston: 0. New Mexico State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Austin Peay: 4 by 31.7. Wisconsin: 3 by 12.5. Nevada: 2 by 8.3. Marshall: 2 by 8.3. Kennesaw State: 2 by 8.3. Missouri State: 1 by 4.2. Florida International: 4 by 26.7. Western Kentucky: 11 by 45.8. Sam Houston: 3 by 12.5. New Mexico State: 6 by 35
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · +0.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Austin Peay
Best efficiency game
45.8 vs Western Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ New Mexico State | W 31-24 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Sam Houston | W 31-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Western Kentucky10+ tackles | L 26-42 | 11 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Florida International | L 30-56 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/8 | vs Missouri State | L 20-22 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Kennesaw State | L 16-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Marshall | L 28-42 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Nevada | W 14-13 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Wisconsin | L 10-42 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Austin Peay | L 14-34 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Korey Smith story
Korey Smith built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Murfreesboro, TN wearing No. 58, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Korey Smith's career was his defensive production: 42 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Korey Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Middle Tennessee
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 13.4 | 4 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 3.5 | 19.3 | 3.9 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Austin Peay
Week 1 · L 14-34
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 107 Florida International
Week 11 · L 30-56 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
55.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Ole Miss
Week 2 · L 3-52
1
Havoc Plays
50.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.6 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 123 New Mexico State
Week 14 · W 31-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
45.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.8 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 69 Western Kentucky
Week 12 · L 26-42 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
36.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 36.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
3.5 primary output · 19.3 efficiency · 3.9 usage
40.4
#2
2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
31.3
1 primary · 13.4 efficiency · 4 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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