Player Dossier

2024-2025

Middle 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.

Usage Score

4.3

Efficiency

19.3

Consistency

10

Season Value

10.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Middle Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

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.

Korey Smith, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. Korey Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Middle Tennessee paired 0 primary output with 8.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 19.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

19.3

Usage

4.3

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 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

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 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

Wins0.3 · n=3 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · n=6 · -0.2 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · n=5 · -0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.4 · n=5 · +0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

45.8 vs Western Kentucky

Result
Sat 11/29@ New Mexico StateW 31-2462001
Sat 11/22vs Sam HoustonW 31-1731000
Sat 11/15@ Western Kentucky10+ tacklesL 26-42118000
Sat 11/8vs Florida InternationalL 30-56400010
Wed 10/8vs Missouri StateL 20-2211000
Sat 9/27@ Kennesaw StateL 16-2422000
Sat 9/20vs MarshallL 28-4221000
Sat 9/13@ NevadaW 14-1322000
Sat 9/6@ WisconsinL 10-4231000
Sat 8/30vs Unknown410.5001

Career Arc

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

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    Middle Tennessee

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee08.41.5
2025 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee3.519.34.33.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Primary metric

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.7 takeover score.

#2

New Mexico State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.3 takeover score.

#3

Florida International

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.

#4

Western Kentucky

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 17.8 takeover score.

#5

Kennesaw State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

0 primary output · 8.4 efficiency · 1.5 usage

36.6

#2

2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

10.6

3.5 primary · 19.3 efficiency · 4.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8519

Oakland · Murfreesboro, TN

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

42

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 12 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Korey Smith quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
2
Career tackles
42