Player Dossier

2024-2025

North Texas

Patrick Smith-Young

S • 5'9" • 190 lbs • Sugar Land, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Patrick Smith-Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.5 disruption score.

Usage Score

4

Efficiency

25.5

Consistency

7.7

Season Value

31.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Old Dominion • North Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

Scouting Read

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Patrick Smith-Young, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion. Patrick Smith-Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.5 disruption score.

Patrick Smith-Young played S for Old Dominion and North Texas. Across 2 tracked seasons, Patrick Smith-Young recorded 111 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with North Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Old Dominion paired 4.5 primary output with 24 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 25.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Old Dominion, North Texas.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

Win with 2 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 Postseason · North Texas

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

25.5

Usage

4

Consistency

7.7

Best Game by takeover score

Charlotte

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. San Diego State: 1. Lamar: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Army: 0. South Alabama: 0. South Florida: 0. UTSA: 0. Charlotte: 2. Navy: 0. UAB: 0. Rice: 1. Temple: 0. Tulane: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. San Diego State: 2 by 18.3. Lamar: 2 by 8.3. Western Michigan: 8 by 33.3. Army: 11 by 45.8. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2. South Florida: 8 by 33.3. UTSA: 5 by 20.8. Charlotte: 2 by 28.3. Navy: 7 by 29.2. UAB: 4 by 16.7. Rice: 7 by 39.2. Temple: 5 by 20.8. Tulane: 8 by 33.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.4 · Games = 11 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Charlotte

Best efficiency game

45.8 vs Army

Result
Sat 12/27@ San Diego StateW 49-4720001
Sat 12/6@ TulaneL 21-3486000
Fri 11/28vs TempleW 52-2553000
Sun 11/23@ RiceW 56-2475100
Sat 11/15@ UABW 53-2443000
Sat 11/1vs NavyW 31-1774000
Fri 10/24@ CharlotteSplash gameW 54-2021002
Sat 10/18vs UTSAW 55-1753000
Fri 10/10vs South FloridaL 36-6385000
Sat 9/27vs South AlabamaW 36-2211000
Sat 9/20@ Army10+ tacklesW 45-38116000
Sat 9/6@ Western MichiganW 33-3084000
Sun 8/31vs LamarW 51-021000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Old Dominion

    2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    North Texas

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonOld Dominion4.5244.4
2025 PostseasonNorth Texas425.54-0.5
2025 Regular SeasonNorth Texas425.540

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

South Carolina

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Primary metric

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

#2

Charlotte

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.2 takeover score.

#3

Rice

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 32.6 takeover score.

#4

Bowling Green

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.4 takeover score.

#5

East Carolina

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 24.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion

4.5 primary output · 24 efficiency · 4.4 usage

34.9

#2

2025 Postseason · North Texas

31.5

4 primary · 25.5 efficiency · 4 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · North Texas

31.5

4 primary · 25.5 efficiency · 4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

2

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8156

Clements · Sugar Land, TX

Committed To
North Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

2

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

111

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 22 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.