Player Dossier

2025-2025

Troy

Donnie Smith

DE • 6'4" • 220 lbs • Greenville, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Donnie Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37 disruption score.

Usage Score

12.6

Efficiency

37

Consistency

75.2

Season Value

56.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Troy

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Troy
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion

Scouting Read

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Donnie Smith, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Troy. Donnie Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37 disruption score.

Donnie Smith played DE for Troy. Across 1 tracked season, Donnie Smith recorded 11 receiving yards and 44 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Troy.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Troy paired 33.5 primary output with 37 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 37 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion

Loss with 4 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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2025 Postseason · Troy

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

2.4

Efficiency

37

Usage

12.6

Consistency

75.2

Best Game by takeover score

Old Dominion

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 2. Nicholls: 2.5. Clemson: 0.5. Memphis: 4. Buffalo: 0. South Alabama: 2. Texas State: 2. UL Monroe: 3. Louisiana: 3. Arkansas State: 0.5. Old Dominion: 4. Georgia State: 3. Southern Miss: 4. James Madison: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Jacksonville State: 1 by 24.2. Nicholls: 4 by 41.7. Clemson: 2 by 13.3. Memphis: 3 by 52.5. Buffalo: 5 by 20.8. South Alabama: 6 by 45. Texas State: 2 by 28.3. UL Monroe: 4 by 46.7. Louisiana: 2 by 38.3. Arkansas State: 4 by 21.7. Old Dominion: 3 by 52.5. Georgia State: 3 by 42.5. Southern Miss: 3 by 52.5. James Madison: 2 by 38.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.4 · Games = 8 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 6 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Old Dominion

Best efficiency game

52.5 vs Southern Miss

Result
Wed 12/17@ Jacksonville StateSplash gameL 13-1711110
Sat 12/6@ James MadisonSplash gameL 14-3121111
Sat 11/29@ Southern Miss2+ sacks · Splash gameW 28-1833220
Sat 11/22vs Georgia StateSplash gameW 31-1930000
Fri 11/14@ Old DominionSplash gameL 0-3331110
Sun 11/2vs Arkansas StateL 10-23410.5000
Sat 10/25vs LouisianaSplash gameW 35-23211.501.500
Sat 10/18@ UL MonroeSplash gameW 37-14431.501.500
Sun 10/12@ Texas StateSplash gameW 48-4121101
Sat 10/4vs South AlabamaSplash gameW 31-2463110
Sat 9/20@ BuffaloW 21-1751000
Sat 9/13vs MemphisSplash gameL 7-2832110
Sat 9/6@ ClemsonL 16-27200.5000
Sat 8/30vs NichollsSplash gameW 38-20421.5010

Career Arc

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    Troy

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonTroy33.53712.6
2025 Regular SeasonTroy33.53712.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Old Dominion

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 59.8 takeover score.

#2

Southern Miss

4

Primary metric

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 59.1 takeover score.

#3

Memphis

4

Primary metric

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 55.9 takeover score.

#4

UL Monroe

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 45.6 takeover score.

#5

Georgia State

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Troy

33.5 primary output · 37 efficiency · 12.6 usage

56.2

#2

2025 Regular Season · Troy

56.2

33.5 primary · 37 efficiency · 12.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

44

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 14 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.