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 / Role

59%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

75

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Troy

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Troy
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Player Story

Donnie Smith built his college career in 2025 as a defensive end from Greenville, MS wearing No. 22, spending time with Troy. The clearest part of Donnie Smith's career was his defensive production: 44 tackles, 13.5...

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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.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
44
TFL
13.5
Sacks
11
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Donnie Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Troy · DE
Career Tackles
44
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 14 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Troy
Top game
Southern Miss
Latest roster
No. 22 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
44 tackles · DE 22nd (top 8%) · Sun Belt 95th (top 15%) · National 767th (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2025 PostseasonTroy14111--078.1
2025 Regular SeasonTroy144312.51072078.1

Related Context

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: Southern Miss

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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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

Southern Miss

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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 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

Southern Miss

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

Player Story

Donnie Smith story

Donnie Smith built his college career in 2025 as a defensive end from Greenville, MS wearing No. 22, spending time with Troy. The clearest part of Donnie Smith's career was his defensive production: 44 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Troy. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Donnie Smith's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 11 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Troy.

The arc is straightforward: Donnie Smith moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Troy

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonTroy33.53712.6
2025 Regular SeasonTroy33.53712.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 94 Southern Miss

Week 14 · W 28-18 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 49 Old Dominion

Week 12 · L 0-33 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 39 Memphis

Week 3 · L 7-28

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 131 UL Monroe

Week 8 · W 37-14 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

73.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 133 Georgia State

Week 13 · W 31-19 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

72.5 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Troy

33.5 primary output · 37 efficiency · 12.6 usage

78.1

#2

2025 Regular Season · Troy

78.1

33.5 primary · 37 efficiency · 12.6 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games