Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016UTEP
Dashone Smith
DB • 6'1" • Spring, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dashone Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
52
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
54
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · UTEP
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UTEP
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Player Story
Dashone Smith built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive back from Spring, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Dashone Smith's career was his defensive production: 53...
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- Committed To
- UTEP
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Dashone Smith, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · UTEP. Dashone Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 53
- Passes defended
- 3
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Dashone Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTEP · DB
- Career Tackles
- 53
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · UTEP
- Top game
- New Mexico State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Klein Oak · UTEP
- High school pipeline
- Klein Oak · 32 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 53 tackles · DB 129th (top 16%) · Conference USA 56th (top 10%) · National 625th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | UTEP | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 60 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | UTEP | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 46.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UTEP | 12 | 53 | - | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 41.7 |
Related Context
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Dashone Smith played DB for UTEP. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dashone Smith recorded 53 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with UTEP.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
UTEP paired 2 primary output with 40 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · UTEP
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
22.6
Usage
4
Consistency
11.1
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. New Mexico State: 2. Texas: 0. Army: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Louisiana Tech: 1. Florida International: 0. UTSA: 1. Old Dominion: 1. Houston Christian: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Rice: 0. North Texas: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico State: 4 by 36.7. Texas: 4 by 16.7. Army: 8 by 33.3. Southern Miss: 4 by 16.7. Louisiana Tech: 5 by 30.8. Florida International: 6 by 25. UTSA: 3 by 22.5. Old Dominion: 1 by 14.2. Houston Christian: 6 by 25. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 4.2. Rice: 7 by 29.2. North Texas: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 8 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
New Mexico State
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs New Mexico State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs North Texas | W 52-24 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Rice | L 24-44 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 31-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/6 | vs Houston Christian | W 42-10 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/30 | vs Old Dominion | L 21-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ UTSA | W 52-49 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/9 | vs Florida International | L 21-35 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 7-28 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | vs Southern Miss | L 7-34 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Army | L 14-66 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Texas | L 7-41 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/4 | vs New Mexico StateSplash game | W 38-22 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Dashone Smith story
Dashone Smith built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive back from Spring, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Dashone Smith's career was his defensive production: 53 tackles, 5 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Dashone Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UTEP
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | UTEP | 2 | 40 | — | 2 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | — | — | -2 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UTEP | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UTEP | 5 | 22.6 | 4 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ New Mexico State
Week 3 · W 42-21
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
@ North Texas
Week 13 · W 20-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs New Mexico State
Week 1 · W 38-22
2
Havoc Plays
54.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Old Dominion
Week 9 · L 21-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
43.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.
#5
@ UTSA
Week 8 · W 52-49 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
40.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · UTEP
2 primary output · 40 efficiency · — usage
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#2
2015 Regular Season · UTEP
46.7
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · UTEP
41.7
5 primary · 22.6 efficiency · 4 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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