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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Tulane
Tanzel Smart
DT • 6'1" • Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tanzel Smart shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
84
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Tulane
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Tulane
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Player Story
Tanzel Smart built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive tackle from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 77, spending time with Tulane. The clearest part of Tanzel Smart's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Tulane
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2017
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 5
- Overall
- No. 189
- NFL Team
- Los Angeles Rams
Tanzel Smart, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Tulane. Tanzel Smart shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.7 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Tanzel Smart quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tulane · DT
- Career Tackles
- 68
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Tulane
- Top game
- Louisiana
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Scotlandville Magnet · Tulane
- High school pipeline
- Scotlandville Magnet · 17 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2017 · Round 6 · Pick 5 · Los Angeles Rams
- Latest roster
- No. 77 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 68 tackles · DT 2nd (top 1%) · American Athletic 32nd (top 7%) · National 361st (top 7%)
Tanzel Smart played DT for Tulane. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tanzel Smart recorded 68 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Tulane.
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