Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Illinois
Dawuane Smoot
DL • 6'3" • Groveport, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dawuane Smoot shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
81
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Player Story
Dawuane Smoot built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Groveport, OH wearing No. 91, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Dawuane Smoot's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Dawuane Smoot, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois. Dawuane Smoot shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 56
- TFL
- 15.5
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 1
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Dawuane Smoot Illinois Highlights
2016 · Illinois · Player Highlight
Dawuane Smoot college highlights at Illinois.
- Season
- 2016
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Dawuane Smoot quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DL
- Career Tackles
- 56
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Rutgers
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Groveport Madison · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Groveport Madison · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 91 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 56 tackles · DL 16th (top 3%) · Big Ten 64th (top 11%) · National 562nd (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 56 | 15.5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 76 |
Related Context
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Dawuane Smoot played DL for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dawuane Smoot recorded 56 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Illinois paired 31.5 primary output with 44.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 44.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
2.6
Efficiency
44.9
Usage
13.8
Consistency
59
Best Game by takeover score
Rutgers
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Murray State: 2. North Carolina: 1.5. Western Michigan: 0.5. Nebraska: 3. Purdue: 1.5. Rutgers: 6. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 3. Michigan State: 4.5. Wisconsin: 1. Iowa: 3.5. Northwestern: 5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Murray State: 1 by 24.2. North Carolina: 3 by 27.5. Western Michigan: 8 by 38.3. Nebraska: 8 by 63.3. Purdue: 5 by 35.8. Rutgers: 5 by 70.8. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 8 by 63.3. Michigan State: 4 by 61.7. Wisconsin: 5 by 30.8. Iowa: 3 by 47.5. Northwestern: 5 by 70.8
Split Comparison
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Wins4.2 · Games = 3 · +2.1 vs Losses
Losses2.1 · Games = 9 · -2.1 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
Rutgers
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Northwestern2+ sacks · Splash game | L 21-42 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs IowaSplash game | L 0-28 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Wisconsin | L 3-48 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Michigan StateSplash game | W 31-27 | 4 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs MinnesotaSplash game | L 17-40 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Michigan | L 8-41 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ RutgersSplash game | W 24-7 | 5 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Purdue | L 31-34 | 5 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ NebraskaSplash game | L 16-31 | 8 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Western Michigan | L 10-34 | 8 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs North Carolina | L 23-48 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Murray StateSplash game | W 52-3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Dawuane Smoot story
Dawuane Smoot built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Groveport, OH wearing No. 91, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Dawuane Smoot's career was his defensive production: 56 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Illinois. 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 Dawuane Smoot's production has multiple signals. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Dawuane Smoot 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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Illinois
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 31.5 | 44.9 | 13.8 | 31.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Rutgers
Week 7 · W 24-7 · Conference game
Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
6
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Northwestern
Week 13 · L 21-42 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
84.7 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Michigan State
Week 10 · W 31-27 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Minnesota
Week 9 · L 17-40 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Nebraska
Week 5 · L 16-31 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
31.5 primary output · 44.9 efficiency · 13.8 usage
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#2
2013 Regular Season · Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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