Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Northern Illinois
Austin Smaha
DE • 6'1" • Belvidere, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Austin Smaha shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
65
Solid production for an edge defender
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Reliability
34
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
77
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Player Story
Austin Smaha built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive end from Belvidere, IL wearing No. 50, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Austin Smaha's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Austin Smaha, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Austin Smaha shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 19
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 5
Quick Answers
Austin Smaha quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · DE
- Career Tackles
- 19
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Bowling Green
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Belvidere North · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Belvidere North · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 50 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · DE 177th (top 48%) · Mid-American 192nd (top 37%) · National 2,013th (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 11 | 19 | 5.5 | 5 | - | - | 0 | 45.4 |
Related Context
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Austin Smaha played DE for Northern Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Austin Smaha recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.7 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: Bowling Green
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
16.7
Usage
6.3
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Bowling Green
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 0. San Diego State: 0.5. Western Illinois: 0. Ball State: 2. Western Michigan: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Buffalo: 0. Bowling Green: 4. Toledo: 2. Eastern Michigan: 2. Kent State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Florida: 2 by 8.3. San Diego State: 1 by 9.2. Western Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 2 by 28.3. Western Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Buffalo: 2 by 8.3. Bowling Green: 4 by 56.7. Toledo: 1 by 24.2. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 28.3. Kent State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.6 · Games = 5 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 6 · -1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs Bowling Green
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/25 | @ Kent State | W 31-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/17 | @ Eastern MichiganSplash game | W 31-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/10 | vs ToledoSplash game | L 24-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/2 | vs Bowling Green2+ sacks · Splash game | W 45-20 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Buffalo | W 44-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Central Michigan | L 28-34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Western Michigan | L 30-45 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Ball StateSplash game | W 31-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Western Illinois | L 23-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs San Diego State | L 28-42 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ South Florida | L 17-48 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Austin Smaha story
Austin Smaha built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive end from Belvidere, IL wearing No. 50, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Austin Smaha's career was his defensive production: 19 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, and 5 sacks across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Northern 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 Austin Smaha's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 29 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Austin Smaha 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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Northern Illinois
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 10.5 | 16.7 | 6.3 | 10.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Bowling Green
Week 10 · W 45-20 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 12 · W 31-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
59.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Toledo
Week 11 · L 24-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
57.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Ball State
Week 5 · W 31-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
44.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.7 takeover score.
#5
vs San Diego State
Week 3 · L 28-42
0.5
Havoc Plays
19.2 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 19.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
50
#2
2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
45.4
10.5 primary · 16.7 efficiency · 6.3 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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