Player Dossier

2013-2020

Duke

Ryan Smith

LB • 6'2" • 210 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ryan Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

Player Story

Ryan Smith built his college career from 2013 through 2020 as a linebacker from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 40, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Ryan Smith's career was his return-game role: 434 return...

Read the story
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8389

Harrison · Kennesaw, GA

Committed To
Duke
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Ryan Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Duke. Ryan Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
1

Quick Answers

Ryan Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · LB
Career Tackles
1
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · Duke
Top game
Charlotte
Recruit profile
3-star · Harrison · Duke
High school pipeline
Harrison · 23 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 40 · Freshman
2020 Tackles rank
1 tackles · LB 1,110th (top 99%) · ACC 657th (top 97%) · National 5,005th (top 96%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonDuke20-0--050
2014 Regular SeasonDuke20-0--050
2015 PostseasonDuke120-0--050
2015 Regular SeasonDuke120-0--050
2016 Regular SeasonDuke100-0--033.3
2020 Regular SeasonDuke11-0--036.4

Related Context

Ryan Smith played LB for Duke. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ryan Smith recorded 126 receiving yards and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Duke paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Duke

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.6

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Charlotte

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Split Comparison

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Charlotte

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Charlotte

Result
Sat 10/31vs CharlotteW 53-1911000

Player Story

Ryan Smith story

Ryan Smith built his college career from 2013 through 2020 as a linebacker from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 40, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Ryan Smith's career was his return-game role: 434 return yards across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 126 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ryan Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Duke

    2013-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201320142015201520162020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonDuke00
2014 Regular SeasonDuke000
2015 PostseasonDuke000
2015 Regular SeasonDuke000
2016 Regular SeasonDuke0000
2020 Regular SeasonDuke04.20.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Charlotte

Week 9 · W 53-19

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

3.1 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.

#2

vs NC State

Week 11 · W 38-20 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#3

vs North Carolina Central

Week 1 · W 45-0

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#4

vs Tulane

Week 4 · W 47-13

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#5

vs Kansas

Week 3 · W 41-3

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · Duke

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · usage

50

#2

2014 Regular Season · Duke

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2015 Postseason · Duke

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games