Senior safety on New Mexico's 2025 roster.
6′0″ · 180 lb · Long Beach, CA
Recruiting
DL recruit
No. 211 nationally · Joined New Mexico
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on New Mexico's 2025 roster.
Aaron Smith
Two seasons at New Mexico, two different head coaches: Danny Gonzales and Jason Eck. One game to point at: 2 tackles against San Diego State — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Danny Gonzales → Jason Eck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | New Mexico | 14 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 19 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 32–22
vs Idaho State
2 SOLO · 2 TOT · 1 NO
With D. Bankston — 28 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · S. Humphrey — 141 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 32-22vs Idaho State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 40-35@ UNLV | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 23-17vs San Diego State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
New Mexico
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · New Mexico
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
New Mexico · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #112 · 2026 recruiting class #87