Arik Smith: LB · Army · #53.
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Arik Smith
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Four seasons in the Army linebacker corps to date. On tape: 9 tackles against Navy, Week 15, 2021.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
74 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-10@ Georgia State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-35vs Western Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 52-21vs UConn | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 23-10vs Miami (OH) | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-28@ Ball State | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 14-20@ Wisconsin | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 56-70vs No. 16 Wake Forest | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-14vs Air Force | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 63-10vs Bucknell | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 33-17vs Massachusetts | 8 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-16@ Liberty | 7 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 15 | L 13-17vs Navy | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 74 | 43 | 8.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
86tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%10 TFLSack rate
5%4 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups86 tackles · 10.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
4 seasons under Jeff Monken, all run-heavy offenses — 34-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 7.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Monken
Pass share
12.8%
110 pass / 752 run
Plays / game
71.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.5%
123 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
86 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Army, 251 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Monken.
