Cam Smith

Former cornerback at Oklahoma State. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 34 tackles.

CB · Oklahoma State · Sr. · #3

6′0″ · 200 lb · Little Elm, TX

CFB Index 47 · #199 of 364 cornersLow confidenceMinnesota — drafted 2019, Rd 5, Pick 24, #162 overall

How he plays

Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

Passes defended: 86th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

4 PBU · 34 tackles · 1 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 5 tackles, at UCF

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Oklahoma State. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San José State in 2016.
1 interception in 2024. Then 1 in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Oklahoma State, 112 tackles — drafted at #162 overall by Minnesota.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2016

Signed with San José State3-star out of Eastvale Roosevelt

2021

Signed with Oklahoma State3-star out of Denton Braswell

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1274 national

CFB

College

Oklahoma State

2021–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted (yet)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2025

2 coaches

2021–2024

Mike Gundy

Oklahoma State

2025

Doug Meacham

Oklahoma State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Gundy → Doug Meacham. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MinnesotaEntering 8th NFL season

#162Rd 5 · Pick 24

MinnesotaEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Oklahoma State12-2HC: Mike Gundy · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Oklahoma State7-6HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced, fast tempo

2023Oklahoma State10-4HC: Mike Gundy · Pass-leaning

2024Oklahoma State3-9HC: Mike Gundy · Pass-leaning

2025Oklahoma State1-11HC: Doug Meacham · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

47Rotational starter #199 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#790 / 2975 · 73rd pct

Tackles#1138 / 2975 · 61st pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.1	0.0	0.3
Road4g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eric Morris

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

47 · #199 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #199 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma State	34	24	1.0	4	1	--
2024	Oklahoma State	34	25	1.0	7	1	--
2023	Oklahoma State	26	18	2.5	4	1	--
2022	Oklahoma State	17	12	0.0	1	--	--
2021	Oklahoma State	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		112	80	4.5	16	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 27–7

vs UT Martin

1 PD

With W. Pahl — 48 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · H. Hejny — 96 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 83.3 · 27 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 27-7vs UT Martin	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 12-19vs Tulsa	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 27-45vs Baylor	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 13-41@ Arizona	3	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 17-39vs Houston	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-49vs Cincinnati	5	3	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 9	L 0-42@ Texas Tech	5	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 21-38@ Kansas	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 6-14vs Kansas State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-17@ UCF	5	3	0.0	1	0
Wk 14	L 13-20vs Iowa State	4	4	1.0	—	0
Total		34	24	1.0	1	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Cam Smith

2016

2021

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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