Cam Smith

Former defensive back at South Carolina. 2022: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 27 tackles.

DB · South Carolina · Jr. · #9

6′0″ · 188 lb · Blythewood, SC

CFB Index 45 · #184 of 322 cornersLow confidenceMiami — drafted 2023, Rd 2, Pick 20, #51 overall

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 151 nationally · Signed with South Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at South Carolina. 2022: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 27 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to South Carolina in 2019.
Drafted round 2 by the Miami in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at South Carolina, 91 tackles — drafted at #51 overall by Miami.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2019

Signed with South Carolina4-star out of Westwood

202111 games

The role got bigger.

All-SECsecond

202211 games

All-SEC

2023

Drafted by Miamiround 2, pick 51

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#151 national

CFB

College

South Carolina

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #51

Miami · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019–2020

Will Muschamp

South Carolina

2021–2022

Shane Beamer

South Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Will Muschamp → Shane Beamer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 4th NFL season

#51Rd 2 · Pick 20

MiamiEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019South Carolina4-8HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

2020South Carolina2-8HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2021South Carolina7-6HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning

2022South Carolina8-5HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

45Rotational starter #184 of 322?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (89th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#240 / 2755 · 89th pct

QB hurries#511 / 2755 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#853 / 2755 · 68th pct

Tackles#1443 / 2755 · 46th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

1.0

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.7	0.2	0.0	0.7
Road5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

45 · #184 of 322 corners

Former four-star. Now #184 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	South Carolina	27	23	1.0	5	1	--
2021	South Carolina	41	31	2.5	11	3	--
2020	South Carolina	16	10	0.0	2	2	1
2019	South Carolina	7	5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		91	69	3.5	18	6	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022

W 63–38

vs Tennessee

1 TFL · 6 SOLO · 7 TOT

Dominant 25-point win at home against Tennessee.

With S. Rattler — 438 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.9 · 16 rush yds (5 car) · J. Vann — 2 rec · 78 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 35-14vs Georgia State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 30-44@ Arkansas	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 56-20vs Charlotte	1	1	0.0	1	1
Wk 5	W 50-10vs South Carolina State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 24-14@ Kentucky	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 30-24vs Texas A&M	1	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 9	L 10-23vs Missouri	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 38-27@ Vanderbilt	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 6-38@ Florida	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 63-38vs Tennessee	7	6	1.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 13	W 31-30@ Clemson	1	0	0.0	—	0
Total		27	23	1.0	1	5

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

Cam Smith

2019

202111 games

202211 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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