Cameron Smith: ILB · USC · #35.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Cameron Smith
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at USC. One game to point at: 15 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Washington State — Week 4, 2018.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-21vs UNLV | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-17@ No. 10 Stanford | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-37@ Texas | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 39-36vs Washington State | 15 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 24-20@ Arizona | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-34@ UCLA | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-24vs No. 3 Notre Dame | 12 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 69 | 51 | 7.5 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Week 4 · 2018
W 39-36
2 tackles for loss · 15 tackles · 12 solo tackles
Edged out Washington State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
69tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%8 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
4%3 pass breakups69 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 11.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 8.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 9.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 11.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
51.6%
400 pass / 375 run
Plays / game
64.6
12 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
More tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at USC, 259 tackles — drafted at #162 overall by the Minnesota Vikings.
A stat line in 35 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Steve Sarkisian → Clay Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Minnesota VikingsEntering 8th NFL season
Minnesota VikingsEntering 8th NFL season
