Chad Smith

Senior linebacker for Maryland. 2019: 24 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Maryland · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 245 lb · Baltimore, MD

Maryland 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

OLB recruit

No. 235 nationally · Signed with Clemson

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Maryland. 2019: 24 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Clemson in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Maryland, 52 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2015

Signed with Clemson4-star out of Dominion

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#235 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

3 coaches

2016–2017

D.J. Durkin

Maryland

2018

Matt Canada

Maryland

era →

2019

Mike Locksley

Maryland

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: D.J. Durkin, Matt Canada, and Mike Locksley. Multi-era developmental context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Clemson12-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2018Clemson15-0HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2019Maryland3-9HC: Mike Locksley · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#379 / 2688 · 83rd pct

QB hurries#478 / 2688 · 77th pct

Tackles for loss#940 / 2688 · 63rd pct

3.5

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1606 / 2688 · 39th pct

Tackles#1672 / 2688 · 37th pct

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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.2	0.5	0.2	0.5
Road6g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	0.5	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Maryland	24	14	3.5	1.0	4	--	--
2018	Clemson	16	9	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
2017	Clemson	12	4	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
2016	Clemson	--	--	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		52	27	6.0	2.0	5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 79–0

vs Howard

1 SACKS · 1 TFL · 3 TOT

Dominant 79-point win at home against Howard.

With J. Jackson — 245 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.9 · J. Funk — 79 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 79-0vs Howard	3	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 17-20@ Temple	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 0-59vs Penn State	4	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 48-7@ Rutgers	7	4	0.5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 7	L 14-40@ Purdue	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 10-52@ Minnesota	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 7-38vs Michigan	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 14-73@ Ohio State	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 7-54vs Nebraska	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 14	L 16-19@ Michigan State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		24	14	3.5	1.0	—	4

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

2015

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays