CFB Zeitgeist Score
43
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 67th percentile.
Chase Smith
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
31 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Miami for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Miami
Returning around him
- 12% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 9 Miami players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -6 net (13 in / 19 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Miami · Last season: 13-3 (AP #10) · Talent rank #15 · 2026 recruiting class #13
LB · MIAMI · ACC
Chase Smith
- 4
- #41
- 6-2 | 210 lb
- Palm Bay, FL
Heisman Heat
#6723
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP LB AWARD
Butkus
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Miami
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#8 in market ▼ from #6 · 4 books
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4-star | 0.9059 | No. 278 recruit | HighSchool | Miami |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to Miami
Composite
0.9059
#278 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Chase Smith
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Chase Smith
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 13g
31Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Final
31Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Chase Smith is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Miami's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 0.0 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Defensive contributor against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
31 74th
SOLO
15 69th
TFL
0.0 39th
SACK
0.0 65th
QBH
2 66th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
2 64th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-24vs Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-12vs South Florida | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24vs Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-7vs Stanford | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-26@ SMU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10vs Syracuse | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-7vs NC State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-17@ Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | W 10-3@ Texas A&M | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 24-14@ Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 31-27@ Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 21-27@ Indiana | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2021Miami7-5HC: Jess Simpson · Balanced
2022Miami5-7HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced, fast tempo
2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 31 | #1302/4942 | 74th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 0.0 | #3020/4972 | 39th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 2 | #792/2184 | 64th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 2 | #647/1878 | 66th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 15 | #1434/4584 | 69th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 2 | #13/736 | 98th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/773 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Butkus award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road6g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins10g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Losses3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort
43Mid-pack
Concern: tackles for loss (7th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · LB · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Chase SmithMiamiBlake FletcherAir Force· 73% simTyler MartinMassachusetts· 65% simBryce LlewellynEastern Michigan· 63% sim
QB hurries
Passes defended
Tackles
Solo tackles
Forced fumbles
Sacks
Tackles for loss
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Coverage 'Backer
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Eddie Williams’s 2023 season.
Eddie Williams
77%match
#2
Benjamin Perry
76%
#3
Chaz Ah You
75%
#4
Zayne Anderson
73%
#5
Jalen Harrell
71%
Matches Eddie on
TFL rate
Tackle volume
PD rate
Differs from Eddie on
Height (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Malik Chavis's graduate season at UNLV (2024).
Malik Chavis
81%match
#2
Wesley Walker
80%
#3
Tamon Lynum
79%
#4
Tahj Chambers
78%
#5
Stefon Thompson
77%
Matches Malik on
Tackle volume
TFL rate
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Pass share
47.2%
496 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
65.6
16 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.1%
245 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coaches2021
Jess Simpson
Miami
2022era →
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2023
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2024
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2025
Mario Cristobal
Miami
Coaching transition mid-career: Jess Simpson → Mario Cristobal. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownPalm Bay, FL
Height6'2"
Weight210 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey41
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamMiami
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miami | LB4 | #6723 | #6695 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Miami | LB4 | #9850 | #9767 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Miami | LB4 | #11579 | #11599 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
| 2021 | Miami | LB4 | #10981 | #11059 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami | ACC | LB | 4 | No. 41 | 6-2 | 210 lb | Palm Bay, FL |
| 2024 | Miami | ACC | LB | 4 | No. 41 | 6-2 | 210 lb | Palm Bay, FL |
| 2023 | Miami | ACC | LB | 4 | No. 41 | 6-2 | 210 lb | Palm Bay, FL |
| 2022 | Miami | ACC | LB | 4 | No. 41 | 6-2 | 210 lb | Palm Bay, FL |
| 2021 | Miami | ACC | LB | 4 | No. 41 | 6-2 | 210 lb | Palm Bay, FL |