Chris Smith: DL · Notre Dame · #65.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Chris Smith
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Stanford — Week 7, 2022.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 16 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Career | 16 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-21@ No. 2 Ohio State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-17vs California | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-32@ North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-20vs No. 16 BYU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-16vs Stanford | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 44-21vs UNLV | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-24@ No. 16 Syracuse | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 44-0vs Boston College | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
3%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries16 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Pass share
39.4%
338 pass / 519 run
Plays / game
65.9
13 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
One season at Notre Dame — the college career is complete.
