Cody Smith: LB · Middle Tennessee · #42.
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Cody Smith
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Fourth year in the Middle Tennessee linebacker corps. On tape: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UTSA, Week 3, 2021.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Middle Tennessee | 27 | 14 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 35 | 19 | 8.0 | 3.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Middle Tennessee | 20 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Middle Tennessee | 22 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 104 | 52 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 50-15vs Monmouth | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-35@ No. 19 Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-27@ UTSA | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 39-42@ Charlotte | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-28vs Marshall | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-41@ Liberty | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-13@ UConn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 50-10vs Florida International | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-17@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 14 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
27tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackPD rate
7%2 pass breakups27 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack.
4 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 22-26 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rick Stockstill
Pass share
51.0%
463 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
75.6
12 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
483 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Middle Tennessee, 104 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rick Stockstill.
