Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 34-42@ Ball State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Darion Smith
Senior defensive lineman on Charlotte's 2022 roster.
6′4″ · 245 lb · Saint Louis, MO
Charlotte 2022 alumnus
The story
4 defensive lineman on Charlotte's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearDarion Smith
Wins his gap play after play. Darion Smith has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Charlotte. The receipt: 2 tackles against Ball State — Week 2, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at Charlotte — his college career is complete.
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Charlotte
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2021–2022
2 coaches2021
Charlotte
2022era →
Peter Rossomando
Charlotte
Coaching transition mid-career: Will Healy → Peter Rossomando. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021Charlotte5-7HC: Will Healy · Balanced
2022Charlotte3-9HC: Peter Rossomando · Balanced
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2022
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
IDL
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Carter Evans’s 2022 season.
95%match
Matches Carter on
Class year
Height
Hurry rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Carter Evans's sophomore season at Eastern Michigan (2022).
97%match
Matches Carter on
Class year
Height
Hurry rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Darion Smith
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology