Dee Smith: S · Louisville · #11.
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Dee Smith
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches at Louisville: Bobby Petrino and Lorenzo Ward. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Boston College — Week 7, 2018.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
65 tackles. 1 pass 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Louisville | 65 | 35 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Louisville | 53 | 33 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | Louisville | 42 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2015 | Louisville | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 160 | 99 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-51vs No. 1 Alabama | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-7vs Indiana State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-17vs Western Kentucky | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-27@ Virginia | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-28vs Florida State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-66vs Georgia Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-38@ Boston College | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 35-56vs Wake Forest | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 16-77@ No. 2 Clemson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-52vs NC State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-56vs No. 17 Kentucky | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 35 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
65tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%2 TFL65 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 1 pass breakup.
4 seasons under Bobby Petrino — 27-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 6.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lorenzo Ward
Pass share
49.4%
394 pass / 403 run
Plays / game
66.4
12 games
Team sack rate
8.9%
437 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
65 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Louisville, 160 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bobby Petrino.
