#55

Demarrio Smith

Senior defensive lineman for Southern Miss. 2019: 0.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 21 tackles.

DL · Southern Miss · Sr. · #55

6′2″ · 264 lb · Canton, MS

Southern Miss 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Southern Miss. 2019: 0.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 21 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Southern Miss in 2016.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 2990 nationally · Signed with Southern Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Southern Miss, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20164 games

Signed with Southern Miss2-star out of Canton

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2990 national

CFB

College

Southern Miss

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Jay Hopson

Southern Miss

Played his entire career under Jay Hopson.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Jay Hopson — 28-22 over that span.

2016Southern Miss7-6HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Southern Miss8-5HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

2018Southern Miss6-5HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

2019Southern Miss7-6HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Tackles for loss#1061 / 2688 · 57th pct

3.0

Sacks#1258 / 2688 · 50th pct

0.5

Solo tackles#1778 / 2688 · 32nd pct

Tackles#1846 / 2688 · 30th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.0	0.6	0.1	0.0
Road7g	1.9	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	0.3	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Southern Miss	21	12	3.0	0.5	--	--	--
2018	Southern Miss	17	7	1.0	1.0	1	--	--
2017	Southern Miss	6	4	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2016	Southern Miss	5	4	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
Career		49	27	5.5	2.5	2	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week