Demarrio Smith: DL · Southern Miss · #55.
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Demarrio Smith
Wins the gap play after play. A two-star recruit with four seasons on the field at Southern Miss since. The first one came in 2019: All-Conference USA. On tape: 4 tackles against UTSA, Week 12, 2019.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 15-38@ Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 47-42@ Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-49@ No. 2 Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-13vs UTEP | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-27vs North Texas | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-45@ Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-2vs UAB | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-17@ UTSA | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 10-28vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-34@ Florida Atlantic | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-30vs Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 12 | 3.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Week 11 · 2019
W 37-2
vs UAB
0.5 sacks · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 35-point win at home against UAB.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
14%3 TFLSack rate
2%0 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry21 tackles · 3 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Jay Hopson — 28-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.0 | 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
Head Coach
Jay Hopson
Pass share
50.6%
438 pass / 428 run
Plays / game
66.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
465 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Four seasons at Southern Miss, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jay Hopson.
