#26

Deshawn Capers-Smith

Senior defensive back for Texas A&M. 2018: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 52 tackles.

DB · Texas A&M · Sr. · #26

6′0″ · 200 lb · New Orleans, LA

Texas A&M 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 473 nationally · Signed with Texas A&M

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Texas A&M. 2018: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 52 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas A&M in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Texas A&M, 108 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Texas A&M3-star out of Warren Easton

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#473 national

CFB

College

Texas A&M

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016–2017

Kevin Sumlin

Texas A&M

2018

Jimbo Fisher

Texas A&M

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kevin Sumlin → Jimbo Fisher. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Texas A&M8-5HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

2017Texas A&M7-6HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

2018Texas A&M9-4HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (89th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#269 / 2662 · 89th pct

8.0

Tackles#572 / 2662 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#571 / 2662 · 78th pct

Passes defended#519 / 2662 · 76th pct

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.0	1.0	0.0	0.3
Road3g	5.7	0.3	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.4	0.9	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+3g	4.7	0.5	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Elko

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Texas A&M	52	31	8.0	0.0	3	1	--
2017	Texas A&M	29	13	1.5	1.5	2	--	--
2016	Texas A&M	27	20	0.0	0.0	3	--	--
Career		108	64	9.5	1.5	8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2018

W 74–72

vs LSU

1 TFL · 1 PD · 8 TOT

Edged out LSU at home in a shootout.

With B. Mann — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 53 AVG · K. Mond — 287 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · 42 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD
Wk 2	L 26-28vs Clemson	4	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 48-10vs UL Monroe	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 23-45@ Alabama	8	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 24-17vs Arkansas	7	5	1.5	—	1
Wk 6	W 20-14vs Kentucky	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 26-23@ South Carolina	5	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 13-28@ Mississippi State	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 41-20vs UAB	2	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 13	W 74-72vs LSU	8	4	1.5	—	1
Bowl	W 52-13vs NC State	9	7	3.0	—	0
Total		52	31	8.0	1	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2015

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays