Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 9 | L 14-20vs Rutgers | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 23-33@ Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#8
Eddie Smith
Sophomore defensive back on Illinois's 2021 roster.
6′0″ · 200 lb · Slidell, LA
Illinois 2021 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 435 nationally · Signed with Alabama
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive back on Illinois's roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Alabama in 2018.
Eddie Smith
One game to point at: 2 tackles against Rutgers — Week 9, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
How it ended
One season at Illinois, 3 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
2018
- Signed with Alabama3-star out of Salmen
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Illinois
NFL
NFL Draft
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2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 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
Bret Bielema
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Illinois | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology