Erick Smith: S · Ohio State · #34.
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Erick Smith
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the same secondary at Ohio State. On tape: 9 tackles against Army, Week 3, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
Los Angeles Times Nov 1
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ohio State | 40 | 26 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2016 | Ohio State | 16 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2014 | Ohio State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 56 | 35 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-21@ Indiana | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-31vs No. 5 Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Army | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 54-21vs UNLV | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-55@ Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-3vs No. 13 Michigan State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-14vs Illinois | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-20@ Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-21vs No. 3 Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 26 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Week 3 · 2017
W 38-7
vs Army
9 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 4 solo tackles
Dominant 31-point win at home against Army.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL40 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
3 seasons under Urban Meyer — 37-5 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 5.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Urban Meyer
Pass share
43.3%
439 pass / 575 run
Plays / game
72.4
14 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
477 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Ohio State, 56 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Urban Meyer.
