Fish Smithson: S · Kansas · #9.
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Fish Smithson
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Two seasons in the Kansas secondary to date. Named All-Big 12 two seasons running, most recently in 2016. On tape: 16 tackles and 1 sack against Oklahoma State, Week 8, 2016.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
93 tackles. 6 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 2.5 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-6vs Rhode Island | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-37vs Ohio | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-43@ Memphis | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-55@ Texas Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-24vs TCU | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-49@ No. 11 Baylor | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-44vs Oklahoma State | 16 | 14 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 3-56@ No. 16 Oklahoma | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-48@ No. 14 West Virginia | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-31vs Iowa State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-21vs Texas | 12 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 19-34@ Kansas State | 11 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 93 | 70 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
93tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL93 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack · 6 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
2 seasons under David Beaty — 2-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 7.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 10.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Beaty
Pass share
53.9%
464 pass / 397 run
Plays / game
71.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
497 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at Kansas, 93 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2016) — the college career is complete.
Honored in a first season.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2016)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Weis → David Beaty. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
