Isaiah Smith is a defensive end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at SMU.
Smith turns pressure into sacks — pressures become finishes. Fourth year in the same defensive front at SMU. First career honor, 2025: All-ACC. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Baylor — Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 18 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-13vs East Texas A&M | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 2 | L 45-48vs Baylor | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-10@ Missouri State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-35@ TCU | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-18vs Syracuse | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-10vs Stanford | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-24@ Clemson | 5 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 9 | L 12-13@ Wake Forest | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 26-20vs No. 10 Miami | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-13@ Boston College | 9 | 7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 38-6vs Louisville | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 35-38@ California | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-19vs No. 21 Arizona | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 31 | 18.0 | 9.0 | — | 1 |
Week 11 · 2025
W 45-13
4 sacks · 4 tackles for loss · 9 tackles
Dominant 32-point win on the road against Boston College.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
17%9 sacksTFL rate
34%18 TFLHurry rate
8%4 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
69%9 of 13 pressures53 tackles · 18 for loss · 9 sacks.
4 seasons under Rhett Lashlee — 38-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 5.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.8 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Pass share
53.7%
460 pass / 396 run
Plays / game
65.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
466 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
The All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #10 of 420 FBS edge rushers by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2025 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #10 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-ACC
Based on 2025: #1 of 15 ACC DEs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).
A stat line in 41 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2025)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2025)
ACC Defensive Line Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rhett Lashlee.
