Former defensive back at Georgia Southern. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
5′11″ · 180 lb · Beaufort, SC
The story
Former defensive back at Georgia Southern. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJeffrey Smyth
He has spent three seasons in the Georgia Southern secondary. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Sam Houston — Bowl, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia Southern, 20 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Clay Helton.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Clay Helton — 20-19 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (2nd percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia Southern | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 20 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024
W 28–14
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 20-17@ Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-14vs South Carolina State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-21@ Georgia State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-14vs James Madison | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 19-47@ Old Dominion | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 26-31@ Sam Houston | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |