Jordan Smith: LB · UAB · #22.
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Jordan Smith
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Arrived as a two-star recruit; two seasons of production at UAB since. The first one came in 2019: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Miami — Week 2, 2020.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 9 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
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-35vs Central Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-31@ Miami | 9 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 42-10@ South Alabama | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-13vs UTSA | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-14vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-24vs Louisiana | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-37@ Louisiana Tech | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 21-16@ Rice | 7 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 16 | W 22-13@ Marshall | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 23 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 |
Week 15 · 2020
W 21-16
at Rice
2.5 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
A close one, won by 5 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
42tackles this seasonTFL rate
21%9 TFLSack rate
11%4 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups42 tackles · 9 for loss · 4.5 sacks · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Bill Clark — 15-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 6.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 6.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Clark
Pass share
40.4%
243 pass / 359 run
Plays / game
66.9
9 games
Team sack rate
1.6%
254 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at UAB, 94 tackles — drafted at #121 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bill Clark.
Next stop · NFL
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 6th NFL season
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 6th NFL season
