Josh Smith: LB · Vanderbilt · #25.
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Josh Smith
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Third year in the Vanderbilt linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Nevada — Week 2, 2018.
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
61 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Vanderbilt | 61 | 35 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 2017 | Vanderbilt | 21 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2016 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Career | 85 | 48 | 13.5 | 6.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-7vs Middle Tennessee | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-10vs Nevada | 10 | 8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 17-22@ No. 8 Notre Dame | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-37vs South Carolina | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-41@ No. 2 Georgia | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-37vs No. 14 Florida | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-14@ No. 14 Kentucky | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-31@ Arkansas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-33@ Missouri | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-29vs Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-13vs Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
 Bowl | L 38-45vs Baylor | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 61 | 35 | 9.0 | 3.5 | — | 3 |
Week 2 · 2018
W 41-10
vs Nevada
3 tackles for loss · 10 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 31-point win at home against Nevada.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
61tackles this seasonTFL rate
15%9 TFLSack rate
6%4 sacksPD rate
5%3 pass breakups61 tackles · 9 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Derek Mason — 17-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Derek Mason
Pass share
49.2%
413 pass / 427 run
Plays / game
64.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Vanderbilt, 85 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 26 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Derek Mason.
