Kahani Smith: DB · UTEP · #24.
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Kahani Smith
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches in two seasons at UTEP. On tape: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Southern Miss, Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
81 tackles. 10 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-30vs Northern Arizona | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-52@ UNLV | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 0-24@ Tennessee | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-27vs New Mexico State | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-30@ UTSA | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27vs North Texas | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ Louisiana Tech | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-19vs UAB | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-26@ Rice | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 32-48vs Middle Tennessee | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 16-40@ Western Kentucky | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-39vs Southern Miss | 10 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 81 | 52 | 4.5 | 0.0 | — | 10 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%10 pass breakupsTackle volume
81tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFL81 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 10 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Dimel
Pass share
43.0%
325 pass / 430 run
Plays / game
62.9
12 games
Team sack rate
10.4%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
81 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at UTEP, 127 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Sean Kugler, Mike Price, and Dana Dimel. Multi-era developmental context.
