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Kaiden Smith

Senior defensive back on App State's 2021 roster.

DB · App State · Sr. · #13

6′1″ · 200 lb · Lawrenceville, GA

CFB Index 63 · #147 of 509 safetiesLow confidenceAll-ConferenceApp State 2021 alumnus

The story

4 defensive back on App State's roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at App State, 162 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202011 games

All-Sun Beltthird

20219 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

App State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017–2018

Scott Satterfield

App State

2019

Eli Drinkwitz

App State

era →

2020–2021

Shawn Clark

App State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017App State9-4HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2018App State11-2HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2019App State13-1HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

2020App State9-3HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021App State10-4HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

63Quality starter #147 of 509?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (85th percentile). Strength: tackles (84th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#404 / 2743 · 85th pct

Tackles#441 / 2743 · 84th pct

Tackles for loss#914 / 2743 · 64th pct

3.5

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

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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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	4.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	6.0	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-72g	7.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	4.9	0.2	0.0	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dowell Loggains

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #147 of 509 safeties

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	App State	58	35	3.5	1	--	--
2020	App State	77	48	1.0	8	2	--
2019	App State	16	8	0.0	1	--	--
2018	App State	3	2	1.0	--	1	--
2017	App State	8	5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		162	98	5.5	10	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2021

W 30–27

vs Coastal Carolina

1 SOLO · 4 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Brice — 347 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.4 · 34 rush yds (5 car) · M. Williams — 8 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 5	W 45-16@ Georgia State	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 13-41@ Louisiana	10	7	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 30-27vs Coastal Carolina	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 59-28vs UL Monroe	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 48-14@ Arkansas State	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 31-7vs South Alabama	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 45-7@ Troy	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 27-3vs Georgia Southern	9	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 16-24@ Louisiana	12	4	0.5	—	1	Season-high 12 tackles
Total		48	27	2.5	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Kaiden Smith

202011 games

20219 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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