Keidron Smith: DB · Kentucky · #1.
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Keidron Smith
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Matt Luke, Lane Kiffin and Mark Stoops. First career honor, 2022: All-SEC. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Louisville — Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 4 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1 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
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-13vs Miami (OH) | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 26-16@ No. 12 Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-0vs Youngstown State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-23vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-22@ No. 14 Ole Miss | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-24vs South Carolina | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-17vs No. 16 Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-44@ No. 3 Tennessee | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-17@ Missouri | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-24vs Vanderbilt | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-16vs No. 1 Georgia | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 26-13vs Louisville | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 44 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
44tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL44 tackles · 1 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
43.6%
349 pass / 451 run
Plays / game
61.5
13 games
Team sack rate
11.1%
404 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #227 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Ole Miss and Kentucky, 268 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 55 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Matt Luke, Lane Kiffin and Mark Stoops.
