Keidron Smith

Senior defensive back for Kentucky. 2022: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 44 tackles.

DB · Kentucky · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 204 lb · West Palm Beach, FL

CFB Index 52 · #227 of 493 safetiesLow confidenceAll-ConferenceKentucky 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1269 nationally · Signed with Ole Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Kentucky. 2022: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 44 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2018.
Transferred from Ole Miss to Kentucky in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kentucky, 268 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201812 games

Signed with Ole Miss3-star out of Oxbridge Academy

202212 games

Entered the portal
All-SECsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1269 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

Played his entire career under Mark Stoops.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Ole Miss5-7HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2019Ole Miss4-8HC: Matt Luke · Run-heavy

2020Ole Miss5-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

52Rotational starter #227 of 493?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#354 / 2755 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#564 / 2755 · 79th pct

Tackles#714 / 2755 · 74th pct

Interceptions#124 / 811 · 73rd pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #227 of 493 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #227 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Kentucky	44	29	1.0	0.0	4	2	--
2021	Ole Miss	65	31	2.5	0.0	3	2	--
2020	Ole Miss	64	38	1.0	0.0	6	1	--
2019	Ole Miss	48	33	3.5	1.0	8	1	--
2018	Ole Miss	47	29	1.0	0.0	4	1	--
Career		268	160	9.0	1.0	25	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 27–17

vs Mississippi State

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

With W. Levis — 230 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 91.3 · 7 rush yds (4 car) · C. Rodriguez Jr. — 196 rush yds (30 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 37-13vs Miami (OH)	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 26-16@ Florida	1	1	0.0	1	1
Wk 3	W 31-0vs Youngstown State	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 31-23vs Northern Illinois	1	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 19-22@ Ole Miss	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 14-24vs South Carolina	4	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 27-17vs Mississippi State	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 6-44@ Tennessee	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 21-17@ Missouri	4	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-24vs Vanderbilt	5	3	0.0	1	0
Wk 12	L 6-16vs Georgia	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 26-13vs Louisville	7	4	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Total		44	29	1.0	2	4

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