Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-56@ Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#95
Keilan Smith
Junior defensive tackle on Ball State's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 326 lb · Pickerington, OH · Pickerington Central HS
Transferred Cincinnati → Ball State for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
1 tackles
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 tackles, at Ohio State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive tackle on Ball State's 2026 roster.
- Signed with Cincinnati in 2023.
- Transferred from Cincinnati to Ball State in 2026.
Keilan Smith
Keilan Smith has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Ohio State — Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Cincinnatiout of Pickerington Central
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
—
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Ball State
2025Cincinnati
2026Ball State
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Cincinnati7-6HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced, slow tempo
2026Ball State1-1HC: Mike Uremovich · Pass-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Uremovich
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ball State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Background
Defensive line transfer spent three seasons at Cincinnati … made his college debut with his first tackle in the 2025 AutoZone Liberty Bowl against Navy … did not see game action as either a true freshman in 2023, or redshirt freshman in 2024 … prepped at Pickerington Central High School in Ohio,...
The defensive line · Ball State
- #56Ameir Glenn2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #7Ben Marsh1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #39Maverick Gracio1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #95Keilan Smith0 tackles for loss · 2025
- #3George Okorie0 tackles for loss · 2025
14 more on the roster · Ball State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology