#95

Kobe Smith

Senior defensive lineman for South Carolina. 2019: 0.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DL · South Carolina · Sr. · #95

6′2″ · 300 lb · Lawrenceville, GA

South Carolina 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 612 nationally · Signed with South Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for South Carolina. 2019: 0.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Carolina in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at South Carolina, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20163 games

Signed with South Carolina3-star out of Archer

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#612 national

CFB

College

South Carolina

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Will Muschamp

South Carolina

Played his entire career under Will Muschamp.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Will Muschamp — 26-25 over that span.

2016South Carolina6-7HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2017South Carolina9-4HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced, slow tempo

2018South Carolina7-6HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

2019South Carolina4-8HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#478 / 2688 · 77th pct

Tackles for loss#1233 / 2688 · 51st pct

2.5

Sacks#1258 / 2688 · 50th pct

0.5

Tackles#1481 / 2688 · 44th pct

Solo tackles#1778 / 2688 · 32nd pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th pct

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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.2	0.2	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	0.4	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	South Carolina	28	12	2.5	0.5	--	--	--
2018	South Carolina	34	18	3.0	1.5	--	--	--
2017	South Carolina	13	6	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2016	South Carolina	4	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		79	37	7.0	2.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2019

W 20–17

at Georgia

6 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With J. Charlton — 45 AVG · 58 LONG · 7 NO · R. Hilinski — 116 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.4

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 20-24@ North Carolina	4	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 23-47vs Alabama	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 14-34@ Missouri	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 24-7vs Kentucky	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 20-17@ Georgia	6	1	1.0	0.5	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 8	L 27-38vs Florida	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 21-41@ Tennessee	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 24-7vs Vanderbilt	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 15-20vs App State	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 6-30@ Texas A&M	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		28	12	2.5	0.5	—

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