Maurice Smith: DB · Georgia · #21.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Maurice Smith
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Nick Saban and Kirby Smart. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against TCU — Bowl, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2 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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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-24vs No. 22 North Carolina | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 26-24vs Nicholls | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-27@ Missouri | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-45@ No. 23 Ole Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 31-34vs No. 11 Tennessee | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 28-14@ South Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-24vs No. 14 Florida | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-24@ Kentucky | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 13-7vs No. 8 Auburn | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-21vs Louisiana | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-28vs Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-23vs TCU | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 32 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL50 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Smart
Pass share
42.8%
385 pass / 515 run
Plays / game
69.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
417 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons, at Alabama and Georgia, 50 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Nick Saban and Kirby Smart.
