Senior cornerback on Mississippi State's 2019 roster.
5′10″ · 195 lb · Adamsville, AL
The story
4 cornerback on Mississippi State's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMaurice Smitherman
Four seasons at Mississippi State, two different head coaches: Dan Mullen and Joe Moorhead. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Tennessee, Week 7, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Mississippi State, 46 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2019 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mississippi State | 14 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 21 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Mississippi State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 46 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019
W 38–28
at Louisiana
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Edged out Louisiana on the road in a shootout.
With T. Stevens — 236 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.3 · 37 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · K. Hill — 197 rush yds (27 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-28@ Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-15vs Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31vs Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-13vs Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-56@ Auburn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-20@ Tennessee | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 14 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |