Mike Smith: LB · Miami · #35.
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Mike Smith
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Three seasons in the Miami linebacker corps to date. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 1.5 sacks against Wisconsin — Bowl, 2018.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-33vs No. 25 LSU | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 77-0vs Savannah State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-24@ Toledo | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-17vs Florida International | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 47-10vs North Carolina | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 6 | W 28-27vs Florida State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 12-20vs Duke | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-14@ Virginia Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 3-35vs Wisconsin | 10 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 18 | 7.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
41tackles this seasonTFL rate
18%8 TFLSack rate
4%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups41 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Mark Richt — 26-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 5.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Richt
Pass share
42.9%
353 pass / 470 run
Plays / game
63.3
13 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
382 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Miami, 73 tackles — drafted at #234 overall by the Baltimore Ravens.
A stat line in 24 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Al Golden → Mark Richt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Baltimore RavensEntering 22nd NFL season
Baltimore RavensEntering 22nd NFL season
