Senior defensive lineman on Minnesota's 2018 roster.
6′2″ · 320 lb · Bossier City, LA
The story
4 defensive lineman on Minnesota's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearO.J. Smith
O.J. Smith has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Iowa — Week 6, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Minnesota — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tracy Claeys → P.J. Fleck. 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 (0th 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
2018 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018
W 21–14
vs Fresno State
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With J. Herbers — 38 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG · Z. Annexstad — 175 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 5 rush yds (3 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 21-14vs Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 26-3vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-42@ Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-48vs Iowa | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 37-15@ Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |