Patrick Smith-Young is a safety at Duke who has not played in Duke's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at North Texas.
Duke lists 16 defensive backs this season.
Duke is 6-2. Next: at NC State, Sat Nov 7.
Smith-Young moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 11 tackles against Army — Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
70 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Texas | 70 | 42 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | Old Dominion | 41 | 18 | 2.0 | 0.5 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 111 | 60 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs Lamar | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-30@ Western Michigan | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-38@ Army | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 36-22vs South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 36-63vs No. 24 South Florida | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-17vs UTSA | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 54-20@ Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-17vs Navy | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 53-24@ UAB | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-24@ Rice | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 52-25vs Temple | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 21-34@ No. 21 Tulane | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 49-47vs San Diego State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 70 | 42 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
70tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL70 tackles · 1 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 6.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Drew Svoboda
Pass share
48.5%
475 pass / 504 run
Plays / game
69.9
14 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
462 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
70 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Ricky Rahne, Eric Morris and Manny Diaz.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Duke
