Ryan Smenda Jr.: LB · Wake Forest · #5.
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Ryan Smenda Jr.
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Five seasons in the Wake Forest linebacker corps to date. On tape: 16 tackles against North Carolina, Week 11, 2022.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
106 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 106 | 36 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 83 | 43 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 52 | 26 | 5.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 81 | 38 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 22 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 344 | 154 | 24.5 | 4.5 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 45-25@ Vanderbilt | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-36vs Liberty | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 45-51vs No. 5 Clemson | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-21@ No. 23 Florida State | 11 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-10vs Army | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 43-15vs Boston College | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-48@ Louisville | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-30@ No. 21 NC State | 16 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 34-36vs No. 15 North Carolina | 16 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-35vs Syracuse | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-34@ Duke | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 106 | 36 | 5.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
106tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%5 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups106 tackles · 5 for loss.
5 seasons under Dave Clawson — 38-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 9.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 9.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 10.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 9.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
49.1%
474 pass / 491 run
Plays / game
74.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
538 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
106 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Wake Forest, 344 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Clawson.
