Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 63-0vs Alcorn State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#18
Sekou Smith Jr.
Freshman safety on Mississippi State's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 180 lb · Miami, FL · Miami Central HS
Returning to Mississippi State for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 975 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 safety on Mississippi State's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2025.
Sekou Smith Jr.
The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Alcorn State, Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with Mississippi State3-star out of Miami Central
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Mississippi State
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Mississippi State5-8HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
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.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Mississippi State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Mississippi State
Returning around him
- 2 Mississippi State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -12 net (28 in / 40 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Mississippi State · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #20 · 2026 recruiting class #23
Background
2025 (True Freshman Season) Did not see any game action … Earned a redshirt. High School Sekou Smith prepped at Miami Central High School under the direction of head coach Jube Joseph … He is a consensus 3-star recruit by On3, 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … Two-way player getting snaps primarily at...
The secondary · Mississippi State
- #2Isaac Smith64 tackles · 2025
- #15Marcus Williams61 tackles · 2025
- #1Kelley Jones34 tackles · 2025
- #24Quentin Taylor Jr.27 tackles · 2025
- #18Sekou Smith Jr.1 tackle · 2025
19 more on the roster · Mississippi State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology