Shakur Smalls is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Arkansas.
Smalls erases the deep middle of the field. Transferred to Arkansas from Maine. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Alabama A&M — Week 1, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 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 | Arkansas | 15 | 11 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Career | 15 | 11 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-7vs Alabama A&M | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 35-41@ No. 17 Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-32@ Memphis | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-56vs No. 22 Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-34@ No. 12 Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-33vs Auburn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 35-38vs Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 22-23@ LSU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-31vs Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 11 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Week 1 · 2025
W 52-7
vs Alabama A&M
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 45-point win at home against Alabama A&M.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
20%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
15tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%1 TFL15 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sam Pittman
Pass share
48.8%
381 pass / 400 run
Plays / game
65.1
12 games
Team sack rate
6.5%
417 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #45 of 57 SEC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Sam Pittman → Bobby Petrino. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
